Gastroenterology and Hepatology remain highly visual specialties, in part because of the tremendous accessibility of the luminal gastrointestinal tract to endoscopic examination and biopsy, and other internal digestive organs to advanced imaging modalities and sampling. Thus, in addition to standard views of cross-sectional imaging and histopathologic analysis used in many disorders, the field encompasses multimodal endoscopic imaging, which has continued to advance over the last decade. This sixth edition of Yamada’s Atlas of Gastroenterology continues to offer diverse images that provide an overview of the field of digestive diseases, and aims to provide a synopsis through pictures and illustrations rather than through text. Consequently, this Atlas is designed to complement and accompany the primary textbook in the field, the seventh edition of Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology.

This newest edition of the Atlas presents a wealth of pictorial material designed to provide a highly informative snapshot of major gastrointestinal, pancreatic and hepatobiliary diseases. Every GI disorder from liver abscesses, endocrine neoplasms of the pancreas, to motility disorders of the esophagus are fully illustrated through the use of endoscopic and transabdominal ultrasonographs, computed tomography scans, magnetic resonance images, radionuclide images, angiograms, and high resolution manometry, in addition to histopathology and cytology. The Atlas includes over 2000 exceptional images, organized by disease entity and therapeutic modality, including histopathology slides, MRI and CT scans, endoscopy, EUS, and open surgery images.

Boasting an outstanding editorial team and 200 chapter authors, who are internationally renowned experts in their fields of expertise, Yamada’s Atlas of Gastroenterology is designed for a wide spectrum of readers, including students, residents, fellows and other trainees, practicing clinicians, professors and related specialists. For a busy trainee or clinician seeking a quick introduction to the spectrum of GI diseases, Yamada’s Atlas of Gastroenterology represents a practical and useful introduction to important disorders, and brings to life the salient points of the topic accurately and comprehensively.

About the Editors

Timothy C. Wang, MD, Chief, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases; Silberberg Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Irving Cancer Research Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Michael Camilleri, MD, Atherton and Winifred W. Bean Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Physiology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Associate Editors

Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Anna Lok, MD, Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

William J. Sandborn, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.

Kenneth K. Wang, MD, Russell G. and Kathleen M. Van Cleve Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Gary D. Wu, MD, Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.