Procedures and Services
Gastroenterologists are a specialized group of physicians who provide comprehensive care and treatment of disorders of the digestive system. These disorders affect the esophagus (food tube), stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
Our Gastroenterologists often are asked to evaluate the following problems:
- Abdominal pain
- Abnormal liver function tests
- Abnormal X-ray findings
- Bleeding
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty swallowing
- Gallbladder disease
- Heartburn
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Indigestion
- Jaundice
- Liver problems
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pancreatic problems
- Weight loss
Some diseases and conditions that are diagnosed and treated by our Gastroenterologists include:
- Achalasia
- Acid reflux (GERD)
- Barrett's
- Celiac sprue
- Cirrhosis
- Colon cancer
- Colon polyps
- Crohn's disease
- Diverticulosis
- Diverticulitis
- Gallstones
- Helicobacter pylori
- Intestinal gas
- Hepatitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Malnutrition
- Motility disorders of the GI tract
- Pancreatic disease
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Ulcerative colitis
Our Gastroenterologists perform the following procedures:
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Upper Endoscopy, or EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
- Enteroscopy
- ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)
- Esophageal dilation
- Esophageal Manometry
- EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasonography)
- Liver biopsy
- PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)
- pH monitoring