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Don W. Powell, MD
Dr Don Powell (Author photos 1-12; Video 1, available online at www.VideoGIE.org ) is currently Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he previously served as Chair of Internal Medicine, Associate Dean for Research, Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship, and Director of the Institute for Translational Sciences Clinical Research Center.Michael V. Sivak, Jr, MD
Dr Michael V. Sivak, Jr, (Author photos 1-13; Video 1, available online at www.VideoGIE.org ) is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Sivak served as Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Case School of Medicine from 1993 until the end of 2005. Before his appointment at Case, he was Chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1988-1993).David Y. Graham, MD
Excellence is a reflection of the quality of those you allow to surround you.–David Y. Graham, MDD. Nageshwar Reddy
D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, DM, DSc, FAMS, FRCP, FASGE, FACG, MWGO, is currently the chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (Hyderabad, India) and was the past president of the World Endoscopy Organization (Author photos 1-9; Video 1, available online at www.VideoGIE.org ).Bergein F. Overholt
Bergein F. Overholt, MD, (Author photos 1-9; Video 1 available online at www.VideoGIE.org ) was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, and moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, at age 2. Lyn Overholt (née Shafer) was born in Knoxville and both were raised there. They grew up a few blocks from each other, and met for the first time at the tender age of 3. They became high school sweethearts and, 18 years after their first encounter, they married in 1958.Meet the Master: Joseph Barnett Kirsner (1909–2012)
Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD, devoted his life to the art and science of medicine, establishing, and then leading, the section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Chicago Medicine for over 80 years. That section has been credited as being the first academic GI unit in the world. He served as a mentor to generations of physicians and established a legacy of practical wisdom, personal integrity, rigorous scientific inquiry, and unequaled patient care (Author photos 1-11, Video 1 available online at www.VideoGIE.org ).Sydney Chung
Sydney Chung graduated at the top of his class at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1980. After surgical training in Hong Kong, he joined the then-nascent Department of Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He learned endoscopy from the legendary Joseph Leung (Author photo 1), and together they established the world-renowned endoscopy unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong, where numerous therapeutic techniques were pioneered.Grace H. Elta
Grace H. Elta was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1951. She attended the University of Michigan for both her bachelor of science and medical degrees, where she was awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha honor societies. Her Internal Medicine residency and GI fellowship were at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. In 1982, she returned to Ann Arbor for a faculty position and was promoted to Professor of Medicine in 1997 (Author photos 1 and 2). In 2015, she was named the H. Marvin Pollard Collegiate Chair of Gastroenterology (Author photo 3).Robert A. Ganz
Dr Robert A. Ganz (Author photos 1-11, Video 1 available online at www.VideoGIE.org ) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to Niles West High School in Niles, Illinois, and then graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois with honors in biology. He attended the University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, where he became interested in GI physiology and acid-related disorders. He then completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Northwestern University. Shortly thereafter, Dr Ganz moved to Minneapolis, where he went into private practice with Minnesota Gastroenterology, Minneapolis, Minn.Peter Cotton
Dr Peter Cotton is Professor of Medicine in the Digestive Disease Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston (Author photos 1-5, Video 1 available online at www.VideoGIE.org ).
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