MedStar Georgetown's Gastroenterology (GI) Department offers nationally and internationally recognized experts who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive system disorders. With a large volume of cases and experience helping patients with complex cases, our experts are leaders in GI care and offer several specialty programs and services:
- Colon Cancer Screening
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Evaluation and Treatment Services
- Liver and Small Bowel Transplant Evaluation
- Pediatric Gastroenterology (GI) and Nutrition
- Endoscopic Treatments
- Center for Endoscopic Excellence
- Center for Esophageal Diseases
- Center for Gastrointestinal Motility and Heartburn
- Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Center for Liver Disease Evaluation and Treatment
- Center for Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases
MedStar Georgetown's GI Department is comprised of a staff of specialists who offer a high level of expertise and experience in advanced endoscopic techniques. Our doctors are skilled at maneuvering the endoscope in even the smallest places in the GI tract and in the tiny ducts leading from the pancreas, liver and gallbladder.
In fact, at MedStar Georgetown, our doctors perform nearly 12,000 GI endoscopic procedures a year including:
- Colonoscopy
- Upper endoscopy
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCPs)
- Small bowel endoscopy (also known as enteroscopy)
- Video capsule endoscopy (also known as the pill camera)
Our physicians' success rates in performing these procedures exceed national standards and are monitored continuously through quality improvement programs overseen by internal and external medical experts. Additionally, MedStar Georgetown has the area's only Cellvizio®, a technology that allows our doctors to enlarge real-time magnified images of your GI tract during an endoscopy.
