Oesophagus and Stomach

Dr Matthias Reeh was a medical undergraduate at Kiel University until 2008 and then trained, first in surgery, at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany from 2009. In 2016, he became Associate Professor of Surgery and an attending surgeon. In 2018 he became Senior Attending Surgeon at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. His clinical and research interests are in the field of tumor biology and surgical oncology, and in special oesophageal cancer and upper GI surgery. He has written several book chapters and authored or co-authored over 70 research papers. Dr Reeh has received several academic research prizes, such as 'Dr. Martinipreis', and has been named Fellow of the European Board of Surgeons with honours.Professor Jakob R. Izbicki was a medical undergraduate at Bonn University, Germany. He trained in surgery at University Hospital Hannover, and the University of Cologne, Germany, following a Senior Residency and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. In Munich, he became Associate Professor of Surgery and an attending surgeon. In 1992 he went to the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, and became Senior Attending Surgeon and Professor of Surgery. In 1998 he became Surgeon-In-Chief, and in 2002 Chairman of the Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery. He has written or edited over 20 books and authored or co-authored over 700 research papers. Professor Izbicki received several academic honors such as Honorary Fellowship American College of Surgeons, Honorary Fellowship Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Honorary Doctorate University of Cluj Napoca, Romania, and Honorary Professor University of Skopje, Macedonia.

• Part 1: 1: Rainer Grotel"üschen, Tarik Ghadban, Kai Bachmann, and Jakob R. Izbicki: Anatomy and physiology2: Yuki B. Werner: Diagnostic tests and principle investigations: Endoscopy, contrast studies, manometry3: Michaela M"üller, Stefan Niebisch, and Ines Gockel: Motility disorders of the oesophagus4: Joshua Kapp, Philip M"üller, and Christian Gutschow: Oesophageal diverticula5: Kuniaki Aridome: Benign diseases of the stomach: Focus on dyspepsia6: Bj"örn-Ole Stüben, Anna Dupree, and Oliver Mann: Gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD)7: Zaheer Nabi and D. Nageshwar Reddy: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Non-surgical and surgical8: Alexander Hendricks, Mark Ellrichmann, and Clemens Schafmayer: Upper gastrointestinal perforation: Non-surgical and surgical management9: Rishabh Shah, Lisandro Montorfano, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szomstein, and Raul J. Rosenthal: Obesity: Non-surgical treatment and bariatric surgeryPart 2: Oesophageal Cancer10: Andrew Tang, Thomas Rice, and Usman Ahmad: Oesophageal cancer: Epidemiology, symptoms, diagnostics, staging11: B.M. Eyck, B.J. van der Wilk, M.J.C. van der Sangen, A. van der Gaast, and Jan Van Lanschot: Oesophageal cancer: Multimodality treatment12: Thomas R"ösch: Oesophageal cancer: Endoscopic treatment13: Bj"örn-Ole St"üben, Karl-Frederik Karstens, Michael Nentwich, Jakob R. Izbicki, and Matthias Reeh: Oesophageal cancer: Surgery14: Gijsbert van Boxel, Pieter C. van der Sluis, Peter P. Grimminger, and R. van Hillegersberg: Oesophageal cancer: Minimally-invasive surgery and robotic surgery15: Thorsten Oliver Goetze, and Salah- Eddin Al- Batran: Oesophageal cancer: Future aspects in treatmentPart 3: Gastric Cancer16: Takaaki Arigami and Shoji Natsugoe: Gastric cancer: Epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and staging17: Mickael Chevallay, Thorsten O Goetze, Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, and Stefan M"önig: Gastric cancer: Multimodal treatment18: Chang Seok Bang: Gastric cancer: Endoscopic treatment19: Matthias Biebl, Dino Kr"öll, Sascha Chopra, and Johann Pratschke: Gastric cancer: Surgery20: Makoto Hikage and Masanori Terashima: Gastric cancer: Minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery21: A.B.J. Borgstein, Susanne S. Gisbertz, and M.I. van Berge Henegouwen: Gastric cancer: Future aspects of the treatment