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Dr. Schär Institute Medical Committee

The International Scientific Committee of the Dr. Schär Institute brings together doctors, researchers and nutritional medicine specialists with a specialist interest in gluten-related disorders (GRD)

Competence network for cereal and gluten-related disorders

Concentrated expertise in the fields of coeliac disease, wheat allergy, non-coeliac gluten sensitivity/wheat sensitivity and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): The Dr. Schär Institute brings together international experts from fields such as gastroenterology, paediatrics, nutritional medicine and nutritional science. Based on this comprehensive expertise, the Medical Committee not only supports scientific articles and lectures in the context of GRD, but also the development of pioneering products of the highest quality for gluten-free nutrition. The overarching goals are the interdisciplinary exchange of the latest scientific findings on cereal- and gluten-related diseases and increasing general awareness of this frequently underdiagnosed and therefore undertreated topic.

Dr. med. Michael Schumann

Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Michalsen

Internist, Chief Physician of the Department of Naturopathy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Prof. Carlo Catassi

Specialist in Pediatrics, Human Nutrition an Biostatistics, Full Professor of Pediatrics

Polytechnic University of  Marche, Ancona, Italy Adjunct Faculty, Center for Celiac Research and Treatment,  Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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Professor David S Sanders

Professor of Gastroenterology, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and the University of Sheffield, UK

Prof. Jernej Dolinsek

Pediatrician, Head of the Pediatric Department at the University Medical Center Maribor, Slovenia

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Dr. Luca Elli

Gastroenterologist, Center for the Prevention and Diagnosis of Celiac Disease, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, University of Milan, Italy.

Dr Gemma Castillejo de Villasante

Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Department of Paediatrics, Sant Joan de Reus University Hospital, Reus, Spain

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