Esophageal Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment
暫譯: 食道疾病：診斷與治療

本書是對良性食道疾病的病理生理、診斷和治療的最先進描述。專家醫生在每一章中提供基於證據和經驗的分析。書籍的讀者包括基層醫療醫生、內科醫生、腸胃科醫生、肺科醫生、外科醫生以及醫學生。

這本書易於閱讀，同時內容全面且詳盡，提供清晰的信息。

Francisco Schlottmann received his medical degree with honors at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He then completed his general surgery residency at the Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires. After his surgical training, Dr. Schlottmann completed the Soudavar fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, focusing his research on esophageal cancer. He then did a 2-year gastrointestinal surgery fellowship at the University of North Carolina, focusing his clinical and research activities on foregut disorders. Dr. Schlottmann obtained his Master of Public Health at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. He also completed a 1-year Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He currently serves as Clinical Instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as Affiliate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires with an active clinical and research interest in esophageal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease, obesity, esophageal cancer, and gastric cancer. Dr. Schlottmann has published over 300 journal articles, and has written over 70 book chapters.

Fernando Herbella obtained his MD, residence in General Surgery, Residence in Gastrointestinal Surgery, MSc, PhD and is Associate Professor, Attending Surgeon, at the Department of Surgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil. He did a fellowship in physiology and surgery of the esophagus at the University of California, San Francisco under DR. Marco Patti and at the University of Rochester under Dr. Jeffrey Peters. His interest is in the physiology and surgery of the foregut.

Marco G. Patti was born and raised in Catania, Italy. He graduated from the University of Catania, School of Medicine in 1981. Between1983 and 1986 he did research at the University of California San Francisco, studying gastrointestinal physiology (Dr. Carlos Pellegrini and Dr. Lawrence Way). Between 1986 and 1993, he completed a Residency in General Surgery at UCSF. After completion of his residency, he did a fellowship in esophageal cancer at the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong (Professor John Wong). Subsequently he practiced at the University of California San Francisco, the University of Chicago, and the University of North Carolina. Presently he is involved with mentoring in the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia. Dr. Patti's clinical activity focuses on foregut disorders. Over the years, he has given major contribution to the diagnosis and treatment of GERD and achalasia. Dr. Patti has published more than 300 manuscripts in peer review journals and 10 books. He has been an invited speaker more than 220 times in the US. He is Past President of the International Society for Digestive Surgery and Past President of the International Society of Surgery. He was President for the World Congress of Surgery in August 2017 in Basel, Switzerland. He has been an invited speaker in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, giving more than 160 lectures.

Francisco Schlottmann 在阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯大學獲得榮譽醫學學位，隨後在布宜諾斯艾利斯德國醫院完成一般外科住院醫師訓練。完成外科訓練後，Schlottmann醫生在紀念斯隆凱特林癌症中心完成Soudavar獎學金，專注於食道癌的研究。接著，他在北卡羅來納大學進行為期兩年的腸胃外科獎學金，將臨床和研究活動集中在前腸疾病上。Schlottmann醫生在北卡羅來納大學吉林斯全球公共衛生學院獲得公共衛生碩士學位。他還在伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校完成為期一年的微創和機器人手術獎學金。目前，他擔任伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校的臨床講師，以及布宜諾斯艾利斯德國醫院的外科附屬教授，並積極從事食道疾病、胃食道逆流病、肥胖、食道癌和胃癌的臨床和研究工作。Schlottmann醫生已發表超過300篇期刊文章，並撰寫超過70章書籍。

Fernando Herbella 獲得醫學博士學位，並完成一般外科和腸胃外科的住院醫師訓練，擁有碩士和博士學位，現任巴西聖保羅聯邦大學外科系的副教授及主治醫師。他在加州大學舊金山分校的Marco Patti博士和羅徹斯特大學的Jeffrey Peters博士指導下，進行食道生理學和外科的獎學金研究。他的研究興趣集中在前腸的生理學和外科手術上。

Marco G. Patti 出生並成長於意大利卡塔尼亞。他於1981年畢業於卡塔尼亞大學醫學院。在1983年至1986年間，他在加州大學舊金山分校進行腸胃生理學的研究（指導教授為Carlos Pellegrini博士和Lawrence Way博士）。1986年至1993年間，他在舊金山完成一般外科住院醫師訓練。完成住院醫師訓練後，他在香港的瑪麗醫院進行食道癌的獎學金研究（指導教授為John Wong教授）。隨後，他在加州大學舊金山分校、芝加哥大學和北卡羅來納大學執業。目前，他在維吉尼亞大學外科系參與指導工作。Patti醫生的臨床活動專注於前腸疾病。多年來，他對胃食道逆流病（GERD）和食道失弛緩症的診斷和治療做出了重要貢獻。Patti醫生已在同行評審期刊上發表超過300篇手稿和10本書籍。他在美國被邀請演講超過220次。他曾擔任國際消化外科學會的前會長和國際外科學會的前會長。2017年8月，他在瑞士巴塞爾擔任世界外科大會的會長。他在北美、南美、歐洲和亞洲被邀請演講，進行了超過160場講座。