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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2018
Editorial | Expert Point of View | WCOG at ACG 2017 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events
Eamonn M. M. Quigley, MD, MACG is the
2017 WGO Georges Brohée Medal Recipient
Eamonn M. M.
Quigley, MD,
MACG received the
WGO Georges
Brohée Medal and
presented his lecture
on the topic, “News
From a Dark Continent – An
Assessment of the Diagnostic and
Therapeutic Implications of the Gut
Microbiome?” This event took place
during the World Congress of
Gastroenterology at ACG 2017 in
Orlando, Florida, USA on 17
October 2017.
Much has been learned of the microbiology
of the human gut microbiome
and laboratory experiments have
revealed potential involvement of a
disturbed microbiome in a number of
gastrointestinal and systemic diseases.
Dr. Quigley’s lecture explored to what
extent this promise has translated into
clinical value.
VIDEO - In this exclusive video
from the World Congress of Gastroenterology
at ACG 2017, Eamonn
M.M. Quigley, MD, MACG, professor
of medicine at Weill Cornell
Medical College, and chief of gastroenterology
and hepatology at Houston
Methodist Hospital, shares an overview
of the current state of gut microbiome
research from the clinician’s
perspective, which he discussed during
the WGO Brohée Lecture. View it
here: https://www.healio.com/gastroenterology/
therapeutics-diagnostics/
news/online/%7B896e0212-2beb-
4187-b547-c7b5b2e5b680%7D/
video-gut-microbiome-research-spedby
technology-informatics-but-diet-amajor
confounder.
Dr. Quigley’s clinical and research
interests include irritable bowel
syndrome, gastrointestinal motility
and the role of the gut microbiota
in health and in gastrointestinal and
metabolic disorders. He has authored
over 900 publications, chaired and
helped to develop the WGO Irritable
Bowel Syndrome Guideline
and edited or co-edited 22 books
or monographs. He has received
numerous awards world-wide. He
served as president of the American
College of Gastroenterology and
World Gastroenterology Organisation
(WGO) and has served as Chair of
the WGO Foundation. Dr. Quigley
has served in various other roles in
WGO since 2002 and currently serves
on the WGO Foundation Board as
Past Past Chairman. Dr. Quigley
is a Program Director for the “The
Microbiota Hard Talks - Live From
Texas Medical Center” Webinar Series
and is a past editor-in-chief of The
American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Dr. Quigley is the David M. Underwood
Chair of Medicine in Digestive
Disorders, Chief of the Division of
Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Medical Director of the Lynda K. and
David M. Underwood Center for
Digestive Disorders and Professor of
Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
at Houston Methodist Hospital
in Houston, Texas, USA.
Much has been learned
of the microbiology of the
human gut microbiome and
laboratory experiments
have revealed potential
involvement of a disturbed
microbiome in a number
of gastrointestinal and
systemic diseases.
2017-2019 WGO President, Prof. Cihan Yurdaydin,
presents the Georges Brohée Medal to
Dr. Quigley.
Dr. Quigley delivering the Georges Brohée
Lecture.