Overview
Provides Asian perspective on GERD
Covers epidemiological aspects in Asia, and newer approaches in the diagnosis and management of GERD patients
Highlights the difference between GERD in Asians and western population. ?
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Shobna Jangilal Bhatia is Professor of Gastroenterology at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India. After completing her fellowship in Gastroenterology, Profesor Bhatia did an Advanced Fellowship Training in Esophageal Motility and pH under Dr. Donald O Castell.She has authored many important papers on esophageal motility and gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia. She has also authored chapters on reflux disease and esophageal disease, as well as on scientific communication. She is coordinator for the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Task Force on gastroesophageal reflux disease, and is a core group member for the Task Force on irritable bowel syndrome. She has been involved in practice guidelines of World Gastroenterology Organisation for Gastroesophageal reflux disease and irritablebowel syndrome.She is involved as faculty in many workshops on Scientific Communication and Research Methodoly. She is Editor Emeritus of Indian Journal of Gastroneterology and continues to serve on the Editorial Board of this Journal. She is also editorial board member of World Journal of Gastroneterology. She is a recipient of the Unichem Lectureship in Gastroenterology, and Indian Society of Gastroenterology Olympus Mitra Award for Endoscopy.
Khean-Lee Goh is Professor of Medicine at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. He has authored many important articles particularly in the areas of Helicobacter pylori, gastroesophageal reflux and GI cancers and with a focus on epidemiology of these diseases in the Asian Pacific region and a doctoral thesis on Epidemiology of H. pylori in Malaysia. He is editor emeritus of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (JGH) and is editorial board member of several international journals including the Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Helicobacter, J Digestive Diseases, Digestive Diseases. He was awarded the prestigious national “Merdeka Award” for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement for “Elevating the Study and Practice of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Malaysia to Global Standards” in 2011. In 2014 he also received the International Service at the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Crystal Awards ceremony. In July 2016 he received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology for his contributions to Malaysian Gastroenterology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Rise of Acid Reflux in Asia
Editors: Prateek Sharma, Shobna Bhatia, Khean Lee Goh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0846-4
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature India Private Limited 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-0845-7Published: 09 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3791-4Published: 06 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-0846-4Published: 28 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 175
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics