John E. Pandolfino MD, MSCI

Dr. John E. Pandolfino is the Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His career has focused primarily on studying the biomechanics of bolus transport and gastrointestinal motility as it pertains to gastroesophageal reflux and swallowing disorders. He currently is funded by the NIH to study GERD and Dysphagia pathogenesis and also receives funding from an industry focused on the development of new technologies to investigate and treat gastrointestinal disorders.

He also maintains a strong clinical practice and in the Esophageal Center at Northwestern which serves as the nation’s top referral center for complicated esophageal diseases. He is active in multiple professional organizations and has a strong commitment to the editorial process serving as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Gastroenterology and as a member of the editorial board of multiple high-level Gastroenterology and Hepatology journals.