Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Motility
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, United States

Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH is a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital specializing in gastrointestinal motility and esophageal disorders and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has been serving as the director of the Center for Gastrointestinal Motility at Brigham and Women's Hospital since 2011. Dr. Chan received his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine and his gastroenterology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He has clinical and research interests in esophageal and gastrointestinal motility disorders, particularly in the extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and esophageal motility disorders. Dr. Chan's research and publications have been focusing on the role of GERD in clinical outcomes of patients with pulmonary diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, and COPD, lung transplantation recipients, and patients suffering from throat symptoms. He investigates the diagnostic testing techniques such as pH and impedance monitoring and the effects of GERD intervention in these patient populations.

Presentation(s):

• Making Sense of Reflux Testing

  Monday, September 30, 2024
  2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

  Disclosure(s):

  faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.