Gastrointestinal (GI) Motility Disorder Program

Gastrointestinal motility is how your food moves through your body. You may have a GI motility disorder if you often have:

  • Bloating, constipation or diarrhea
  • Chest pain while eating
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Nausea or vomiting when you eat

At the National Jewish Health GI Motility Disorder Program in Denver, Colorado, we treat thousands of adults each year. Patients come from across the nation to see our motility experts. Our experts can diagnose the problem and provide treatment. We also can help you learn how to manage your condition and improve your quality of life.

Gastrointestinal Motility Disorder Program Highlights

  • A dedicated team of motility experts 
  • Advanced technology and testing services   
  • Comprehensive motility 
  • Full range of innovative treatments  
  • Multispecialty disease management  
  • Personalized patient education and treatment plans
  • Procedures including endoscopic ultrasound, dilation, stenting, enteroscopy and more
  • Program dedicated to anorectal physiology

Physical therapy, nutrition, behavioral health and other onsite services 


Personalized Medicine and Care

Our gastroenterology motility team will work with you to understand your symptoms and health history to diagnose all types of motility issues, including: 

  • Problems with the esophagus: trouble swallowing, acid reflux or chronic heartburn, food getting stuck or moving slowly
  • Problems with the stomach: nausea or vomiting that recurs, feeling full too quickly, having trouble digesting food, food moving too slowly or too quickly through the stomach
  • Problems with intestines or bowels: bloating, gas, food sensitivities like lactose intolerance, chronic constipation, irregular bowel, irritable bowel syndrome or bacterial overgrowth
  • Problems with bowel movements and the pelvic floor: constipation, difficulty passing stool, loss of bowel control or pain or discomfort with bowel movements

After diagnosis, our team will develop a comprehensive and personalized treatment plan that addresses your motility issues. We will teach you how to manage your condition at home so you can lead a full and active life.


Doctors

  • Arash Babaei

    Arash Babaei, MD

  • John Goff

    John Goff, MD

  • Jeffrey B. King

    Jeffrey B. King, MD

  • Vivian Lee

    Vivian Lee, MD, MSc, MS

  • Pranav Periyalwar

    Pranav Periyalwar, MD, FACG, FASGE

  • Neil W. Toribara

    Neil W. Toribara, MD, PhD

  • Kathleen Yan

    Kathleen Yan, MD

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Clinical Trials

For more than 100 years, National Jewish Health has been committed to finding new treatments and cures for diseases. Search our clinical trials.

Reasons to Choose National Jewish Health

  • The leading respiratory hospital in the nation and the only one devoted fully to the treatment of respiratory and related illnesses
  • Ranked #1 or #2 in Pulmonology by U.S. News & World Report for 26 consecutive years
  • Ranked in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation by HCAHPS
  • Physicians consistently recognized among the best in the nation by multiple services, including Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly
  • Among the top 6% of organizations funded for research by the NIH, providing patients access to hundreds of active clinical trials
  • 124-year history of focus on care, research and education serving patients from around the world with lung, heart, immune and related disorders
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Nationally Recognized Expertise

National Jewish Health is nationally recognized for its expertise in gastrointestinal disease, especially GI motility disorders and breathing-related GI conditions. 


Benefit from the Latest Research

Our physician-scientists and researchers are leaders in gastroenterology motility research that improves patient lives. This research includes: 

  • Creating studies to better understand motility issues like the gut-lung connection
  • Recommending updates to diagnostic classifications
  • Discovering new medicines
  • Identifying new treatments

Clinical Trials & Research Studies

Clinical trials help determine new treatment options for diseases and conditions. Patients with gastrointestinal motility issues have access to clinical trials and should speak with their physician to determine what trials might work best for them.


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You may be referred by your doctor, or you can make an appointment without a referral to our GI Motility Clinic.


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Treatment Locations

National Jewish Health Main Campus