Professor Daniel Sifrim

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  Professor Daniel Sifrim completed his medical training in 1979 at the Buenos Aires University, Argentina. He did his Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training at the Posadas General Hospital, in Buenos Aires. In 1990 he moved to Belgium for specialized training in gastro-intestinal motility. He was a research fellow at the Centre for Gastroenterological Research at the University Of Leuven, Belgium and he obtained a PhD degree in 1994 under the supervision of Prof. dr. G. Vantrappen. From 1994 - 2008, Prof Sifrim developed his clinical research and academic career in Belgium. He was appointed first Associate Professor and later full Professor of Medicine at the University of Leuven. Prof. Sifrim has recently been appointed Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology at Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary, University of London. His research focuses on the physiology and pathophysiology of esophageal motility and gastro-esophageal reflux disease. Prof Sifrim has been devoted to development of new techniques to measure esophageal motility and gastroesophageal reflux. He serves as reviewer for most of the gastroenterology journals and has authored or co-authored more than 100 original articles, book chapters and reviews on esophageal disorders. He received the American Gastroenterology Association, Janssen Award 2003 for Basic and Clinical Research.

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  Oesophageal disorders, gastro oesophageal, reflux disease, functional GI disorders