Hands-on training: Esophageal HRM 2016
Invited faculty information
Adam Farmer
Dr. Adam Farmer was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. He undertook his medical training at University College London, qualifying with the degrees of MB BS BSc (Hons) in 2001. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2004. Subsequently, he undertook his specialist training in gastroenterology and general medicine in the West Midlands before moving to the Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Barts and the Royal London School of Medicine, where he undertook a body of research funded by the Medical Research Council.
During this time, he was awarded the degree of PhD at the University of London entitled “Human Psychophysiological Responses to Pain – The Development of Human Pain Endophenotypes”. This work was awarded a prestigious prize by the American Neurogastroenterology & Motility Society. He currently works as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the University Hospitals of North Midlands. He has authored over 50 published articles, written 11 book chapters and has given lectures both nationally and internationally. His main clinical and academic interests concern all aspects of functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders and the modulation of the parasympathetic nervous system.
Jutta Keller
Gastroenterologist, medical training at the University of Essen (Departments of Gastroenterology and Pharmacology) and at the Israelitic Hospital in Hamburg, Academic Hospital University of Hamburg, head of the hospital’s Neurogastroenterology Laboratory
Clinical and scientific focus on diagnosis and therapy of functional disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular motility disturbances and pancreatic exocrine dysfunction. More than 40 original publications, more than 150 reviews, book chapters and comments, 5 books, more than 150 abstracts.
Former President of the German Society of Neurogastroenterology, member of the Steering Committee of the German Pancreatic Club, representative of the Working Group for Neurogastroenteroloy and Motility of the German Society of Gastroenterology (DGVS), current member of the Scientific Selection Committee for Neurogastroenterolgy and Motility of the DGVS, member of the International High Resolution Manometry Working Group, head of the Steering Committee Gastric and Digestive Function of the International Working Group for Disorders of GI Motility and Function
Mark Fox
Mark Fox is Chair of the International Working Group for GI Motility and Function. He is lead physician at the Functional GI Laboratory, University Hospital Zürich and Principle Investigator of the Zürich-Neurogastroenterology & Motility Research Group. His research and practice are focused on the development and application of new investigations to describe the structure, function and sensitivity of the digestive tract. How the gastrointestinal tract responds to eating, digestion and toileting and how these responses break down in patients with digestive diseases.
Sabine Roman
Sabine Roman, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Digestive Physiology in Lyon University and Hospices Civils de Lyon since 2007. She is currently the French representative in the Steering Committee of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology. Her main research interest is focused on clinical application of esophageal functional testing including high resolution manometry and pH-impedance monitoring.motility disorders and gastro-esophageal reflux disease.
Serhat Bor
Prof. Bor is a Professor of Gastroenterology in Ege University School of Medicine and is currently a General Assembly Member at United European Gastroenterology Federation. He has been the Steering Committee Councilor of European Society of Neurogastroenterology & Motility, President of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology. He was also the President of the Assembly of Medical School Deans Association in Turkey, Dean of Ege University School of Medicine and Member of Senate and Administrative Board of Ege University.
His main research activities include GERD, GIS motility, constipation, fecal incontinence, functional gastrointestinal diseases, IBS, radiofrequency therapies for GERD and anal incontinence. He is interested in translational science research regarding esophageal epithelium. He has been organizing multiple international educational programs for motility and radiofrequency applications of GERD. He has more than 60 research papers to his credit and has authored 4 international book chapters.
