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Rome Board of Directors

Jan Tack, MD, PhDJan Tack, MD, PhD, RFF | President & Chairman of the Board

Professor of Medicine
Head, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Head of Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology
University Hospital KU Leuven
Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID)
Leuven, Belgium

Douglas A. Drossman, MD, RFF | President Emeritus and CEO

President Emeritus & Chief Executive Officer, Rome Foundation
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychiatry
UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders
University of North Carolina
Center for Education and Practice of Biopsychosocial Patient Care
DrossmanCare and Drossman Gastroenterology
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Giovanni Barbara, MD, RFFGiovanni Barbara, MD, RFF

Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology
Department of Medical and Surgical Science
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy

 

 

Lin Chang, MD, RFF

Professor of Medicine
Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress
Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

 

 

William D. Chey, MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, RFFWilliam D. Chey, MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, RFF

H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology
Professor of Nutrition Sciences
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

 

 

Xiucai Fang, MD, RFF

Professor of Medicine
Department of Gastroenterology
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Beijing, China

 

 

 

Laurie Keefer, PhD, RFF

Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA

 

 

 

Brian E. Lacy, Ph.D., M.D., FACG

Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG, RFF

Professor of Medicine & Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL, USA

 

Samuel Nurko, MD, MPHSamuel Nurko, MD, MPH, RFF

Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Center for Motility and Functional Bowel Disorders
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

 

 

 

Max J. Schmulson W., MD

Max J. Schmulson W., MD, RFF

Professor of Medicine
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Laboratorio de Hígado, Páncreas y Motilidad (HIPAM)
Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental
Mexico City, D.F., Mexico

Magnus Simrén, MD, PhD Research Director

Magnus Simrén, MD, PhD, RFF

Professor of Gastroenterology
University of Gothenburg
Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden

Adjunct Professor of Medicine,
University of North Carolina (UNC)
School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Ami Sperber, MD, MSPH, RFF

Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel

Maura Corsetti, MD, PhD

Maura Corsetti, MD, PhD, RFF

Clinical Associate Professor in Gastroenterology
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Madhusudan Grover, MD, AGAF

Madhusudan Grover, MD, AGAF, RFF

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology|
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Former Members of the Board

John Kellow, MD

John Kellow, MD, FRACP
New South Wales, Australia
2007-2020

Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD
Callaghan, Australia
1990-2011

William E. Whitehead, PhD
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
1992-2018

Enrico Corazziari, MD
Rome, Italy
1989-2010

Fernando Azpiroz, MD, PhD
Barcelona, Spain
2008-2017

W. Grant Thompson, MD
Ottowa, Canada
1989-2008

Robin C. Spiller, MD, MSC
Nottingham, England
2000-2014

Michel Delvaux, MD, PhD
Nancy, France
1999-2006

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