"Dysmotitlity" A discussion with Dr Chandra Prakash Gyawali and Dr Uday C Ghoshal

Dr. Uday C Ghoshal, MD, DNB, DM, FACG is currently working as Additional Professor in the Department of Gastroenterology at SGPGI, Lucknow. He is also the Faculty In charge of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology and Motility Laboratory in the same Department. Dr. Uday Goshal attended Medical School and received his MBBS at Burdwan Medical College in 1986 and received 8 gold medals and university first position in all three of his professional examinations and MD (Internal Medicine) from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh in 1991 and DNB from National Board of Examination, New Delhi in 1992, DM (Gastroenterology) from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow in 1995, FACG from American College of Gastroenterology in 2007.

Dr. Chandra Prakash Gyawali is currently a Professor of Medicine, Director of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and Program Director of Gastroenterology Fellowship Training at the Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Gyawali's academic interests include gastrointestinal motility, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and functional bowel disorders; he is also prominently involved in education and mentoring of students, residents, fellows and peers at all levels. Gyawali also found that tricyclic antidepressants can treat the chest pain associated with acid reflux and that anti-reflux therapies and surgery can be valuable for patients with reflux symptoms and esophageal lining injury assessed using novel techniques. His group is currently evaluating outcomes of laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery in patients with varying abnormalities of esophageal motility.