Expert Details
Gastroenterology, Medical Use of Voice Recognition
ID: 712450
Minnesota, USA
The National Library of Medicine is preparing a large thesaurus of medical terms in order to agree on terms in the electronic medical record. This development is important in order for all professionals to communicate effectively. Expert has been developing and validating these terms for gastroenterology for 15 years. He currently is the recipient of a $100,000 grant to validate a new lexicon for GI Endoscopy.
As an academic gastroenterologist at a major teaching hospital, Expert has daily experience with clinical gastroenterology. He has research interests in the evaluation of new technology, computers in gastroenterology, tube and gastrostomy feeding, gastric emptying, bile acid metabolism, ERCP methods, endoscopic training and evaluation, and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding. Other major research interests include natural history of peptic ulcer disease, the influence of ethanol on gastric emptying, mathematical chaos in the gastrointestinal tract, and intestinal glutamine metabolism.
Expert performed studies of investigational new devices (tubes and therapeutic devices) and drugs (H2 blockers, cytoprotective agents, prokinetic agents) for over ten years.
As a practicing internist at a busy county hospital, Expert teaches internal medicine to residents every day and keeps abreast of current developments. Expert has authored a major review on glutamine metabolism. He has also worked on gallstone dissolution and lithocholic acid at the Mayo Clinic.
In order to decide who can operate on and diagnose people, an objective method of evaluating doctors during training is needed. Expert has developed such methods for gastroenterology. He is a world expert in evaluating the competency of endoscopy. He is also knowledgeable regarding medical competency, the measurement of the ability to perform medical procedures. He recently won a grant to study this problem in a nationwide multicenter study.
As the winner of an SBIR grant to develop a voice recognition endoscopic database, Expert has been working with speech recognition systems and expert systems since 1988.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1978 | Degree: M.D. | Subject: | Institution: University of Minnesota Medical School |
| Year: 1972 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Chemistry; Mathematics minor | Institution: Oberlin College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1984 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Associate Physician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1984 to 1997 | Employer: University of Minnesota | Title: Assistant Professor of Medicine | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1984 | Employer: University of Minnesota | Title: Gastroenterology Fellowship | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1981 | Employer: University of Minnesota | Title: Internal Medicine Categorical Residency | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American Medical Informatics Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (computer committee), the Minnesota State Medical Association, the Hennepin County Medical Society, the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology Assessment, and the Minneapolis Society of Internal Medicine. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. |
Fields of Expertise
medical lexicon, medical lexicon development, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal disease, gastrointestinal drug, gallstone dissolving, cholelithiasis, speech recognition, voice recognition, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, lexicon, medical competency measurement, colostomy, Giardia, biopsy analysis, parietal cell, gastric acid, gastrointestinal function, Helicobacter pylori bacterium, metronidazole, voice interface, suppository, pyloric sphincter, colon cancer, Entamoeba, sulfasalazine, intestine, medical record, Enterobacter, glutamine, pepsin, liver cancer, Visual Basic programming, infectious gastrointestinal disease, database development, gallstone, Crohn's disease, bile, ammonia, drug, ulcerative colitis, tropical sprue, therapy, stomach and duodenal disease, computer speech recognition, rectal disease, peptic ulcer, pancreatic disease, megacolon, intestinal disease, gastritis, gastric carcinoma, gastric antacid, gallbladder disease, endoscope, emetic, diverticulosis, digestive system disease, dietary fiber, diagnostics, colonoscopy, colitis, choleretic, cathartic, cancer treatment, bacillary dysentery, appendicitis, antidiarrheal agent, amebic dysentery, amebiasis, achlorhydria