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Prof. George Sachs
M.B., Ch.B., D.Sc. Professor, Medicine and Physiology, Wilshire Chair in Medicine, and Director of Membrane Biology Lab at UCLA. His discoveries in the field of gastroenterology and the microbiology of H. pylori have made him a leader in the GI-related disorders arena. His findings, published in some 300 scientific publications, led to the development of commonly used drugs including proton pump inhibitors and acid pump antagonists. Prof. Sachs, formerly the Director of the Center for Ulcer Research and Education at UCLA, is a member of the NIH advisory board.
Prof. M. Michael Wolfe
M.D. Chief, Gastroenterology at the Boston Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine, where he is also a Professor of Medicine and a Research Professor of Physiology and Biophysics. Prof. Wolfe has achieved significant recognition for his continued work in acid-related disorders (GERD and NSAID-associated gastroduodenal ulcers) and in the diagnosis and management of gastrinoma and other neuroendocrine tumors. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the Education Committee of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). He has served the AGA as Chair of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, a member of the Research Committee, and Chair of the GERD Awareness Program. In addition to his numerous and significant contributions to the gastroenterological literature, he serves on the editorial boards of Digestive Diseases and Sciences and Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Prof. Wolfe is a member of the ZRG F10 Study Section of the National Institutes of Health and is Chair of the Advisory Board for Gastrointestinal Drugs of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Prof. David Y. Graham
Chief Digestive Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas. Professor Graham is a member of 10 societies and has received more
than 25 honors in his career to date. He is a reviewer from more than 16 journals,
and sits on the Editorial Boards of eight, including being the editor of the journal
Helicobacter. Research interests: Helicobacter pylori infections, Mycobacterium
paratuberculosis as cause of Crohn's disease, Prevention of Norwalk virus infections,
Mycobacteria as cause of sarcoid. He is the author of more than 700 scientific articles
and 100 chapters in books. He is listed in as one of the most highly cited scientists
in ISI's Highly Cited Researchers database in Clinical Medicine.
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