About the contributor

• William G. Paterson

William G. Paterson

Dr Paterson obtained his M.D. degree from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada in 1979 and subsequently completed clinical training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Western Ontario and Queen's University. From 1984-86 he held a Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship at Harvard University in the laboratory of Dr Raj Goyal, following which he returned to Queen's University where he is currently Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology. His main research interest is in the physiology and pathophysiology of the esophagus. In addition to holding continuous research funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the past 18 years, he has been recognized with the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Research Excellence Award and the Janssen Award in Gastroenterology for basic or clinical research in Digestive Sciences. He currently holds a Queen's University Research Chair.