Thomas Greuter, MD
Dr. Greuter is a gastroenterologist in Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Greuter specialized in esophageal diseases with a particular focus on eosinophilic esophagitis. Besides providing clinical care at the large Swiss EoE Clinic, he pursues the career of a physician-scientist.
His clinical-translational research focuses on: 1) investigating EoE long-term management including novel treatment options; 2) exploring pathogenic mechanisms in the development and progression of EoE; and 3) characterizing a novel EoE-related disease entity called EoE-like inflammatory disease.
Mirelle Kleuskens, PhD
Dr. Mirelle Kleuskens is a postdoctoral researcher at the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Div. Pharmacology) of Utrecht University. She received her MSc degree in Animal Sciences from Wageningen University, and her PhD degree from Utrecht University where she investigated local immune responses in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Dr. Kleuskens’ primary interest is in understanding the pathophysiology of EoE, particularly the immune responses to food allergens in the inflamed esophagus of EoE patients.
Adnan Custovic, FMedSci
Prof. Adnan Custovic is Specialist Paediatrics who leads the Paediatric Allergy Group within the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health at Imperial College London and is Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at St. Mary’s Hospital. He established the Frankland-Kay Centre for Allergy at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, and currently serves as its first Director. He is a Director of the Imperial College London/Imperial College Healthcare Trust World Allergy Organization (WAO) Centre of Excellence.
His research has focused upon the origins and natural history of asthma and allergy across the life-course, with an emphasis on prevention and translation for patient benefit. His research findings are of great practical significance, and have informed and changed national and international guidelines on asthma prevention and management. His studies in food allergy substantially impacted clinical practice. His discovery that IgE-response to peanut allergen Ara h 2 is much more predictive of true peanut allergy than standard marked the start of the component-resolved diagnostics as the new standard in clinical practice.
Javier Molina-Infante, MD, PhD
Dr. Molina-Infante is a specialist in Gastroenterology at the University Hospital of Cáceres, Spain. Doctor of Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid, he is a pioneer in the study of the EoE, with special interest in the role of PPI therapy and the dietary approach of the disease. Author of more than 200 published articles, his areas of interest also include esophageal functional disorders and H pylori infection.
Dr. Molina-Infante belongs to the Biomedical Research Center of Liver and Digestive Diseases, and develops an intense scientific and disseminator activity in national and international congresses.
