Etsuro Yazaki

Etsuro first came to the UK as an exchange researcher from Japan in 1989 and undertook a project to measure gastro-oesophageal reflux during physical exercise in The GI Science Research Unit, now The Wingate Institute. He came back to the UK in 1992 as a research fellow and joined the GI Physiology Unit, where he helped to start the upper GI physiology service. In 1999 he obtained his PhD in Medicine regarding “Long-term measurements of gastrointestinal function using implanted radiotelemetry capsules”. He is a RCCP registered accredited practitioner and has been appointed as Clinical Lead, Upper GI Physiology. He performs and/or supervises more than 30 motility investigations per week. His research interests are based around the clinical application of motility investigations. He also leads a clinical research project into visceral sensitivity in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

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Key publications:

Scott SM, Knowles CH, Wang D, Yazaki E, Picon L, Wingate DL, Lindberg G. 'The nocturnal jejunal migrating motor complex: defining normal ranges by study of 51 healthy adult volunteers and meta-analysis'. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2006; v 18: pp 927-35.

Rao KA, Yazaki E, Evans DF, Carbon R. 'Objective evaluation of small bowel and colonic transit time using pH telemetry in athletes with gastrointestinal symptoms'. Br J Sports Med 2004; v 38: pp 482-87.

Chaw CS, Yazaki E, Evans DF. 'The effect of pH change on the gastric emptying of liquids measured by electrical impedance tomography and pH-sensitive radiotelemetry capsule'. Int J Pharm 2001; v 227: pp 167-75.

Kadirkamanathan SS, Yazaki E, Evans DF, Hepworth CC, Gong F, Swain CP. 'An ambulant porcine model of acid reflux used to evaluate endoscopic gastroplasty'. Gut 1999; v 44: pp 782-88.

Yazaki E, Shawdon A, Beasley I, Evans DF. 'The effect of different types of exercise on gastro-oesophageal reflux'. Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996; v 28: pp 93-96.