Grand Rounds: Highlights of Lead Papers from the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study

Virtual Session:
Available On-Demand

Cost:

MD, PhD, PsyD, BS, MS, MPH – $30
Student, Trainee or Fellow, Non-clinician – No Cost

Only paid registrants – MD, PhD, PsyD, BS, MS, MPH – will receive CME credit

​​​​​​​Earn 1.25 CME credits

A Rome Foundation Continuing Medical Education program

Summary:

The groundbreaking Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study (RFGES) has now published over 40 papers with many others in preparation. It serves as the reference paper for practice and research on the Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions (DGBI) and its initial paper “Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study” is now approaching 1,000 citations, making it the leading reference in the field.

In this session of the Rome Foundation Grand Rounds, we will present an introduction to the RFGES and its methodology and highlight three of its leading papers:

1. Greater Overlap of Rome IV Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions Leads to Increased Disease Severity and Poorer Quality of Life
   Presenter, Ami Sperber
2. Novel Irritable Bowel Syndrome Subgroups are Reproducible in the Global Adult Population
   Presenter, Chris Black
3. Symptom profiles compatible with disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) in organic gastrointestinal diseases: A global population-based study.
   Presenter, Tom van Gils

These presentations will be followed by a Q&A session and panel discussion.

Grand Round Objectives:

To become more familiar with the RFGES:

•  Aims
• Methodology
• Achievements and importance
• How to access the database for studies and publications

To get an in-depth description of three of the 40 papers published to date from the study:

• The prevalence, effect, and significance of overlapping DGBI​
• A latent class analysis showing the reproducibility of IBS sub-groups

Ami Sperber, MD, MSPH, RFF

Dr. Sperber is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, has led the Rome Foundation Global Initiative since its inception, and is the initiator and director of the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study.

Olafur Palsson, PsyD

Dr. Palsson is a DGBI researcher and Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was in charge of the data collection for the RFGES study and manages the data from the study. He is also Co-director of the Data Core of Rome Foundation Research Institute.

Christopher J. Black, PhD, MRCP

Dr. Black is a consultant gastroenterologist with an interest in neurogastroenterology. His research focuses on disorders of gut-brain interaction, particularly irritable bowel syndrome, and evidence-based data synthesis.

Tom van Gils, MD PhD

Tom van Gils, MD PhD, is currently working as a postdoctoral reseacher in the field of DGBI in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2016, he successfully defended his PhD thesis “Celiac disease, beyond villous atrophy” in Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands.