Dr. Kitagawa served as the 14th ISDE President: During Presidency he helped the society become the premier multidisciplinary international organization focused on esophageal diseases. At that time, its biennial congress aimed to gather all specialties involved in the clinical management and research of patients with esophageal diseases.
Find out more about Dr. Kitagawa and the various societies he has made an impact in throughout his career in Diseases of the Esophagus, Volume 33 Issue 8, August 2020.
About the Presidential Biography Series
The Presidential Biography Series is being published as part of the celebration for the 40th anniversary of the first ISDE Congress, visit our Celebrating 40 Years page to find out more. We hope you find the series an informative look at the history of the ISDE over the past 40 years.
Sincerely,
Giovanni Zaninotto and Neil Gupta
Editors in Chief, Diseases of the Esophagus (DOTE)
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