Professor, Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

Gastroenterology

Dr. William J. Snape Jr. practices Gastroenterology. He studied medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center. He received 4 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (AGAF)", "Elected Member" and "Fellow (FACG)". William Snape is also published. He has 16 publications published. The lastest publication: "Pyloric sphincter therapy: botulinum toxin, stents, and pyloromyotomy.' William J. Snape Jr., MD accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Clinical presentation and pathophysiology of Gastroparesis.
• Pyloric sphincter therapy: botulinum toxin, stents, and pyloromyotomy.
• Association of low numbers of CD206-positive cells with loss of ICC in the Gastric body of patients with diabetic gastroparesis.
• Effect of nortriptyline on symptoms of idiopathic Gastroparesis: the NORIG randomized clinical trial.
• Gastric electrical stimulation with Enterra therapy improves symptoms of idiopathic gastroparesis.
• Cholecystectomy and Clinical Presentations of Gastroparesis.
• Factors related to Abdominal pain in gastroparesis: contrast to patients with predominant nausea and vomiting.
• Ultrastructural differences between diabetic and idiopathic Gastroparesis.
• Platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα)-expressing "fibroblast-like cells" in diabetic and idiopathic Gastroparesis of humans.
• Similarities and differences between diabetic and idiopathic Gastroparesis.
• Bloating in Gastroparesis: Severity, Impact, and Associated Factors.
• Characteristics of Patients With Chronic Unexplained Nausea and Vomiting and Normal Gastric Emptying.
• Infection rates in a large investigational trial of sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence.
• Sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence: results of a 120-patient prospective multicenter study.
• Full-thickness endoscopic sampling of the stomach wall as a technique to manage Gastroparesis.

Schools

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• Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

• University Med Cntr

Procedures Preformed

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• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
• Liver Biopsy
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Anemia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties

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• Gastroenterology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Benesys
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• Access Plus Savenet
• Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
• Basic PPO
• Brown & Toland Physicians
• Chinese Community Health Plan (CCHP)
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Coventry Health Care
• Delta Health System
• Emblem Health
• First Choice Health
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• GEHA
• Group Health Cooperative
• Covered California - Bronze PPO
• Employer Group HMO
• Health Net PPO
• Individual and Family PPO
• Medicare Advantage PFFS
• Humana
• Kaiser Permanente
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Providence Health Plans
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Options PPO
• PacifiCare HMO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (AGAF)
• Elected Member
• Fellow (FACG)

Education

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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center
• Jefferson Medical College

Hospital

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• California Pacific Medical Center
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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