W. Grant Thompson, MD, FRCPC, FACG

W. Grant Thompson, MD, FRCPC, FACG

I am Professor Emeritus (Medicine), University of Ottawa. From 1980 to 1997 I was Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Ottawa. I graduated from the University of Toronto in l960. After a year of general practice in Tavistock, Ontario (Population 1000), I did postgraduate training in medicine and Gastroenterology at the Montreal General Hospital and the Vancouver General Hospital. A McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship supported a year of research at the Hammersmith Hospital, London, England before joining the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Civic Hospital in l968. During l977 78, a Nuffield Foundation Fellowship supported sabbatical leave at the University of Bristol. There, I wrote "The Irritable Gut", published by University Park Press in l979. This book won an award from the American Medical Writers Association. A 2nd book "Gut Reactions" was published by Plenum, (now Perseus Books) and had four printings. A third book "The Angry Gut: Coping with Colitis and Crohn's Disease" was released in April, l993 and is in its fifth printing. A 4th book �The Ulcer Story� was published in 1996. Collaborative books include �The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders� with Dr. DA Drossman and others in 1993 and 2000 (Rome I, II & III), and �The Irritable Bowel� with Dr. KW Heaton, published by Health Press in 1999. The Irritable Bowel was �highly commended� by the British Medical Journal and a second edition was published in 2003. I am author of 280 scientific and lay articles dealing mainly with functional bowel disease and serve on several international committees concerned with the Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (�The Rome Criteria�). I have presented over 200 scientific or educational reports to professional audiences in 5 continents. From 1972 to 1984 I was responsible for the introduction of a new curriculum. I was Assistant Dean for Clinical and Community Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine (l984 to l99l) and served on the Ottawa-Carleton District Health Council. In 1994-5, I was Visiting Professor in Medicine at the University of Bristol. In 1998, I received awards for excellence from the University of Ottawa, and the Ontario Association of Gastroenterology. In 2000, I became a Life Member of the Ontario and Canadian Medical Associations and received a Janssen award for Gastroenterology at the American Gastroenterology Association meeting in San Diego. In 2006, While retired from clinical practice (30/06/99), I remain active in Clinical Trial Consulting, medical education, research medico legal work and writing about functional gastrointestinal disorders. I was president of the international Functional Brain-Gut Research Group from 2000-2002 and received their Senior Investigator award in 2006. My latest book, The Placebo Effect in Health: Combining Science and Compassionate Care was published in 2005. The 3rd edition of the Rome Criteria was published by Degnon Press (2006). I am currently preparing my 8th book, a lay version of Rome III.