GI physician leader to know: Dr. Emeran Mayer of UCLA

Emeran Mayer, MD, is director of the University of California Los Angeles Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress and co-director of CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center at UCLA. He is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine.

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Dr. Mayer’s clinical interests include visceral pain, irritable bowel syndrome, cyclical vomiting syndrome and functional gastrointestinal disorders. His research interests center on IBS, functional dyspepsia, gastroparesis, cyclical vomiting syndrome and brain gut disorders. He the principal investigator on two NIH center grants and has two active R01 grants. He has served on the editorial boards of professional journals, including Gastroenterology, Gut, Digestion and American Journal of Physiology.

Dr. Mayer earned his medical degree at Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Muenchen in Germany. He completed his residency in Germany and at Vancouver General Hospital in Canada. He completed his fellowship at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

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