• Emphasizes clinical knowledge related to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patient management
• Provides case-based questions and annotated answers simulating the board exam
• Contains 100 color and 100 black and white illustrations
• Draws on contributions from authors from one institution providing consistency of style and less overlap of information

Highlights the clinical aspects of the board exam About the Author: Stephen Crane Hauser attended Franklin and Marshall College, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with honors in religious studies. He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago, alpha omega alpha, and remained there for his internship and residency in internal medicine. His gastroenterology fellowship was completed at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he joined the faculty for many years, with particular interests in hepatology and teaching. Dr. Hauser presently is a Consultant at Mayo Clinic and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Medical School, where his focus is on education and clinical practice in gastroenterology and hepatology. Dr. Hauser is board certified in internal medicine and in gastroenterology. He is nationally recognized as a course director and lecturer. Gastroenterology and Hepatology encompass a vast anatomic assortment of organs with diverse structure and function and the potential for affliction from a multiplicity of diseases. Completely covering these complex and interrelated systems, Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review provides an in-depth examination of essential knowledge in gastroenterology, hepatology, and the integral related areas of pathology, endoscopy, nutrition, and radiology. With contributions from experts at Mayo Clinic who are currently in clinical practice and have a strong commitment to teaching, the book assists physicians-in-training to prepare for the gastroenterology board examination.