Blogs
Dr. Jim Kantidakis interviewed Dr. Drossman December 4, 2019, for his Talking Gut podcast
Professor Douglas Drossman on Effective Communication Skills to Optimize the Provider Patient Relationship Dr. Jim Kantidakis interviewed Dr. Drossman December 4, 2019, for his Talking Gut podcast. Click here to listen In this episode they talked about: What is...
Communication Pearls to Help the Patient Provider Relationship and Implement Patient Centered Care
by Douglas A Drossman, MD Changes in our healthcare system have been associated with a deterioration in the patient-provider relationship (PPR). For the clinician, increased administrative tasks and certification requirements, along with pressures to see more...
Why Is Functional Dyspepsia the New Hot Topic?
by Jan Tack MD, PhD The mission of the Rome Foundation includes the promotion of the global recognition and legitimization of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was the first disorder to be addressed by the Foundation almost 3...
Mental Health Professionals in Psychogastroenterology in now available online
The Rome GastroPsych group is excited to announce that the handbook for Mental Health Professionals in Psychogastroenterology in now available online! The brain-gut connection has been increasingly implicated in biopsychosocial well-being. While there are...
Drossman Gastroenterology welcomed Rome Visiting Scholars from Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC
Drossman Gastroenterology welcomed Rome Visiting Scholars Dr. Baharak Moshiree, Dr. Elyse Thakur and MacKenzie Jarvic PA-C to the office August 27-29, 2019 from Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC. They also met with Rome Board Members Dr. Olafur Palsson and Dr. William...
Neuromodulators – what are they and how can they help?
As you may have seen on Facebook Live with Dr. Drossman, the Rome Foundation is working to change the nomenclature of certain medications that can have multiple effects. In the history of medicine, medications have been developed and named based on need. When people...
Advance Practice Providers: Their Role in Primary and Specialty Care
By: Meghan Huff PA-C In my relatively short career as a Physician Assistant (PA), I have been fortunate to work in two very different clinical settings. Even prior to my professional work, I was exposed to various medical settings and specialties through clinical...
Dr. Jim Kantidakis from The Gut Center in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia was a Rome Visiting Scholar at Drossman Gastroenterology.
Jim Kantidakis, PsyD Gi Clinical Psychologist & Hypnotherapist May 12-15, 2019 For the few who do not know of Dr. Douglas Drossman’s work, his extensive research in Gastroenterology has paved the way to improved treatments and patient centered care. He was one of...
AGA Institute- Rome Foundation Lectureship on Making Treatment Choices for Functional GI Disorders (DGBI) to be held on May 20, 2019 at Digestive Disease Week 2019
RALEIGH, NC (May 1, 2019) – The AGA Institute, in conjunction with The Rome Foundation, will present a lectureship entitled Making Treatment Choices for Patients with Functional GI Disorders (DGBI) on May 20, 2019 at Digestive Disease Week 2019. The event will take...
Yale University School of Medicine Clinical Fellow in Training, Jill Deutsch, is a Rome Foundation Visiting Scholar at Drossman Gastroenterology
Name: Jill Deutsch, MD Position: Clinical Fellow in Training Institution: Yale University School of Medicine Visiting Scholar Date: April 16-18, 2019 As part of the Rome Foundation’s Visiting Scholars program, Jill Deutsch, a clinical fellow in training at Yale...
Optimizing the Diagnosis and Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Dr. Drossman and physician assistant Meghan Huff provide an up to date overview of diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome.
Medicine has Become a Business. But What is the Cost?
The following article, written 15 years ago, was a call to awareness about the growing pressures to disincentivize the value of clinician education and the patient-provider relationship. Unfortunately, things may be getting worse. The Rome...