Dr. Pandolfino is the Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology andHepatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His career has focused primarily on studying the biomechanics of bolus transport and gastrointestinal motility as it pertains to gastroesophageal reflux and swallowing disorders. He currently is funded by the NIH to study GERD and Dysphagia pathogenesis and also receives funding from industry focused on the development of new technologies to investigate and treat gastrointestinal disorders.

He maintains a strong clinical practice in the Northwestern Medicine Esophageal Center. He is active in multiple professional organizations and serves on multiple editorial boards. Dr Boutte and Dr Pandolfino started the GI track for Saturday morning Professor’s advanced and continuing students in 2019. The 6-month track is offered once each year and is taught by Northwestern’s finest GI professionals. Students are exposed to endoscopy and all sorts of hands-on GI procedures and is definitely one of the students’ favorites!