Professor Phil Dinning is a Principal Medical Scientist in the department of Surgery and Gastroenterology at Flinders Medical Centre where he heads the GI Motility Research Unit and the Anorectal Manometry Clinic. He has over 30 years’ experience in recording, analysing and interpreting human small bowel and colonic manometry recording. Collectively, he has published over 170 peer reviewed papers, invited reviews and book chapters on Gastrointestinal Motility.