Professional - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Online Tutorials

This series highlights the contributions of 15 leading scientists, clinicians and other educators. It focuses on the pioneering contributions made in this area and the advances
that will impact the treatment of IBS in the 21st century. The intent of the program is to explore the latest distance learning technologies and modalities to connect physicians, scientists, nurses, pharmacists and the general public through the Internet. Each lecture is 54 minutes long.

• Clinical Epidemiology Diagnosis and Treatment of IBS
  Presenter: Michael Camilleri, MD - Mayo Clinic

• An Integrated Approach to the Pathophysiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Presenter: Douglas Drossman, MD

• Neurophysiology of Brain-Gut Interactions During Stress
  Presenter: Jack Wood, PhD - The Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Patient-Perceived Gaps in the Physicians' Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Presenter: Barbara Yawn, MD - Olmsted Medical Center

• Serotonin: The Peristaltic Reflex and IBS
  Presenter: Michael Gershon, MD - Columbia University College of Physicians And Surgeons

• Inflammation: Role of Sensory Nerves and Mast Cell Mediators
  Presenter: Nigel Bunnett, PhD - University of California School of Medicine

• The Role of Sleep in the Pathogenesis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Presenter: William Orr, PhD - Lynn Health Science Institute

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Why Women?
  Presenter: Margaret Heitkemper, RN, PhD, FAAN - University of Washington

• Pain and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Basic Mechanisms, Clinical Assessments,
  and Treatment
  Presenter: William Whitehead, PhD - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Neuro Pathways in Inflammatory Disease: Brain-immune Connection
  Presenter: Esther Sternberg, MD - National Institute of Health

• Physiology of Refractory Chronic Constipation
  Presenter: Howard Mertz, MD - Vanderbilt University

• Psychosocial Moderators of Quality of Life in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Presenter: Bruce Naliboff, PhD - CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center

• The Effect of Mucosal Inflammation on Enteric Neuromotor Function: Implications
  for the Development of IBS post-infectious gastroenteritis
  Presenter: Stephen Collins, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPC - McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Funded by a five-year NIH grant on mind-body interactions and health, the mission of
the Center is to advance the biopsychosocial understanding and treatment of functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders through an integrated approach to patient care,
research, training and education.

• Video and Audio Presentations:
• Living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome



• Video clips from the Cutting Edge Series



• Audio clip of Dr. Drossman discussing functional GI disorders
• Online Articles:
• Bacterial Overgrowth in IBS -- D. Drossman, MD

• Biopsychosocial Assessment Important to Diagnosis and Management
  of GI Patients -- adapted from Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News,
  May 2001

• Does Desipramine Dose Matter In The Treatment Of Functional Bowel
  Disorders -- A. Halpert, MD

• History of Functional Disorders -- D. Drossman, MD
  

• Hormones and IBS -- O. Palsson, PsyD and W. Whitehead, PhD
  

• IBS and Quality of Life -- O. Palsson, PsyD
  

• IBS - Beyond the Bowel: The Meaning of Co-Existing Medical Problems-- O. Palsson, PsyD and W. Whitehead, PhD
  

• IBS: "How Far Do You Go in the Workup" -- D. Drossman, MD

• IBS in Adolescents -- A. Rasquin, MD and A. Caplan, PhD

• IBS in Men: A Different Disease? -- G. Thompson, MD

• Improving the Doctor Patient Relationship -- D. Drossman, MD and D. Swantkowski, M.Ed

• Inflammatory Mediators in IBS -- M. O'Sullivan, PhD

• Lactose Intolerance and Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth in IBS
  -- S. Thiwan, MD

• Parent’s Thoughts and Worries about Recurrent Abdominal Pain
  -- M. van Tilburg, PhD
  

• Pediatric Perspectives: Rectal Motility Studies and Constipation
  -- Rita Steffen, MD
  

• Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- R. Spiller, MD
  

• Psychosocial Factors in IBS: Toward a More Comprehensive
  Understanding and Approach to Treatment -- Y. Ringel, MD and
  D. Drossman, MD
  

• Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children and Adolescents: Classification, Epidemiology, and Etiology/Conceptual Models -- G.A. Banez
  

• Results of a National Survey of the Effects of Changes in Female Sex
  Hormones on Irritable Bowel Symptoms -- O. Palsson, PsyD
  

• Sexual Abuse: Why is it an Important Health Risk Factor -- J. Leserman, PhD

• The Association of IBS and Fibromyalgia -- L. Chang, MD
  

• The "Organification" of Functional GI Disorders: Implications for Research
  --D. Drossman, MD

• The Use of Antidepressants in the Treatment of IBS and other Functional GI Disorders -- C. Dalton, PA, L. Keeter, MSW and D. Drossman, MD

• The Effects of Hypnosis on Gastrointestinal Problems -- O. Palsson, PsyD

• Treatment of IBS -- D. Drossman, MD

• Digest, UNC newsletter
  Articles are written by UNC faculty, staff, investigators, visiting scientist,
  scholars, and health care professionals experienced in the research and
  care of patients with functional disorders. Newsletters posted from Spring
  1999 through Winter 2004.

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Evolving Perspectives and Treatment Strategies
  A roundtable discussion hosted by Medical Crossfire