Esophageal Disease and the Role of the Microbiome

Authors

David A. Johnson Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology, Eastern Virgina Medical School, Norfolk, VA, United States. Dr. Johnson MD, MACG, FASGE, MACP is Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology at Eastern VA School of Medicine. He co-founded the National Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee. He served on the GI Multi-Society CRC Screening Task Force and ACG guidelines committee for CRC screening, and co-authored the national guidelines. He served on the American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology), Board of Examiners (2012-2017), and was reappointed to the Maintenance of Certification ABIM Board 2020-present. He has been honored with the highest award from the American College of Gastroenterology; the Berk/Fise Award for lifetime achievements, as well as the William D Carey ACG Governors award to lifetime contributions to gastroenterology. He is the physician who worked with Virginia State Senator Emily Couric to put through the historic legislation to mandate colon cancer screening with colonoscopy as the preferred standard. This initiative has set the model for other states which have followed with similar legislation.