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Department of Medicine -
Section of Digestive Diseases


Patient Care

Areas of particular interest include:

  • esophagitis
  • achalasia
  • peptic ulcer
  • helicobacter pylori
  • hepatitis chronic liver disease
  • pancreatitis
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • constipation
  • cancer of the gastrointestinal tract
  • liver, and pancreas
  • biliary tract disorders

Available diagnostic and therapeutic procedures:

  • diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
  • esophageal manometry and ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring
  • laser applications for treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies
  • liver biopsy
  • small bowel biopsy
  • management of esophageal strictures and achalasia
  • endoscopic removal of polyps from stomach and colon
  • sclerotherapy of esophageal
  • varices - Banding of esophageal
  • vances
  • endoscopic control of
  • gastrointestinal bleeding
  • percutaneous endoscopic
  • gastrostomy - PEG/-J