About the contributor

• Samuel Nurko
• Glenn T. Furuta

Samuel Nurko

Samuel Nurko is the Director of the Center of Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders at Children's Hospital, Boston. The center provides state of the art care and evaluation to children with motility and functional bowel disorders, and to their families. Dr Nurko was awarded his M.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He completed his Pediatric Residency at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospital, and his fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Children's Hospital, Boston. He received his M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. His research and clinical practice focus in the areas of mechanisms of defecation and fecal continence, constipation, eosinophilic esophagitis, non-acid reflux, functional bowel disorders, pseudo-obstruction, postoperative problems after GI surgery and Hirschsprung's disease.

Glenn T. Furuta

The focus of Glenn T. Furuta's work is understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases. He received his medical degree and completed his pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine. His postgraduate work was completed at the Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in Boston where he focused on determining molecular mechanisms of allergic reactions in the gastrointestinal tract. In collaboration with his clinical research colleagues, he has published a number of original articles defining the clinicopathological features of eosinophilic esophagitis. His laboratory work focuses on understanding the role of eosinophil specific mediators on intestinal epithelial function.