Dr. Jan Tack – IFFGD Research Award Winners: Where Are They Now?

April 17, 2021

2013 IFFGD Research Award Recipient Jan Tack, MD, PhD

This episode is hosted by IFFGD’s Hayley McCorkle and features our 2013 Research Award winner Dr. Jan Tack. Dr. Tack is a gastroenterologist who studied at the University of Leuven in Belgium. His studies focused heavily on esophageal motility disorders and achalasia.

Dr. Tack’s research interests include advancing understanding of functional dyspepsia, GERD, IBS, chronic constipation, and gastroparesis, as well as furthering the understanding of the nerves within the digestive tract (enteric nervous system).

Learn more about Dr. Tack.

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