UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders

Faculty, Clinicians, Investigators, and Staff

Center Co-Directors

Douglas A. Drossman, MD
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry

William E. Whitehead. PhD
Professor of Medicine

Faculty, Clinicians and Investigators

Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, PhD
Research Professor in Biostatistics, Director of Biometry Core

Charles K. Burnett, PhD, DrPH
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Psychological Services

Christine B. Dalton, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Spencer Dorn, MD
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Digestive Disease Epidemiology

Lynn Eckert, PA
Physician Assistant

Steve Heymen, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Director of Biofeedback Services

Temitope O. Keku, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Jane Leserman, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine

Ryan D. Madanick, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Danielle Maier, PA-C, MA PAS
Physician Assistant

Douglas Morgan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Latino Digestive Health

Olafur S. Palsson, PsyD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Y. Ringel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Coordinator of the Center’s Brain Imaging Research Project

Yolanda Scarlett, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, GI Motility Laboratory

Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases & Swallowing

Syed Thiwan, MD
Instructor in Medicine

Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Stephan Weinland, PhD
Instructor in Medicine


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