Atlas of Gastroenterology by Tadataka Yamada

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Synopsis

Renowned as the most comprehensive atlas in gastroenterology, Dr. Yamada's masterwork enters a Third Edition with hundreds of brand-new and updated illustrations. The atlas uses the latest endoscopic imaging techniques as well as double contrast radiography, CT, isotopic scintigraphy, ultrasonography, MRI, positron emission tomography, and other state-of-the-art technologies to deliver the most advanced and detailed views available. This edition has a new Associate Editor, Neil Kaplowitz, MD, whose special area of expertise is hepatology. Sixteen new chapters focus specifically on liver disease. Other new chapters include genetic counseling and alternative medicine.

Annotation

This book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.

Daniel R. Ganger

This atlas is designed to add graphics and algorithms to accompany the Textbook of Gastroenterology by the same authors. The atlas is a single volume of 706 pages; the graphs and illustrations are of high quality. As stated by authors: A picture is a thousand words' worth.The objectives of the authors are worthy and met well. This book is written for practicing gastroenterologists. The contributors are very credible authorities, selected from the best academic institutions. The tables are busy but useful, and the book's illustrations vary in quality from good to excellent. This heavy, good looking volume contains an easy to find index and current references. The chapters correspond with those in the Textbook of Gastroenterology. This book complements and enhances the Textbook of Gastroenterology. It will not replace pure endoscopy, radiology, or pathology atlases. It should be purchased in conjunction with the Textbook of Gastroenterology.

Biography

Tadataka Yamada, MD is President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program, where he leads the foundation’s efforts to apply technological solutions to the healthcare problems of the developing world. Dr. Yamada was chairman of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline from 2001-2006, and joined the company’s Board in 2004. Previously, he was Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and Physician-in-Chief of the University of Michigan Medical Center. He is past President of the Association of American Physicians, past President of the American Gastroenterological Association, Master of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

David H. Alpers, MD, William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Anthony N. Kalloo, MD, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Neil Kaplowitz, MD, Thomas H. Brem Chair, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases; Director, Liver Disease Research Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Chung Owyang, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine; H. Marvin Pollard Collegiate Professor and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Don W. Powell, MD, TheBassel and Frances Blanton Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology; Program Director, General Clinical Research Center; Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA