Gastroenterology is a part of internal medicine that focuses on an adult patient's gastrointestinal tract, commonly known as the digestive tract.
In addition to providing routine physicals and preventative treatments, gastroenterologists perform liver biopsies and endoscopic procedures of the esophagus, stomach and bowels.
Dr. Mark Mailliard answers the question: what are the current recommendations on colonoscopy screening and how does someone prepare for it?
We regularly perform the following procedures:
- Colonoscopy
- Upper Endoscopy
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Sphincter of Oddi Manometry (SOM)
- HALO
- Esophageal Manometry
- PH Monitoring
- Anorectal Manometry
- Biliary Manometry
- Capsule Endoscopy