The Northwestern Center for Functional
Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders was created to provide
comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with difficult and
often poorly explained digestive symptoms. Our center offers
state-of-the art diagnostic capabilities for digestive disorders. More
importantly, we pride ourselves in performing the one procedure that
receives the least attention in medicine: listening. Being heard is
incredibly important for people dealing with difficult symptoms. But
listening also provides the greatest opportunity to unravel complex
medical problems. At the Northwestern Center for Functional
Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders care is provided for the person
and not just the digestive tract.
Our mission is to advance the understanding and
treatment of functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders through
an integrated approach to patient care, research, training and
education. In addition to the evaluation and treatment of functional and
digestive motility disorders, we also conduct studies on the
physiological and psychosocial mechanisms that often underlie these
conditions. Our group has clinical and research interests in quality of
life, health outcomes and stigma related to functional and digestive
motility disorders as well as novel pharmacologic and behavioral
therapies to treat these conditions.
We think that you’ll find the Northwestern
Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders to be an
evolving and growing place that combines a desire to both better
understand and better treat digestive disorders that are both common and
complex.
Northwestern
University Psychosomatic Interest Group:
Medicine from a Biopsychosocial
Perspective
On November 15, The Northwestern Center for
Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders with the support of
the American Psychosomatic Society held its first of several seminars
focusing on the biopsychosocial model of illness.
Click here to read more and see
upcoming events.
IBS Support Group Now Forming
Learn about IBS, share your experiences with
others, and develop new coping techniques in an 8 week course and
support group.
Meetings will be held Tuesdays from 5:30pm until 7:00pm.
This support group is free of charge and will begin in October based on
enrollment needs. Please contact 312-695-4621 for
more information.
Participate in an online study
New Online Study Posted (10/18/06):
We are currently seeing volunteers to participate in an online study
looking at attitudes about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). To
participate, you must have been diagnosed with IBS.
Click here for more
information or
click here to participate.
We are currently seeking volunteers to participate in two online
studies looking at various traits in patients with Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and healthy
individuals. Click here
for more information.
