About the contributor

• Sachin Wani
• Prateek Sharma

Sachin Wani

Sachin Wani is a Research Associate in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Of Kansas School of Medicine and the VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. He is also currently working as a hospitalist (Inpatient Physician Associates) at BryanLGH Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Bombay, India and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Lincoln Medical Center, in affiliation with Cornell University, Bronx, New York. Dr Wani is a Research Associate to Dr Prateek Sharma and his research has focused on upper gastrointestinal diseases including Barrett's esophagus, esophageal cancer, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Prateek Sharma

Prateek Sharma is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the Director of the Fellowship Training Program and Clinical Research at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and the VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Baroda, India, completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and his Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Dr Sharma's research has focused on upper gastrointestinal diseases including Barrett's esophagus, esophageal cancer and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He has over 80 publications including original articles and book chapters related to these topics and has presented at major national and international meetings. He recently co-edited a book entitled Barrett's Esophagus & Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. He serves as a reviewer for most of the major medicine and gastroenterology subspecialty journals including Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Annals of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Gut. Dr Sharma is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American College of Physicians, and has received the American College of Gastroenterology Governors Award for Excellence in Clinical Research. He is also a recent recipient of a Career Development Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Gastroenterological Association Castell Esophagus Clinical Research Award. Dr. Sharma is a member of the National Cancer Institute's Barrett's esophagus working group. He has been actively involved in the major national and international gastroenterology organizations and is the Chair of the American College of Gastroenterology Public Relations Committee, Chair of American Gastroenterology Association ABIM-Subcommittee and a member of the American Society Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Research Committee.