Blogs
Rachel Sarnoff, MD, MSCR Candidate, Shares Her Visiting Scholar Experience
On July 8-11, 2024, Rachel Sarnoff, MD, MSCR Candidate completed the Rome Foundation-DrossmanCare Visiting Scholar Program. The Visiting Scholar Program is a great opportunity for clinicians and researchers to engage with key leaders, including Rome Foundation Board...
Kalin Clark, PsyD, ABPP Shares Her Visiting Scholar Experience
On March 26-27, 2024, Kalin Clark, PsyD, ABPP, completed the Rome Foundation-DrossmanCare Visiting Scholar Program. Kalin is a psychologist with 8 years of psychology experience and 1.5 years working with DGBI patients. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the...
5th Train the Trainer program in Communication Skills to improve the Patient-Provider Relationship
In early February 2024, DrossmanCare, in collaboration with the Rome Foundation, completed their 5th Train the Trainer program in Communication Skills to improve the Patient-Provider Relationship. The 1 ½ day program identifies key opinion leaders in DGBI who are...
World famous neurogastroenterologists, scientists, and clinicians convened in Rome in November 2023 to work on Rome V
Location: Rome, Italy Date: November 28, 2023 Close to 200 academic and clinical professionals in basic and clinical research and patient care working in DGBI convened in Rome, Italy, to work on the Rome V consensus. The work from 25 chapters and support committees...
Dr. Justin Brandler Shares His Visiting Scholar Experience
Institution: Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA Date: August 29-30, 2023 In August 2023, Dr. Justin Brandler completed the Rome Foundation-DrossmanCare Visiting Scholar Program. Dr. Brandler is a neurogastroenterologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in...
Rome Foundation President, Jan Tack, MD, Ph.D wins UEG Lifetime Achievement Award
Rome Foundation President Dr. Jan Tack has been awarded the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award From United European Gastroenterology. The award recognizes European clinicians or researchers who have made significant lifelong contributions to gastroenterology. In addition...
De-escalate Don’t Escalate: Essential Steps to Effectively Recognize and Manage the Patient Who Is Angry and Disruptive
Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG1, Laurie Keefer, PhD2 and Douglas A. Drossman, MD, MACG3 Am J Gastroenterol 2022;00:1–3. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000002090; published online December 7, 2022 CASE STUDY A.G. was a 42-year-old man referred for chronic abdominal...
Post COVID-19 irritable bowel syndrome
ABSTRACT Objectives: The long-term consequences of COVID-19 infection on the gastrointestinal tract remain unclear. Here, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and post-COVID-19 disorders of gut–brain interaction after hospitalisation for...
Rome Foundation Expands Leadership as it Looks to the Future
As the Rome Foundation grows in the degree and scope of its educational and research activities in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions (DGBI), we have found the need to broaden the leadership. Since its inception more than 30 years ago, the Rome Foundation has been...
Rome Foundation Expands Leadership as it Looks to the Future
As the Rome Foundation grows in the degree and scope of its educational and research activities in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions (DGBI), we have found the need to broaden the leadership. Since its inception more than 30 years ago, the Rome Foundation has been...
Six Books That Tackle Some of the Most Perplexing Medical Mysteries of Our Time
Six Books That Tackle Some of the Most Perplexing Medical Mysteries of Our Time Gut Feelings The Patient’s Story: Personal Accounts of the Illness Journey By Douglas A. Drossman MD, Johannah Ruddy MEd There is nothing quite as crushing as falling victim to an illness...
Annual Digestive Disease Week held in San Diego furthers DGBI research and patient care
At the Annual Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®) in San Diego in May, Board members and staff were busy furthering our mission of improving the lives of people with functional GI disorders. Committee work, booth work, and industry meetings on new projects filled everyone...