James A. Clifton Center for Digestive Diseases

Cancer Prevention

• Barrett's Esophagus
• Colon Cancer Screening
• Optical colonoscopy
• CAT colonography
• Colon Polyps and Familial Polyposis Syndromes
• Ulcerative Colitis Cancer Surveillance

Celiac Disease

• Maldigestion/Malabsorption

Esophageal Disorders

• Barrett’s Esophagitis
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
• Swallowing Disorders
• Non-cardiac Chest Pain Syndrome

Gastric Diseases

• Peptic Ulcer Disease
• Gastritis
• Dyspepsia

Gastrointestinal Motility

• Chronic Abdominal Pain Syndromes
• Chronic Fecal Constipation and Diarrhea
• Fecal Incontinence
• Gastric Emptying Disorders
• Dysphagia and Non-cardiac chest pain
• Pseudo-Obstruction

Gastrointestinal Surgery

• Bariatrics (obesity)
• Esophageal, Gastric and Colonic Neoplasia
• Ileoanal Reservoir Procedure
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Ostomy Consult Service

Hepatology

• Ascites Management
• Cirrhosis
• Viral Hepatitis
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Inherited Chronic Liver Diseases
• Liver Failure/Liver Transplantation
• Pediatric Liver Disease
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
• Portal Hypertension

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Collagenous, Lymphocytic and Ulcerative colitis
• Crohn's disease

Nutrition

• Failure to Thrive
• Short Bowel Syndrome

Other

• Congenital Malformations
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Pancreaticobiliary Disease

• Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
• Biliary Dyskinesia
• Gallbladder/Gall Stone Related Disease
• Neoplasms
• Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency
• Pancreatitis/Pancreatic Fistulas
• Pseudocysts
• Sclerosing Cholangitis

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Unit*

Henning Gerke, MD, Director

Neuro-motility (Director S. Satish Rao, MD, PhD)

• Anorectal Manometry and Electromyography
• Bowel Retraining/Biofeedback
• Esophageal Manometry/Impedance Planimetry
• Esophageal pH Monitoring
• Small Intestinal and Colonic Manometry
  

Gastrointestinal (Director, Henning Gerke, MD)

• Argon Plasma Coagulation and Other Modalities for Bleeding Capsule Endoscopy
• Carbohydrate Breath Testing
• Colonoscopy and Polypectomy
• Dilation of Strictures/Achalasia Esophageal pH Monitoring Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Endoscopic Variceal Sclerosis and Banding
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Fulguration of Tumors
• Percutaneous Endoscopic-Gastrostomy/Jejunostomy
• Secretory/Absorption Studies
• Thermal and Electro-Coagulation for GI Hemorrhage
• Upper Gastrointestinal and Small Bowel Endoscopy

Hepatology (director, Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD)

• Liver Biopsy
• Large Volume Paracentesis

Pancreatic – Biliary (Director, Frederick Johlin, MD)

• Esophageal, Biliary and Enteral Stent Placement
• ERCP, Diagnostic and Therapeutic

*Procedures, usually performed in conjunction with consultation, can be accommodated without consultation through special arrangement.

Gastroenterology-Hepatology

• Kyle Brown, M.D.
• James Christensen, MD (Emeritus)
• James Clifton, MD (Emeritus)
• David E. Elliott, MD, PhD
• F. Jeffrey Field, MD
• Henning Gerke, M.D.
• Kenneth C. Hubel, MD (Emeritus)
• Frederick Johlin, MD
• Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD
• Bruce A. Luxon, MD, PhD
• Somia Mian, MD
• S. Satish C. Rao, MD, PhD
• Antonio Sanchez, MD
• Ron Schey, MD
• Warren N. Schmidt, MD, PhD
• Konrad S. Schulze, MD
• William B. Silverman, MD
• Robert W. Summers, MD
• Cyrus Tamboli, M.D.
• Michael D. Voigt, MD

Gastrointestinal Surgery

• Joseph J. Cullen, MD
• Kimberly S. Ephgrave, MD
• Nelson J. Gurll, MD (Emeritus)
• Mohammad K. Jamal, M.D.
• G. Patrick Kealey, M.D.
• Edward Mason (Emeritus)
• Amanda A. Metcalf, MD
• Isaac Samuel, M.D.
• Siroos S. Shirazi, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Warren P. Bishop, MD, Director

• Dawn Ebach, M.D.
• Aliye Uc, M.D.