About the contributor

• Ronnie Fass
• Ram Dickman

Ronnie Fass

Ronnie Fass is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Director of the GI Motility Laboratory at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and head of The Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group. Dr Fass is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastrointestinal Association and the American Motility Society and is the chair of the American College of Gastroenterology Practice Parameter Committee. He is the recipient of the American Gastroenterological Association/Janssen Award for Digestive Sciences in Clinical or Basic Research and the Department of Veteran Affairs, Investigator of the Year award (2004). A frequent lecturer and presenter, Dr Fass is a reviewer for more than 40 journals and has published more than 250 abstracts, editorials, letters and articles in journals such as Gastroenterology, Gut, American Family Physician, American Journal of Gastroenterology and Archives of Internal Medicine.

Ram Dickman

Ram Dickman is a Research Fellow and a member of the Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson, AZ, under the mentorship of Ronnie Fass, M.D. Dr Dickman earned his medical degree at The Verona University, Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy, and completed a one-year internship at Tel Aviv University. He completed his residency in internal medical and fellowship in gastroenterology at Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. Dr Dickman is a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Israel Gastroenterological Association. His area of interest is GI motility, functional bowel disorders and brain-gut interactions.