Mar.12, 2024 MUHC Medical Grand Rounds, Dysphagia in 2024:?An Allergic Disorder by Dr. Serge Mayrand

Title: Dysphagia in 2024: ?An Allergic Disorder
Speaker: Dr. Serge Mayrand
MUHC Medical Grand Rounds Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 12h00-13h00
Educational objectives:
1. Review the diagnostic approach to esophageal dysphagia
2. Understand the principles of current investigation techniques
3.Recognize the importance of Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a cause of dysphagia/solid food impaction
4. Discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Biosketch of Dr. Serge Mayrand:
Dr. Serge Mayrand obtained his medical degree from the University of Montreal in 1984 and completed his Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Residency Training at McGill University and the Montreal General Hospital in 1989. He then pursued a Research Fellowship Program in digestive motor disorders at the University of Toronto and the Toronto Western Hospital, under the supervision of Dr. N.E. Diamant. In 1992, he joined the Department of Medicine and the Division of Gastroenterology at the Montreal General Hospital and McGill University Health Center, where he holds the position of Director of the Esophageal Motility Laboratory. He is also co-Director and co-Founder of the McGill Multidisciplinary Esophageal Clinic, devoted to the diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of benign esophageal disorders. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Quebec Association Of Gastroenterologists from 2001 until 2019 and, served as Vice-President from 2019-2021 His main academic interests include esophageal diseases, particularly motility disorders and gastro-esophageal reflux disease and its complications such as Barrett’s esophagus, as well as eosinophilic disorders.
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