Gastroenterology

A multidisciplinary approach to digestive diseases is achieved through close collaboration with surgeons, hematologists and oncologists, radiologists, and other specialties throughout the medical center.
GI services include:
- Colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening with polyp removal
- Diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, including the management of these diseases during pregnancy)
- Management of Hepatitis B and C, as well as other liver diseases
- Management of esophageal diseases, including esophageal motility studies and 24-hour pH monitoring
- Diagnostic and therapeutic biliary endoscopy, including stent placement and stone removal
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Small bowel enteroscopy
- Placement of feeding tubes into the stomach (PEG) or small intestine (PEJ) for patients who require supplemental feeding
- Management of gastrointestinal cancers using stent placement (esophageal, colonic, duodenal, and biliary stenosis) or argon beam coagulation
- LINX® Reflux Management System
Our Team
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Akriti Dewanwala, MD
Gastroenterology
Conditions
- Colitis and Chrohn's disease
- Celiac and gut related food allergies
- Gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia
- Gut-related inflammatory arthritis and skin condition
- Chronic diarrhea and microscopic colitis
- Esophageal dysphagia, gastritis and GERD
- Autoimmune hepatitis and cholangitis
- Familial syndromes of gastrointestinal cancer
Treatments
- Novel therapies including biologics and infusions to treat Crohn's and colitis
- Endoscopic management of IBD and chromoendoscopy
- Screening and therapeutic colonoscopy for colorectal cancer
- Manometry and pH impendence for esophageal disorders
- LINX® Reflux Management System
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