Working Teams and Committees
Working Team and Committee Reports
In addition to developing the Rome Criteria for diagnosing Functional GI Disorders (FGIDs), the Rome Foundation appoints working teams that address other complex issues in the field. In choosing team members, the Board has selected senior-level members internationally who are directly involved in and who have published in the topic areas chosen by the Board. The purpose of these working team committees is to develop a summary of the research and literature to date and then offer guidelines or recommendations to help advance future research. The teams would then develop a manuscript to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Kok Ann Gwee MD, PhD, Chair
Singapore
William E. Whitehead, PhD, Co-Chair
USA
William D. Chey, MD, Co-Chair
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Jan Tack, MD, PhD, Co-Chair
Leuven, Belgium
Dan L. Dumitrascu, MD, Chair
Magnus Simrén, MD, PhD, Chair
Gothenburg, Sweden
Giovanni Barbara, MD, Co-Chair
Bologna, Italy
Ami Sperber, MD, MSPH, Chair
Beer-Sheva, Israel
Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Chair
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Center for Neurovisceral Sciences & Women's Health
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Qasim Aziz, PhD, FRCP (London), Co-Chair
The Wingate Institute
London, UK
Michael Camilleri, MD, Chair
Mayo Medical Center
Rochester, MN, USA
Douglas A. Drossman, MD, Chair
UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Lin Chang, MD, Co-Chair
UCLA CNS: Center for Neurovisceral Sciences & Women's Health
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Rome III: The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders is the third edition of development of the "Rome criteria" for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Through the work of the editors, 87 authors from 18 countries on 14 committees, and our administrative staff, Rome III provides the culmination of a 4-year process with updates in the criteria with 17 chapters that address the organ-based criteria, basic science, physiology, pharmacology & pharmacokinetics, psychosocial aspects, gender, age, society, culture, and the patient's perspective, design of treatment trials, and development and validation of the Rome III diagnostic questionnaire. This is a list of the members whose knowledge, experience, and hard work led to this final product.
For more information on the Rome Foundation Working Teams and Committees, please contact:
Rome Foundation, Inc.P.O. Box 6524
Raleigh, NC 27628
Phone: 919-539-3051
Fax: 919-900-7646