Maintaining Momentum in the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: Framing Practical Clinical Strategies Through Case Studies

Dr. Camilleri is a consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and is Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. His research interests include clinical enteric neurosciences, gut neurohormonal control, obesity, irritable bowel syndrome, and pharmacology and pharmacogenomics; his work is funded by National Institutes of Health. He has received numerous awards and honors including the 2012 Ismar Boas Medal from the German Society of Digestive and Metabolic Disease, the 2012 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Distinguished Mentor Award, the Janssen Research Award, the AGA Joseph B. Kirsner Award, the AGA Julius Friedenwald Medal in 2021, as well as honorary doctorates from the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and the University of Malta, and he was elected to the membership of the prestigious Association of American Physicians. Dr. Camilleri participates in educational and mentorship activities at Mayo Clinic and has mentored more than 80 national and international postdoctoral fellows and scientists. He maintains an active clinical practice in gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic, specializing in gastrointestinal motility disorders, gastroparesis, and functional GI disorders. He is Past-President of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the American Gastroenterological Association as well as former editor of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Neurogastroenterology and Motility.

Lucinda A. Harris, MS, MD, is currently Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale. She graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia University and her fellowship in Gastroenterology & Hepatology at The New York Hospital /Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She was on the faculty in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical School before moving to her current position at Mayo Clinic.

At the Mayo Clinic she has been a past Co-Director of the Motility Group and has led a patient support group there for IBS. Dr. Harris is a current member of the Gastroenterology Fellowship committee and serves as the Department Education coordinator for Gastroenterology, supervising visiting GI fellows and medical students. She has actively been involved in mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows over the years.

Professionally, Dr. Harris is currently President of the Phoenix GI Society. She is also active in professional organizations as a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American College of Internal Medicine. She is also a member of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society. Her special clinical and research interests are in IBS, gastroparesis, chronic constipation, and pelvic floor disorders as well as celiac disease and autonomic disorders. Dr. Harris has written and lectured extensively on these topics.

Dr. Cash is Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he is also the Dan and Lillie Sterling Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School and the Endowed Director of the Chao-Ertan Directorship at Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center. Dr. Cash received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration (Finance) with Honors from the University of Texas in Austin and earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He completed his internship, residency, and gastroenterology fellowship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and served for 24 years in the United States Navy, retiring in 2014. Dr. Cash has authored over 200 articles and book chapters on a wide variety of gastrointestinal topics and his clinical interests include disorders of brain-gut interaction, colorectal cancer screening, artificial intelligence, and Barrett esophagus. He was recognized as one of the best gastroenterologists in Houston by Houstonia magazine in 2019 and a Top Doctor by Texas Monthly magazine in 2020 and 2021. In 2020 he was named a Rome Foundation Fellow and was recently appointed to the Rome V Functional Bowel Disorders Committee.