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Disorders of the Small Bowel Presented by Lucinda Harris, MS, MD Dr. Lucy Harris Watch presentation here Presentation Overview Motility Disorders of the Small Bowel What is the small bowel? To understand small-bowel motility disorders it is important to understand what the small intestine is and what it does.  The small bowel also known as […]

By: Klaus Bielefeldt, MD, PhD, George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center and Division of Gastroenterology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Bielefeldt is the recipient of the IFFGD 2003 Research Award to Junior Investigator, Basic Science. Dr. Bielefeldt’s clinical interests are with functional diseases of the esophagus. Scientifically, he has used his training […]

Award for Clinical Science Investigator Dr. Christopher Almario’s research is focused on developing and validating innovative, scalable, evidence-based technologies that support patients and clinicians in making shared decisions that improve health and reduce costs. He has also conducted a number of studies that deepen our understanding of the epidemiology and impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders […]

Understanding the role gut bacteria may play in GI function Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are common. However, understanding of the underlying causes for symptoms are not yet clear. Recently researchers have been studying the role of normal intestinal bacteria (also called intestinal microbiota) in maintaining healthy and normal GI […]