Committees
Working Team and Committee Reports
In addition to developing the Rome Criteria for diagnosing Functional GI Disorders (FGIDs), the Rome Foundation appoints working teams that address other complex issues in the field. In choosing team members, the Board has selected senior-level members internationally who are directly involved in and who have published in the topic areas chosen by the Board. The purpose of these working team committees is to develop a summary of the research and literature to date and then offer guidelines or recommendations to help advance future research. The teams would then develop a manuscript to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Max Schmulson, MD, Chair
Douglas A. Drossman, MD, Chair
UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Lin Chang, MD, Co-Chair
UCLA CNS: Center for Neurovisceral Sciences & Women's Health
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Michael Camilleri, MD, Chair
Mayo Medical Center
Rochester, MN, USA
Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Chair
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Center for Neurovisceral Sciences & Women's Health
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Qasim Aziz, PhD, FRCP (London), Co-Chair
The Wingate Institute
London, UK
Rome III: The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders is the third edition of development of the "Rome criteria" for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Through the work of the editors, 87 authors from 18 countries on 14 committees, and our administrative staff, Rome III provides the culmination of a 4-year process with updates in the criteria with 17 chapters that address the organ-based criteria, basic science, physiology, pharmacology & pharmacokinetics, psychosocial aspects, gender, age, society, culture, and the patient's perspective, design of treatment trials, and development and validation of the Rome III diagnostic questionnaire. This is a list of the members whose knowledge, experience, and hard work led to this final product.
For more information on the Rome Foundation Working Teams and Committees, please contact:
Rome Foundation, Inc.c/o Degnon Associates, Inc.
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101
Phone: 703-556-9222
Fax: 703-556-8729
romefoundation@degnon.org