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Hepatology & Nutrition
Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology & Nutrition
Department of Medicine
The Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology & Nutrition specializes in digestive
diseases, nutrition and diseases of the liver. It provides
consultation on a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures such as:
- Diagnostic and therapeutic
upper endoscopy and colonoscopy
- Polypectomy
- Therapy for stricture
or achalasia
- Control of bleeding
- 24-hour monitoring of
esophageal PH and esophageal manometry
- Anal manometry
Special Services
- Esophageal function
and testing
- Gastric motor function
and testing
- Small bowel motor function
and testing
- Color motor function
and testing
- Therapy of motor disorders
of the GI tract
- Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholantio-Pancreatography (ERCP)
- Papillotomy
- Extraction for common
duct stones
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Comprehensive nutrition
evaluation, including body composition and indirect
calorimetry
- Therapy of obesity and
eating disorders
- GI cancer screening
- Therapy of inflammatory
bowel diseases
The hepatology component
of the division treats all aspects of clinical hepatology,
including viral hepatitis, cholestatic liver disease,
hepatoma management, liver transplantation and hepatic
failure.
Active research is taking
place in the areas of artificial liver, viral hepatitis,
organ reperfusion, chronic rejection and hepatic cancer.
Director
- Claus
Fimmel, MD
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