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Dr. Chandrasekhara currently serves as the head of the advanced endoscopy and pancreas groups at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. He is a fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).

Paul Fockens received his MD from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1983. He was trained in Internal Medicine and specialized in Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam under prof. Guido Tytgat. He became a consultant in 1993 and received his PhD degree in 1996 on the thesis “Clinical Impact of Endosonography”.

Dr Trina Kellar is a neurogastroenterologist residing in Brisbane, Australia. After completing fellowships in oesophageal physiology, anorectal physiology, and complex functional gut disorders in Australia’s leading centres, Trina established the NeuroGastroenterology service ...

Dr. Ryan Law completed his internal medicine residency at The Cleveland Clinic. Following residency, Dr. Law completed his gastroenterology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota followed by a therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Laura Lehrian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She serves as the Vice Chair and Director of Safety and Quality in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology. Her research interests include the utilization of high-fidelity simulation to improve perioperative clinical outcomes.

Darrell S. Pardi, M.D., M.Sc., is a consultant and chair of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Pardi joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1998 and holds the academic rank of Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Karthik Ravi is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He is the Associate Chair of Clinical Practice and Director of the Esophageal Motility Lab at Mayo Clinic Rochester. His research and clinical interests are in esophagology, with a specific focus on esophageal motility and eosinophilic esophagitis.

Dr. Cynthia Seow is Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary working as a Clinician Researcher in Gastroenterology. Her interests include special populations, (pediatric to adult transition, sexual health, preconception and pregnancy health), pharmacokinetics of biologic therapies and preventive care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Doug Simonetto is a Transplant Hepatologist and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Dr Kymberly Watt is Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She trained at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg Canada and University of Nebraska in Omaha, Nebraska. Her clinical research interests center around long term outcomes after liver transplantation. Her main focus is in helping prolong survival after transplant with attention to obesity, as well as metabolic, cardiovascular and malignant complications after transplant.

Amany Zekry is an A/Professor of Medicine, a clinical academic at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology services at St George Hospital UNSW.