Physical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Disorders

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Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD, is a specialist in general and digestive surgery and Professor of Medical-Surgical Conditions at Comillas Pontifical University, Department of Health Sciences, San Juan de Dios School of Nursing and Physical Therapy in Madrid, Spain. He serves as the Head of the Bariatric Surgery section of the ERAS-Spain group (Enhanced Recovery after Surgery). He has been awarded 15 national and international research grants. He received the Prize of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain in 2014 and the Award of the Valencian Society of Surgery for the best scientific article published in 2015. He has been included among the top 2% of the most cited researchers in the world in 2023 according to the list published by Stanford University, and is a member of the Sigma Xi Society (The Scientific Research Honor Society). Currently, he is leading several research projects focused on surgical infections, obesity, and translational research on microbiota and probiotics.

Ana Martin-Nieto, PhD, is a physiotherapist and nutritionist, and a Professor of Medical-Surgical Conditions at Comillas Pontifical University, Department of Health Sciences, San Juan de Dios School of Nursing and Physical Therapy in Madrid, Spain. She actively leads several investigational projects focused on neurological and digestive pathologies.