E. Rolland Dickson, MD, is a member of Bay City Capital's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Dickson is a consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology and a Clinical Investigator at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Mary Lowell Leary Professor of Medicine, and Emeritus Director for Development of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Dr. Dickson is internationally recognized for his leadership in the fields of liver disease and liver transplantation. He has been a member of the Mayo consulting staff since 1964 and was elected to the Mayo Foundation Board of Trustees in February 1999. Dr. Dickson has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since the late 1970s and served on the National Digestive Disease Advisory Board of the NIH. Recent professional recognitions include the Distinguished Achievement Award in Clinical Research in Liver Disease, presented by the American Gastroenterology Association in 1994, and the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Research Achievement Award in 1998. He was honored in April of 2006 by being awarded a Master’s Degree in the American College of Physicians. Dr. Dickson earned his BA degree at Ohio Weslyan University, an MD degree at Ohio State University College of Medicine, and an MS degree at the University of Minnesota.