American gastroenterological association medical position statement on the management of Barrett'S esophagus

Abstract

The AGA Institute Medical Position Panel consisted of the authors of the technical review (Stuart J. Spechler, MD, AGAF, Prateek Sharma, MD, Rhonda F. Souza, MD, AGAF, John M. Inadomi, MD, AGAF, Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, AGAF), the chair of the Medical Position Panel (John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF), the chair of the AGA Institute Practice Management and Economics Committee and the AGA Institute CPT Advisor (Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF), a community-based gastroenterologist (Ronald E. Pruitt, MD, FACP, AGAF, FACG), an author of the AGA Institute Technical Review on the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Peter J. Kahrilas, MD, AGAF), a general surgeon (Jeffrey H. Peters, MD), a primary care physician (Kenneth Nix, MD), a pathologist (Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD), a patient advocate (B. Donald Mitchell), and an insurance provider representative (John Yao, MD, MBA, MPH, MPA, Senior Medical Director, Blue Shield of California). © 2011 AGA Institute.