Contributors
Brant K. Oelschlager, M.D.
Brant K. Oelschlager, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, received his M.D. from The University of North Carolina in 1995. He completed his General Surgery residency at the University of Washington in 2000 and a fellowship in Esophageal and Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Washington in 2001. He subsequently joined the Department of Surgery faculty in 2001. He is the Director of the Swallowing Center, a clinic, laboratory, and research section devoted to the research and clinical management of esophageal disorders. Additionally, he is the Director of the Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery (CVES). As director, he is in charge of a post-graduate fellowship in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery that provides training to two surgeons per year. CVES also facilitates the training of General Surgery residents and community surgeons in advances minimally invasive surgery. Recognized as a world leader in esophageal and minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, Dr Oelschlager is widely published (~35 peer reviewed articles and ~15 book chapter, along with numerous invited manuscripts). He is the principal investigator in numerous trials in the fields of minimally invasive surgery and esophageal physiology and surgery.