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    Motility Program

    Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility
    Pacific Campus
    2340 Clay St., 2nd Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94115

    Please call 415-600-1138 to make an appointment with the Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program.
    Directions to the Pacific Campus
    E-mail Dr. Snape at snapew@sutterhealth.org

    Please send me more information on the Motility services at California Pacific Medical Center.

    • Who should be referred to the Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility?
    • Providing multifaceted gastrointestinal care
    • Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility Physician Specialists
    • Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility
    • Research Clinical Trials

    Who should be referred to the Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility?

    The Center is for patients who have -

    • abdominal pain

    • nausea

    • vomiting

    • altered bowel habit
    -which cannot be explained by an anatomically identified lesion in the gastrointestinal tract.

    Our goal is to help patients gain control over their symptoms and improve their daily life. Results obtained from the motility tests lead to new therapies helping to relieve the patients' symptoms. New therapies include gastric electrical stimulation (Enterra), endoscopic gastric plication (Endocinch), and anal sphincter retraining (biofeedback).

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    Providing multifaceted gastrointestinal care

    Approximately 35 million Americans suffer from gastrointestinal motility disorders. These disorders range from gastroparesis, affecting a small number each year, to common gastrointestinal disorders - irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and fecal incontinence. Motility disorders can involve any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract including the esophagus, stomach, small intestines and colon.

    • Motility Disorder Testing

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    Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility Physician Specialists


    William J. Snape, Jr., M.D.
    Medical Director, Center for Neurogastroenterolgoy and Motility
    415- 600-1138

    Read Dr. Snape's expanded biography






    Katerina P. Shetler, M.D.
    Gastroenterologist
    415-600-1138








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    Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility

    Procedure Profiles

    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Upper Gut Motility Disorders
    • Gastric Electrical Stimulation
    • Diagnosis and Treatment Options for GERD
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Gut Motility Disorders

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    Research Clinical Trials

    Our Clinical Trials Listing allows you to search for a wide variety of clinical trials available through our Research Institute.

    Current Neurogastroenteorlogy and Motility Clinical Trials.

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    Read one patient's story about how GES changed her life

    Download a copy of our Neurogastroenterology and Motillity brochure (pdf file).

    Learn more about the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society
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