Division of Pediatrics Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionHarbor‐UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California, USA
Mike Thomson
Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Interventional Endoscopy
Director of the International Academy for Paediatric Endoscopy Training
Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Haepatology
Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, UK;
Portland Hospital for Women and Children
London, UK
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Personal statements
George Gershman To the new generations of pediatric gastroenterologists and endoscopy enthusiasts: a letter to the future.
Once upon a time, there was a young fellow in Moscow, Russia, who was a resident working in one of the oldest hospitals in Moscow, named after Yevgeny Botkin, court physician to Tsar Nicholas II (who was murdered along with the entire Tsarust family by Bolsheviks in 1918).
The training was all about patient care. The diagnostic tools were limited to a stethoscope, basic laboratory support, and X‐rays. The time felt almost frozen.
One day, I heard a rumor that one of the attending physician named Eduard Rokhlin was performing unique procedures, and out of curiosity I asked for permission to watch.
To my surprise, I was allowed not only to observe the study but look inside the endoscope. I still remember that moment of excitement and disbelieve that I was looking inside the stomach of a live person in real time. It was the moment which changed my life. I was fortunate to witness the fast progression of flexible endoscopy from a primitive stage of large‐caliber fiberscopes with an eyepiece resembling that of old microscopes to modern high‐definition, slim and ultra‐slim video endoscopes, single‐ and double‐balloon enteroscopes, endoscopic capsules, and many other innovations which have opened unlimited diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities in the field of pediatric gastroenterology.
You, my young colleague, who have opened a new page of your life, step into a fascinating journey of new discoveries in pediatric gastroenterology.
I express my deep gratitude to Dr Eduard Rokhlin, who was my endoscopy mentor and dear friend; Professor Samy Cadranel and Jean‐François Mougenot: two remarkable physicians and endoscopists who opened the door for me to enter the world of European community of pediatric gastroenterology; Professor Jon A. Vanderhoof, who gave me the opportunity to share my endoscopy skills and scientific data with my American colleagues at the Annual Meeting of North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 1989; and Professor Marvin E. Ament, one of the pioneers of pediatric GI
