Chandra Prakash Gyawali MD, MRCP, AGAF

Dr. Chandra Prakash Gyawali is currently a Professor of Medicine, Director of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and Program Director of Gastroenterology Fellowship Training at the Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Gyawali's academic interests include gastrointestinal motility, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and functional bowel disorders; he is also prominently involved in education and mentoring of students, residents, fellows, and peers at all levels.

Gyawali also found that tricyclic antidepressants can treat the chest pain associated with acid reflux and that anti-reflux therapies and surgery can be valuable for patients with reflux symptoms and esophageal lining injury assessed using novel techniques. His group is currently evaluating outcomes of laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery in patients with varying abnormalities of esophageal motility.