The University of Minnesota Medical Alumni Society honored Palisadian Marvin E. Ament, M.D. for his work in the service of the medical profession.
A man with a great vision, Ament is known to many as the “grandfather of pediatric gastroenterology.” A member of the Class of 1963, Ament used his creative drive to pioneer the use of fiber-optic endoscopy for children, home parenteral nutrition for both adults and children and gastroenterology motility studies.
He was division chief for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at UCLA for 38 years and was named a distinguished professor of pediatrics – an honor achieved by only 1 percent of academics. Ament is currently chief of gastroenterology at Children’s Hospital of Central California and professor emeritus at UCLA.
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