Diseases of the Esophagus, an Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volume 50-4
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-323-83548-0
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Gewicht: 570 g

Approx. 240 pages

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clarke, John

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gastroentereologie, Proktologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Achalasia: Diagnosis, Management and Surveillance
The Art of Endoscopic Dilation: Lessons Learned Over 4 Decades of Practice
Barrett's Esophagus: Diagnosis, Management, and Key Updates
Dysphagia: Novel and Emerging Diagnostic Modalities
Early Esophageal Cancer: What the Gastroenterologist Needs to Know
Endoscopic and Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Incidence, Diagnosis, Management, and Future Directions
Functional Chest Pain and Esophageal Hypersensitivity: A Clinical Approach
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and the Patient with Obesity
How to Understand and Treat Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Making Sense of Nonachalasia Esophageal Motor Disorders
Scleroderma and the Esophagus
Sorting out the Relationship Between Esophageal and Pulmonary Disease
Therapeutic Endoscopy and the Esophagus: State of the Art and Future Directions
Using Diet to Treat Diseases of Esophagus: Back to the Basics

Über Autor(innen)

Clarke, John
John Clarke is part of the Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division at Stanford University as Director of the Esophageal Program. He previously spent 17 years in Baltimore, including 9 years on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University where he was an Associate Professor and at various times Director of Esophageal Motility, Director of Gastrointestinal Motility, Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology, and Clinical Director of the Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His career has combined research, education and clinical care. His clinical areas of expertise include achalasia, dysphagia, eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal dysmotility, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastroparesis, GI-manifestations of scleroderma and GI dysmotility. While at Johns Hopkins University, he was inducted into The Miller-Coulson Academy for Clinical Excellence, an institutional honor society for master clinicians at the time limited to 50 members across the entire university. From an education standpoint, he has lectured in over a dozen countries, authored over 25 textbook chapters and serves on the educational affairs committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. He has also won several major teaching awards, including The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching, given to one faculty member per year in the entire School of Medicine. His research has focused on optimization and characterization of diagnostic studies to evaluate motility disorders, as well the relationship between therapeutic endoscopic techniques and treatment of motility disorders. He was an investigator on the NIH Gastroparesis Consortium and is also a former recipient of the AGA Don Castell Award.