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Esophageal and Gastric Disorders in Infancy and Childhood, 1st ed. 2017
Coordinators: Till Holger, Thomson Mike, Foker John E., Holcomb III George W., Khan Khalid M.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Esophageal and Gastric Disorders in Infancy and Childhood:
Keywords
Atresia; Esophagus; GERD; Long-gap EA; Mercer's Syndrome; Stomach; maternal and child health
Publication date: 09-2018
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 04-2017
1526 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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John E. Foker
John E. Foker holds the Robert and Sharon Kaster Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, in, the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is American Board Certified in General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery.
His clinical and research interests focus on enlisting biological growth signals to induce catch-up growth of hypoplastic and atretic structures so that they reach normal size and allow straight-forward repairs to be made. Principal among these conditions are esophageal atresia and hypoplastic cardiac valves and ventricles. By the use of growth signals to achieve normal-sized structures, good long term (70+ years) appear possible.
Education
Bachelors Degree, Harvard College, 1959Medical Degree, Harvard medical School, 1963
Doctor of Philosophy (Microbiology/biochemistry), University of Minnesota 1968
Surgery Residency, University of Minnesota, 1963-1972
Thoracic Surgery Residency, University of Minnesota 1973-1975
Clinical Interests
The staged treatment of esophageal atresia and stenosis and hypoplastic cardiac valves and ventricles by operations designed to enlist the appropriate growth signals. When sufficient growth has occurred, a standard repair can be carried out with a good long-term result.
Holger KH Till, MD, PhD
Professor Holger Till is currently Chair Professor of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery at the Medical University of Graz. He attended Medical School at the University of Goettingen (Germany) and the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). He also participated in a student exchange program with the Harvard Medical School (1988) and got fascinated with pediatric surgery while working with Professor Patricia Donahoe at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. After graduation in 1989 he completed his residency
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