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Care for Complex Esophageal and Gut-brain Disorders

The Center for Gastrointestinal Motility at Brigham and Women’s Hospital provides advanced, team-based care for patients with complex esophageal, motility, and gut-brain interaction disorders.

Led by Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH, our multidisciplinary team includes expert gastroenterologists, an advanced practice provider, and a GI psychologist. We collaborate closely with specialists in pulmonology, otolaryngology (ENT), rheumatology, allergy and immunology, thoracic and general surgery, physical therapy, and nutrition to evaluate and treat a wide range of motility-related conditions.

We’re also leading research into new ways to diagnose and treat these conditions, which are becoming increasingly more common.

Conditions We Treat

Advanced Testing and Procedures

At the Center for Gastrointestinal Motility, patients have access to cutting-edge diagnostic testing and procedures, performed in our specialized Gastrointestinal Motility and Physiology Laboratory. This lab is led by Dr. Walter Chan and Dr. Jennifer Cai.

These tests help us better understand how your digestive system is functioning and guide individualized treatment plans.

Diagnostic studies we offer include:

• High-resolution esophageal manometry ± impedance
• pH-impedance monitoring (traditional esophageal and combined hypopharyngeal-esophageal catheter)
• Wireless pH monitoring
• Wireless motility capsule
• High-resolution anorectal manometry and balloon expulsion test
• Functional luminal impedance planimetry (FLIP)
• Breath testing

We also offer therapeutic endoscopic procedures at the Endoscopy Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to treat certain conditions, including:

• Endoluminal balloon dilation
• Pneumatic dilation
• Botulinum toxin injection
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Cryotherapy
• Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) (in collaboration with BWH interventional endoscopy)

To schedule a test or procedure, please call us at 617-732-6389.

Leaders in Education and Research

Our clinician-scientists are advancing the field through active clinical and translational research.

Some of our current areas of investigation include:

• GERD and its extraesophageal effects, including lung complications, outcomes following lung transplantation, and laryngopharyngeal reflux disease
• Esophageal motility disorders
• Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Functional gastrointestinal disorders
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
• Anorectal and pelvic floor dysfunction
• The impact of obesity on GI motility and function

In collaboration with our Mass General Brigham colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, we offer advanced fellowship training in neurogastroenterology and motility disorders. For more information about this exciting program, please .

For education and research training inquiries, please contact:

Walter Chan, MD, MPH
Phone: 617-732-5500
Email: wwchan@bwh.harvard.edu

Meet Our Team

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Support Us

We are building a nationally respected, top-tier program in neurogastroenterology and GI motility that leads in patient care, research, and education.

Your gift will help us:

• Recruit expert faculty and adopt leading-edge techniques and treatments
• Sponsor innovative laboratory and clinical research
• Train and mentor the next generation of clinician-scientists

For questions about giving, please contact:

Walter Chan, MD, MPH
Phone: 617-732-5500
Email: wwchan@bwh.harvard.edu