Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Giovanni Maconi gained his MD cum laude from the University of Pavia in 1989 and obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Gastroenterology cum laude from the Catholic University of Rome in 1993. He subsequently worked as a Registrar, Senior Registrar and Research Fellow in the Gastrointestinal Unit of the “Luigi Sacco” University Hospital, Milan. Since 2006 he has been Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at that hospital. Dr. Maconi is a member of the editorial boards for the
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
,
Digestive and Liver Disease
,
World Journal of Gastroenterology
, and
Journal of Ultrasound
. He is a referee for numerous other journals and has also acted as a reviewer for Broad Medical Research Program (Los Angeles, USA) and the Wellcome Trust (London, UK). He has authored more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, most of which have related to ultrasound and gastroenterology.