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Dr. Arnab Ray Shares His Visiting Scholar Experience
Dr. Arnab Ray Shares His Visiting Scholar Experience Dr. Arnab Ray Arnab Ray, MD, has successfully completed his time within the Rome [...]
Five Things Clinicians Need to Know about ROME IV May 2018
The Rome Foundation continues to actively educate clinicians worldwide on the new Rome IV criteria in order to expand their understanding of functional GI [...]
Chronic IBS or Abdominal Pain? Ten Tips for Self-Management from Dr. Drossman April 2018
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common and burdensome chronic conditions, reported by patients, according to the International Foundation for Functional [...]
University of Virginia GI Team On Their Observership with Drossman Gastroenterology as Part of Rome Foundation Visiting Scholars Program January 2018
From left: Dr. Drossman, Jeanetta Frye, MD, Karen Finke,PA-C, both of the University of Virginia, and Megan Huff, PA-C, Drossman Gastroenterology. I [...]
Understanding and Managing Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Tips and Insight June 2017
This is an excerpt from a recent article I authored for the IFFGD. It appears here with permission. Read full article Pain, by definition, [...]
What Do Patients Want? Honesty, Respect, Effective Communications June 2017
My career has included a focus on the value of patient-provider relationship and the value of effective communications. It's great to see continued dialogue [...]
Achieving Effective Patient-Provider Communication Webinar with Dr. Drossman May 2017
One of the greatest problems that emerges with continually decreasing amounts of time that clinicians can spend with patients include the inability to: 1) [...]
Are You a Patient’s “Dream Doctor”? July 2016
A recent article, A Doctor that Every Patient Would Want, by Suneel Dhand, MD, highlights much of what I have been writing and speaking [...]
How the Internet Can Hinder the Doctor-Patient Relationship March 2015
It is no surprise that many patients take to the internet to search for health information, find support from other people who share similar [...]
Why We Need to Evaluate Doctors for Their Empathy, Not Just Their Technical Skills January 2015
I'm still thinking about an article I read in the New York Times a few weeks ago by Nirmal Joshi, MD, who illuminated a significant challenge [...]