Achalasia is a disorder of motility in the esophagus in which the esophagus has lost its normal ability to move food and liquids down into the stomach. In addition, the lower esophageal sphincter, the ...

For years, Akia McDowell had been told she had gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common – yet unpleasant – digestive disorder in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus. Then, one day in early ...

Imagine if you felt like you were going to choke every time you ate food or drank liquid? That's what people with a condition called achalasia have to deal with daily. Now there's a simple procedure ...

From left, at Baystate Medical Center, Dr. John Romanelli, Dr. David Desilets, Dennis Dunigan, and Dr. David Earle. Dunigan, who suffers from a rare disorder known as esophageal achalasia, had a new, ...

SAN DIEGO — Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) can be used to effectively treat the vast majority of patients with gastroparesis refractory to conventional therapy, two new studies show.

Nathaniel J. Soper, MD, discussed the current state of laparoscopy, endolumenal procedures and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery while delivering the Gliedman Oration at the Montefiore’s ...