About the contributor

• Braden Kuo
• Daniela Urma

Braden Kuo

Dr Kuo is Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant Physician, Gastroenterology Unit and Director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical School and following residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern, completed his fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical work is specialized in GI Motility and Functional GI disorders and he has an active research lab investigating these clinical issues. His group focuses on brain gut interactions utilizing functional brain imaging, with funding from the NIH and the American Gastroenterology Association. He also conducts clinical trials in GI dysmotility and functional GI diseases such as dyspepsia, gastroparesis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Daniela Urma

Daniela Urma obtained her M.D. degree at Carol Davila University in Bucharest, Romania. She is a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, working with D. Braden Kuo in the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory. Her interests involve gastrointestinal motility disorders and brain-gut interactions. She has been principally involved in clinical and translational research in the topics of gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and functional dyspepsia.