Author
M Chance Spalding, DO, PhD Resident Physician, Department of General Surgery, Doctors Hospital, OhioHealth
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Jason P Straus, MD Staff Physician, Department of Surgery, Wright State University School of Medicine
Jason P Straus, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
David L Morris, MD, PhD, FRACS Professor, Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia
David L Morris, MD, PhD, FRACS is a member of the following medical societies: British Society of Gastroenterology
Disclosure: Received none from RFA Medical for director; Received none from MRC Biotec for director.
Chief Editor
John Geibel, MD, MSc, DSc, AGAF Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Director of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital; American Gastroenterological Association Fellow; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
John Geibel, MD, MSc, DSc, AGAF is a member of the following medical societies: American Gastroenterological Association, American Physiological Society, American Society of Nephrology, Association for Academic Surgery, International Society of Nephrology, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
Oscar Joe Hines, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine
Oscar Joe Hines, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Andres E Castellanos, MD Assistant Professor, Associate Surgical Residency Program Director, Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
Andres E Castellanos, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
James de Caestecker, DO Instructor, Department of Surgery, MCP Hahnemann University
James de Caestecker, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Barry D Mann, MD Program Director, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, MCP Hahnemann University
Barry D Mann, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Association for Cancer Education, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Bariatric Physicians, Association for Surgical Education, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and Society of Surgical Oncology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
