Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Editor Biographies

Glenn M. Eisen, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Director of Endoscopy, Oregon Health & Science University
Executive co-director, Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative (CORI)
Secretary, GI Quality Improvement Consortium, Ltd.
Past-Councillor, ASGE Governing Board
Past-Chair, ASGE Standards of Practice Committee
110 peer-reviewed papers
16 chapters/reviews
140 abstracts

Ian M. Gralnek, MD, MSHS, FASGE, Senior Associate Editor

Associate Professor of Medicine
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Chief, Hospital-Wide Ambulatory Care Services and
Senior Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Chair, International Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
Member, Research Committee, European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)
64 Peer-Reviewed Publications
27 Review Articles / Book Chapters
49 Abstracts

Marcia Irene Canto, MD, MHS

Associate Professor in Medicine and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Member of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and the Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Center
Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasonography in 1996, Director of Endoscopy in 2005, and Director of Clinical Research in 2007
Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in 2006 for
Member of the editorial board for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and a reviewer for several journals
Received numerous private foundation and NIH grants for her research on Barrett’s esophagus and pancreatic cancer screening.
More than 150 scientific papers
Founded the Johns Hopkins Barrett's Esophagus Registry, which has 1500 patients registered from 1996
Well-known internationally for her clinical and research work involving advanced imaging, including founding endomicroscopy and heading ongoing research on endomicroscopic imaging in Barrett's esophagus and associated neoplasia
Leading a 5 center randomized controlled trial evaluating the diagnostic yield, accuracy, and clinical impact of single-photon confocal endomicroscopy in Barrett's esophagus
Leads an international consortium for pancreatic cancer screening in high risk individuals

Ananya Das, MD, DM, FASGE

Jacques Deviere, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Director, Laboratory of Experimental Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
1 book
14 book chapters
315 peer-reviewed papers

Robert Enns, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Head Gastrointestinal Research Institute, Pacific Gastroenterology Associates
Head, Clinical Affairs-Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Associate Editor Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (2006-2009)
Associate Editor Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Co-Director Therapeutic Endoscopy Training Program, Vancouver. Director: Annual GI Forum Vancouver.
60 peer-reviewed publications
20 book chapters/reviews
200 abstract presentations

Brian Jacobson, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Associate Director of Endoscopy, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chair of the ASGE Health and Public Policy Committee
Authored 24 peer-reviewed original research articles and 44 reviews/chapters/guidelines

Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Quality and Patient Safety, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital Boston
Director, Clinical Research Education, Clinical Research Program, Children’s Hospital Boston
Chair, Pediatrics Committee, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Past-chair, Endoscopy and Procedures Committee, North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Research Interests : Sedation, Patient Safety, Pediatric Endoscopy, Simulation
27 peer-reviewed manuscripts
20 book chapters, published reviews, editorials

Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA

Director, GI Hospitalist Services, Digestive Health Specialists, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Clinical Service Chief, Interventional Endoscopy, Multicare Health System, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Past-Chair, ASGE Practice Management Committee
Member, Council of Fellows, American College of Physician Executives
2 books
53 peer-reviewed papers
36 chapters/reviews
80 abstracts

Gottumukkala S Raju, MD, FASGE, FRCP (UK), FACP, FACG

Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Texas Chair of Web Education Committee (2010-13)
Co-Chair of GESAP V, VI, VII
Listed in the Best Doctors of America: 2005-2010
42 peer-reviewed papers
73 abstracts
18 chapters/reviews

John Saltzman, MD

Stuart Sherman, MD

Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director of ERCP
Glen A Lehman Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
ASGE Distinguished Endoscopic Mentoring Award (5/09)
Governing Board Member ASGE—5/05-5/08
American Board of Internal Medicine—Gastroenterology
Best Doctors in America (2003-2010)
Indianapolis Top Docs (2007-2010)
Nationally recognized for research and clinical service in complex pancreaticobiliary diseases and ERCP

John J. Vargo, MD, MPH, FASGE

Head, Section of Therapeutic Endoscopy, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Program, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic-Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Member, Multi-society GI Core Curriculum Task Force
Member, Multi-society Sedation Task Force
Research Interests: Sedation, Physiologic Monitoring, Outcomes, Endoscopic training and competency
Honors: Best Doctors in America 2009, 2010