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Peter  Layer

Peter Layer MD, PhD, FACG, AGAF

Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and General Medicine
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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Peter Layer, MD, PhD, FACG, AGAF, Professor of Medicine, is Medical Director and Chief of the Department of Medicine at Israeli Hospital, Hamburg Germany. He is the treasurer of the German Society for Gastroenterology (DGVS), having previously served as the president of this society. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. He has published more than 380 journal articles, book chapters, text books, national and international guideline recommendations. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of several international journals.

Dr. Layer received his professional training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Essen University Hospital, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, and at the Mayo Clinic, Gastroenterology Unit, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. His scientific focus is on the regulation and pathology of the human pancreas and its diseases, as well as its interaction with gastrointestinal motility and its disorders.
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