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Biography
Reza Shaker, MD, FACP, FACG
Reza Shaker, MD, FACP, FACG, is a Tenured Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Otolaryngology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of the Digestive Disease Center. Dr. Shaker is the founder of the Dysphagia Research Society and MCW’s Dysphagia Institute.
Dr. Shaker joined the Medical College faculty in 1988. He received his MD from Tehran University Medical School in Tehran, Iran. After three years of surgical residency at Sinai University Hospital, Tehran, and The London Hospital, England, he completed his Internal Medicine residency at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, New York, where he was also appointed Chief Medical Resident. He received his fellowship training in Gastroenterology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Dr. Shaker’s research includes gastroesophageal reflux disease and its supraesophageal complications, dysphagia, and the functional relationship of the upper GI and respiratory tracts. He has described several airway protective reflexes against aspiration of refluxed gastric contents including the esophagoglottal and pharyngoglottal closure reflexes, as well as the pharyngo-UES contractile reflex. His work has contributed to the understanding of the inhibitory effect of pharyngeal and laryngeal receptor stimulation on esophageal peristalsis and lower esophageal sphincter. He is internationally recognized for his work on the protective mechanisms of the upper airway during swallowing and gastroesophageal reflux. He developed the Shaker Exercise, an isotonic/isometric head lift exercise for treatment of swallowing difficulties, and the technique of unsedated transnasal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. His laboratory has recently described and characterized the cortical registration of subliminal gut visceral sensation. Since 1989, he has been the recipient of several research grants from both the NIH and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. His contributions are published in over 178 manuscripts 293 abstracts and 20 book chapters.
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