About the contributor

• Benson T. Massey

Benson T. Massey

Benson Massey received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His gastroenterology fellowship, including two years of NIH-sponsored training in motility, was completed at the Medical College of Wisconsin under Wylie J. Dodds and Walter J. Hogan. He subsequently joined the faculty at MCW, where he has been the director of the GI Manometry Laboratory since 1990. His clinical and research interests focus on oropharyngeal and esophageal motor disorders and the mechanics of bolus transport. He is on the editorial board of Dysphagia and is ongoing editor of the achalasia module on the PIER website for the American College of Physicians.