Hans G. Beger & Markus W. Buchler 
The Pancreas [PDF ebook] 
An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery

Professor Hans Beger MD FACS is Chairman and Head of the
Department of Surgery, University of Ulm, Germany. He has published
675 papers and has served as an Editorial Board Member for 28
international surgery journals. He has also edited 21 books and
delivered more than 250 international lectures. He also developed a
surgical procedure for removing the head of the pancreas while
preserving the duodenum: known as Beger’s operation.
Professor Andrew L. Warshaw MD FACS is the W. Gerald
Austen Professor of Surgery, surgeon-in-chief and chairman of the
Department of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has
made important contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of
pancreatic cancer and the pathogenesis and management of
pancreatitis. A distinguished teacher, editor and prolific writer,
he is Editor-in-chief of the journal Surgery. He has served
on the editorial boards of 15 other major journals and as visiting
professor at more than 50 major universities in the U.S. and around
the world. He serves as a governor of the American College of
Surgeons, and president-elect of the Halsted Society. He is
past-president of the Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
and International Association of Pancreatology.
Professor David Whitcomb MD Ph D, is Professor of
Medicine, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Human Genetics, and
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Pancreatologist). He founded and
directs the Center for Genomic Sciences beginning in 1995. He has
received numerous awards, including election to the prestigious
American Society for Clinical Investigation (‘Young Turk’). He
conducts basic and translational research with a focus on
pancreatic diseases. His laboratory group discovered the gene
causing hereditary pancreatitis and other causes of pancreatic
disease. In addition, he leads several research projects on
alcoholic pancreatitis and pancreatic physiology. He has published
over 100 manuscripts and recently co-edited two books on inherited
diseases of the pancreas. He is a Counselor for the American
Gastroenterology Association (AGA), the American Pancreas
Association and the International Association of Pancreatology, and
is Chairman of the Pancreatic Disorders Section of the AGA. He is
an Associate Editor for Pancreas, Digestive Diseases and
Sciences, and Pancreatology. He co-founded the Midwest
Multicenter Pancreatic Study Group and serves on national and
international committees for the major gastroenterology and
pancreatic societies. He has just been elected President of the
American Pancreas Association.
Professor Richard Kozarek, Chief of Gastroenterology,
Virginia Mason Medical Center, and Clinical Professor of Medicine,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.