Ram Dickman M.D.
Director of Neurogastroenterology Service Department of Gastroenterology
Rabin Medical Center
Beilinson
Ram Dickman M.D.
Director of Neurogastroenterology Service Department of Gastroenterology
Rabin Medical Center
Beilinson
Education
1985-1991 |
Verona University, Faculty of Medicine, Verona, Italy |
1991 |
M.D. Degree |
1997 |
Board Certified Internal Medicine - Israel Scientific Council |
2001 |
Board Certified Gastroenterology - Israel Scientific Council |
2004- 2006 |
Research Fellowship - University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, The Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
Academic and other positions
Senior Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Research areas
Focus on pathophysiology and treatment of various functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID):
Special fields of interest and research
medical treatment
List of publications (2008-2013)
R.T. Yehoshua, L.A. Eidelman, M. Stein, M. Fichman, A. Mazor,
J. Chen, H. Bernstein, P. Singer, R. Dickman, S.A. Shikora,
R.J. Rosental, M. Rubin.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy-volume and pressure assessment.
Obes Surg 18(9):1083-1088, 2008.
. A. Gasiorowska, T. Navarro-Rodriguez, R. Dickman, C. Wendel, B. Moty,
J. Powers, M.R. Willis, K. Koenig, Y. Ibuki, H. Thai, R. Fass.
Clinical trial: the effect of Johrei on symptoms of patients with functional chest pain.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 29(1):126-134, 2009.
R. Budhiraja, S.F. Quan, N. Punjabi, C. Drake, R. Dickman, R. Fass.
Power spectral analysis of the sleep electroencephalogram in heartburn patients with or without gastroesophageal reflux disease: a feasibility study.
J Clin Gastroenterol 44(2):91-96, 2010.
R. Dickman, Z. Levi, A. Vilkin, I. Zvidi, Y. Niv.
Predictors of specialized intestinal metaplasia in patients with an incidental irregular Z line.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22(2):135-138, 2010.
R. Dickman, A. Steinmetz, H. Bernnstine, D. Groshar, Y. Niv.
A novel continuous breath test versus scintigraphy for gastric emptying rate measurement.
J Clin Gastroenterol 45(1):22-25, 2011.
Y. Ron, A.D. Sperber, A. Levine, O. Shevah, R. Dickman, Y. Avni,
H. Shirin.
Early satiety is the only patient-reported symptom associated with delayed gastric emptying, as assessed by breath-test
J Neurogastroenterol Motil 17(4):22-24, 2011.
M. Boaz, J. Kislov, R. Dickman, J. Wainstein.
Obesity and symptoms suggestive of gastroparesis in patients with type 2 diabetes and neuropathy.
J Diabetes Complications 25(5):325-328, 2011.
. R. Dickman, M. Segev, S. Levi, R. Reicher-Atir, A. Steinmetz, N. Horev,
Y. Niv.
Perceptions of gastroenterologists and nurses regarding irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23(9):813-817, 2011.
V. Buchholz, H. Berkenstadt, D. Goitein, R. Dickman, H. Bernstine,
M. Rubin.
Gastric emptying is not prolonged in obese patients.
Surg Obes Relat Dis 2012 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print]
R. Dickman, M. Boaz, S. Aizic, Z. Beniashvili, R. Fass, Y. Niv.
Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease who failed proton pump inhibitor therapy versus those who fully responded.
J Neurogastroenterol Motil 17(4):387-394, 2011.
K. Hod, R. Dickman, A. Sperber, S. Melamed, R. Dekel, Y. Ron,
Z. Halpern, S. Berliner, N. Maharshak.
Assessment of high-sensitivity CRP as a marker of micro-inflammation in irritable bowel syndrome.
Neurogastroenterol Motil 23(12):1105-1110, 2011.
R. Dickman, T. Zilper, A. Steinmetz, L. Pakanaev, A. Aburaya, Y. Ron,
H. Bernstine, D. Groshar, Y. Niv, H. Shirin.
Comparison of continuous breath test (CBT) versus gastric scintigraphy (GS) for gastric emptying rate (GER) measurement in healthy and dyspeptic subjects.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013 (accepted)
G. Pines, R. Dickman, Y. Niv, H. Kashtan, S. Birkenfeld.
Extraesophageal malignancies among patients with Barrett`s esophagus
J Clin Gastroenterol 2013 (accepted)
R. Dickman, J. Kislov, M. Boaz, Y. Ron, Z. Beniashvili, I. Raz, I. Baigel,
Y. Niv, J. Wainstein.
Prevalence of symptoms suggestive of gastroparesis in a cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus
J Diabetes Complications 2013 (accepted)