GI Diseases & Conditions

Comprehensive Care for Digestive Health Disorders

A gastroenterologist is a medical specialists who focuses on the stomach, esophagus, and intestinal system. Patients usually receive a referral to a gastroenterologists from their primary care provider when suffering from a digestive health disorder.

You may benefit from a visit to the gastroenterologist if you suffer from frequent bouts of constipation or diarrhea, rectal bleeding, chronic heart burn, or difficulty swallowing.

Our Gastroenterologists treat the following disorders:

Esophageal Disorders:

• Barrett’s esophagus
• Esophageal cancer
• Esophageal masses
• Esophageal motility problems
• Esophageal strictures
• Esophageal pain
• Dysphagia (swallowing problems)
• Food impaction
• Foreign body removal
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Globus sensation
• Heartburn – use GERD link
• Non-cardiac chest pain
• Odynophagia (painful swallowing)
• Swallowing problems – use dysphagia link
• Systemic disorders involving the esophagus

Stomach Disorders:

• Abdominal pain
• Bleeding
• Cyclic vomiting syndrome
• Dyspepsia (indigestion)
• Gastritis (irritation of the stomach)
• Gastroparesis (slow emptying)
• Helicobacter pylori infection
• Nausea and vomiting
• Non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD)
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Problems after bariatric surgery
• Stomach cancer
• Stomach masses
• Visceral hypersensitivity

Intestinal Disorders (Large and Small Bowel):

• Abdominal pain (acute and chronic)
• Absorption and malabsorption
• Anal bleeding
• Anal disease
• Anal pruritus (itching)
• Anal warts
• Anal fissures
• Bleeding
• Bloating (use gas link)
• Celiac disease
• Clostridium Difficile
• Colitis
• Colon cancer screening (colonoscopy)
• Colorectal cancer
• Colorectal Polyps
• Constipation
• Crohn’s Disease
• Defecation problems
• Diarrhea
• Diverticular disease
• Dyssynergia
• Gas
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Hemorrhoids
• Ileus
• Indigestion
• Infections
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Intussusception
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Microscopic colitis
• Motility
• Short gut syndrome
• Small bowel disease
• Small bowel obstruction
• Small bowel tumors
• Ulcerative colitis
• Vascular abnormalities
• Viral gastroenteritis
• Volvulus

Liver Disorders:

• Alcoholic liver disease
• Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
• Ascites
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Benign tumors of the liver
• Budd Chiari
• Cirrhosis
• Congestive hepatopathy
• Drug induced liver disease
• Elevated liver tests
• Encepholapathy
• Fatty liver disease
• Hemochromatosis
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatopulmonary syndrome
• Hepatorenal syndrome
• Iron overload
• Liver abscess
• Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)
• Liver transplant referral
• NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease)
• NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)
• Portal hypertension
• Pregnancy related liver disease
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Viral hepatitis
• Wilson’s disease

Biliary disorders:

• Autoimmune cholangiopathy
• Bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma)
• Bile duct disorders
• Bile duct infection (cholangitis)
• Bile duct stones
• Bile duct strictures
• Gallstones
• Jaundice
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

Pancreatic disorders:

• Acute pancreatitis
• Autoimmune pancreatitis
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Hereditary pancreatic disorders (cancer and pancreatitis)
• Malabsorption
• Pancreatic cancer
• Pancreatic cysts
• Pancreatic duct stones
• Pancreatic pseudocysts
• Pancreatic necrosis
• Screening for pancreatic cancer