Senior Associate Dean, Professor & Chief Director, Digestive Diseases Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Shaker is an internationally recognized investigator of esophageal and aerodigestive tract physiology and pathophysiology at the basic and clinical level with special emphasis on sensory motor integration and cerebral cortical control. He has been continuously funded for the past 25 years by NIH and currently serves as the Principle Investigator of a Program Project Grant, a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) and a T32 training grant.
His laboratory has developed a number of innovative techniques and devices that have helped open new fields of investigation. Dr. Shaker’s work has resulted in identification of several stimulatory and inhibitory reflexes between the aerodigestive tract, the esophagus and stomach and led to the development of therapeutic modalities such as the “UES Assist Device” for prevention of esophago-pharyngeal reflux and a rehabilitative exercise, “The Shaker Exercises” for alleviating upper esophageal sphincter opening abnormalities in dysphagic patients.
Dr. Shaker is Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Director of the Digestive Disease Center and Associate Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational research at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). He has served on various NIH/NIDDK study sections including GMA-2, CIGP, SBIR and DSMB. He has also served on the VA Merit Review Board. He is the founder of the Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) and has served as the society’s president for two terms. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dysphagia. He is the recipient of the AGA Masters Award in Gastroenterology for Basic or Clinical Research, in Digestive Disease, Masters the American College of Physicians, the Doctorem Honoris Causa from the University of Iasi in Romania, faculty at KU Leuven in Belgium, and serves as honorary faculty at Peking University, Division of Gastroenterology.
Monday, October 28
6:30 AM – 6:50 AM