Contributors
Nonko Pehlivanov, M.D.
Dr Pehlivanov earned his M.D. degree from the Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. After his residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology he stayed on faculty at the Division of Gastroenterology of the Transport Medical Institute, Sofia. Since 1997 he has held research positions at the University of Virginia, University of California, San Diego, and University of Kansas Medical Center. In 2003, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston as Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory. Research interests include non-cardiac chest pain, heartburn, gastroparesis, and irritable bowel syndrome.
