Gastroparesis Awareness Month Special - Ask Dr. Koch - August 2021

AGMD is proud to present our series featuring Dr. Kenneth Koch.  Every other month, we have a conversation with Dr. Koch focusing on various topics related to gastroparesis.

 

August is Gastroparesis Awareness Month. We will be presenting a special program entitled, "Ask Dr. Koch."

 

During the program, Dr. Koch will respond to questions submitted by our audience participants.

 

Kenneth L. Koch, MD is Professor of Medicine, Section on Gastroenterology & Hepatology, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He has a career-long interest in understanding pathophysiological mechanisms of nausea and gastroparesis. Dr. Koch has studied extensively gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA) using serosal electrodes in animals and cutaneous electrodes in the study of normal 3 cpm GMA in humans. These studies have led to understanding gastric dysthymias are present in various nausea syndromes. In addition, a functional obstructive gastroparesis subtype was described that reflects pyloric dysfunction and response to endoscopic therapies with botulinum toxin A injection or balloon dilation. Dr. Koch is a PI in the NIH-sponsored Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium. Dr. Koch has written 143 peer-reviewed publications, 43 chapters, and 2 books.