Department of Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology-Hepatology Faculty
Medical School:
University of Nebraska
Residency:
Highland-Alameda County Hospital
The University of Iowa
Fellowship:
The University of Iowa
James Christensen, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Christensen is known internationally as an expert in many clinical and basic science aspects of gastrointestinal motility. He devotes considerable effort to examining the structure of the enteric nervous system, the metabolic requirements of gastrointestinal smooth muscle, and the control and functions of the muscularis mucosae. His key interests are gastrointestinal motility; function of smooth muscle and autonomic nerves.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Chapter of Iowa, Faculty Vice President, 1977-Present
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Chapter of Nebraska, AOA Lecturer, 1990
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- American Clinical and Climatological Society
- American College of Physicians, Fellow
- American Gastroenterological Association: Committee on Training and Education,1977-80; Councilor, 1984-87; Nominating Committee, 1975-78, 1987
- American Motility Society: Chairman of Publications Committee, 1989-; President, 1983-94; Steering Committee 1980-84
- American Physiological Society
- American Society of Clinical Investigation: Nominating Committee Chairman, 1976
- Association of American Physicians
- British Society of Gastroenterology
- Central Clinic Research Club
- Central Society for Clinical Research: Subspecialty Council in Gastroenterology, 1980-82
- Editorial Boards:
- American Journal of Physiology, 1972-76, 1979-83;
- Physiology of the Digestive Tract, Raven Press, Joint Editor, 1978, 1986;
- Gastroenterology International, 1988-;
- Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1986-;
- Gastroenterology, 1969-74, Associate Editor, 1984-86
- Gastroenterology Research Group, Steering Committee, 1974-79
- International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility: Chairman, 1979-81; Steering Committee, 1975-81
- Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine, 1965-70
- Midwest Gut Club
- NIDDK, MERIT Award, 1987-97
- NIH Gastroenterology-Nutrition Training Grants Committee, 1971-73
- NIH Training Grants Committee, 1976
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Sigma Xi
- U.S. Public Health Service Research Career Development Award, 1969-74
- VA Merit Review Board: (Gastroenterology), 1968-70, 1983-86; Chairman, 1984-86
Recent Publications
- Christensen, J., and Fang, S.: Colocalization of NADPH-Diaphorase activity and certain neuropeptides in the esophagus of the opossum (D.virginiana). Cell Tissue Res., 278: 557-562, 1994.
- Christensen, J.: The Clinical History and Examination. In: Clinical Approaches to Gastroenterology. D. Kumar and J. Christensen (eds.), Churchill-Livingstone, London, pp. 3-28, 1996.
- Christensen, J.: Abdominal Pain. In: Clinical Approaches to Gastroenterology. D. Kumar and J. Christensen (eds.), Churchill-Livingstone, London, pp. 281-296, 1996.