Digestive Care Consultants in Torrance, California: Physicians and gastroenterologists providing gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy; diagnosis and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohns disease, GERD, Holt, colon cancer, dyspepsia and achalasia.Colon, Pancreas, Stomach, Gall Bladder, Small Intestine, Liver: examination, diagnosis and treatment

23451 Madison St. #290 
Torrance, CA 90505 
(310) 375-1246 
fax (310) 375-0590 


Viktor Ernst Eysselein, M.D.

Education

Medical School
University of Wuerzburg (Federal Republic of Germany), 1970-1976
Staatsexamen
University of Wuerzburg (Federal Republic of Germany), June 1976
M.D.
University of Wuerzburg (Federal Republic of Germany), January 26, 1978
Internship
Department of Surgery, Hospital Schweinfurt, October-March 1977
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulm, April-October 1977
Residency and Fellowship
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, April 1979,-March 1981, April 1983-July 1988
Research Fellowship
Center for Ulcer Research and Education/UCLA, Los Angeles, April 1981-March 1983

Board Certifications

Board of Gastroenterology, USA, November, 1993
Board of Internal Medicine, USA, September, 1992


Professional Experience

Current     Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine (since July 1995)
Chief (since December 1991, acting Chief since July 1991) Division of Gastroenterology
Director of Endoscopy (July 1997-2002)
Previous     Associate Professor, University of Essen, 4300 Essen 1, FRG


Memberships of Societies, Academic Bodies, & Activities Related to Science

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (since 1986)
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Innere Medizin (since 1986)
American Gastroenterological Association (since 1988)
Western Society for Clinical Investigation (since 1990)
Southern California Society for Gastrointestional Endoscopy and Gastroenterology (since 1991)
American College for Physicians (since 1993)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (since 1993)
American College of Gastroenterology (since 1994)
Western Association of Physicians (since 1999)
Member of the Local Organizing Committee (J.H. Walsh, J.R. Reeve, J. Fried, and V.E. Eysselein) of The Tenth International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Hormones, Santa Barbara, California, August 27-31, 1994.
Member of the Organizing Committee (J.R. Reeve, T.E. Solomon, V.L.W. Go, J. Fried, and V.E. Eysselein) of the International Meeting on Cholecystokinin, Cape Cod, Mass., May 19-22, 1993.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal DIGESTION


Honors and Special Awards

Thannhauser Award
(German Society for Digestive Diseases, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten, September 9, 1987) for: "The discovery, isolation and chemical characterization of the largest form cholecystokinin, CCK-58."
Heisenberg Award of the German Research Society for Associate Professors (June 1989): Scholarship for: "Study of the role of sensory neuropeptides in inflammatory bowel disease."
Physician Scientist Award
National Institute of Health, AM 36200, Pilot Project (No. NH-4789-04V): "Role of Sensory Nervous System Mediators in Inflammatory Responses of the Gut" Principal Investigator: V.E. Eysselein, October 1, 1988.
UCLA Affiliated Fellowship Training Program in Gastroenterology Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, June 14, 2003


Research Grants & Scholarships Received

VA, Wadsworth Hospital Center, Center for Ulcer Research and Education (CURE), and University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90073 (Prof. J.H. Walsh)(with support of the German Research Society, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), April 1981-March 1983.
From 1984 to 1989 continuous uninterrupted financial support of research activities in studies about Gastrointestinal Hormones by the German Research Society, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
From 1984 until 1987 grant by the Minister fuer Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, FRG, for my studies on the role of neurotensin in the regulation of gastric acid secretion.
National Institute of Health, AM 36200, "Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease", Principal Investigator W.J. Snape, M.D., "Biochemistry of Inflammation Core of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center", Acting Core Director: V.E. E