Anand V. Sahai, MD, MSc (Epid.) Division of Gastroenterology Center Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Montreal, Canada
Ashok K. Saluja, PhD Professor and Vice Chair Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miami, FL, USA
Patricia Sánchez-Velázquez, MD, PhD, FEBS Attending Surgeon Department of Surgery, Hospital del Mar Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
Marta Sandini, MD Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
Hjalmar C. van Santvoort, MD, PhD Department of Surgery St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein; University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht, the Netherlands
Juan José Serrano, MD Medical Oncology Department Ramon y Cajal University Hospital Madrid, Spain
Ajaypal Singh, MD Digestive Diseases and Interventional Gastroenterology Rush University Medical Center – University Gastroenterologists Chicago, IL, USA
Vikesh K. Singh, MD, MSc Division of Gastroenterology, and Pancreatitis Center Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, MD, USA
Andrea Soriano-Ríos, MD Pancreatic Unit, Department of Gastroenterology Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Mexico City, Mexico
Virginia A. Stallings, MD Professor of Pediatrics Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Phildalphia, PA, USA
Pauline M. C. Stassen, MD Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Robert Sutton, BA (Hons), MB, BS, DPhil, FRCS Liverpool Pancreatitis Research Group Institute of Translational Medicine University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
Jordan K. Swensson, MD Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN, USA
Peter Szatmary, PhD Liverpool Pancreatitis Research Group Institute of Translational Medicine University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
Rupjyoti Talukdar, MD Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals Hyderabad, India
Gonzalo Tardáguila de la Fuente, MD Department of Radiology Hospital Povisa Vigo, Spain
Sabrina Gloria Giulia Testoni, MD Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center Division of Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography San Raffaele Scientific Institute Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Milan, Italy
Hester C. Timmerhuis, MD Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Temel Tirkes, MD Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN, USA
Luis Uscanga-Dominguez, MD Pancreatic Unit, Department of Gastroenterology Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Mexico City, Mexico
Giuseppe Vanella, MD Digestive Diseases Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy
Jean-Luc Van Laethem, MD, PhD Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Oncology Erasme University Hospital Université Libre de Bruxelles Bruxelles, Belgium
Shyam Varadarajulu, MD Center for Interventional Endoscopy AdventHealth Orlando Orlando, FL, USA
Santhi Swaroop Vege, MD, FACG Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA
Theodor Voiosu, MD, PhD Gastroenterology Department, Colentina Clinical Hospital Internal Medicine Department, Carol Davila School of Medicine Bucharest, Romania
Miroslav Vujasinovic, MD, PhD Senior Consultant Department for Digestive Diseases Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden
Erik-Jan Wamsteker, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Irving Waxman, MD Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Medicine and Surgery Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
Christa J. Sperna Weiland, MD Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Frank Ulrich Weiss, PhD Department of Medicine A University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald, Germany
Jens Werner, MD, MBA Director and Chairman Professor of Surgery Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital Munich, Germany
David C. Whitcomb, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology, and Human Genetics Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jeremy S. Wilson, MD, FRCP, FRACP Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney; Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
John A. Windsor, BSc, MBChB, DipObst, MD(Thesis),
FRACS, FACS, FASA(Hons), FRSNZ Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Auckland Department of Surgery, Auckland City Hospital Auckland, New Zealand
Aimee Joy Wiseman, MBBS Department of Gastroenterology Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick, NSW, Australia
Jonathan M. Wyse, MD, MSc (Epid.) Division of Gastroenterology Jewish General Hospital McGill University Montreal, Canada
Dhiraj Yadav, MD, MPH Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Giuseppe Zamboni, MD Department of Pathology, University of Verona Pathology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital Negrar, Italy
Felix Zubia-Olaskoaga, MD, PhD Intensive Care Unit, Donostia University Hospital BioDonostia, Group of Therapeutic Intervention in Cardiovascular Diseases, Osakidetza Basque Health Service Department of Medicine, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea–University of the Basque Country Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain
Foreword
Pancreatic diseases represent an enigma to many physicians, even gastroenterologists and surgeons. Nevertheless, it encompasses a plethora of diseases that can severely affect the well‐being of any individual. Sound knowledge is therefore pivotal to provide clinical care for these patients. Pancreatologists have for long been pronounced an endangered species [1], triggering special efforts in postgraduate eductation [2].
It is the merit of the editor, J. Enrique Domínguez‐Muñoz, an esteemed and experienced gastroenterologist and pancreatologist who has left his mark in the field, to pull together an international group of highly recognized colleagues who themselves have made landmark contributions enlightening all of gastroenterology, pancreatology, and pancreatic surgery. One might ask whether in this day and age a textbook is needed. This book, the second edition of Clinical Pancreatology, proves that the answer to this is yes! In one physical place, everything related to the pancreas and its diseases, malfunction and affections, in conjunction with other aspects relevant to clinical practice, are covered. This book will provide reading for gastroenterologists, surgeons as well as fellows in pancreatology and anyone interested in