Digestive Diseases

The West Virginia University Digestive Disease team provides diagnosis and treatment for patients with conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas.

We treat a wide variety of gastrointestinal and liver problems, including:

• acid reflux disease
• peptic ulcers
• colorectal and other cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and liver
• gall stones
• Crohn's Disease
• ulcerative colitis
• Hepatitis C
• pancreatitis
• Barrett's esophagus

WVU Health Report: Acid Reflux

WVU Health Report: Heartburn


Treatment options offered include medication, endoscopic surgery, or a combination of treatments, depending on the patient and the disease.

Available diagnostic and therapeutic procedures:

• diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
• esophageal manometry and ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring
• laser applications for treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies
• liver biopsy
• small bowel biopsy
• management of esophageal strictures and achalasia
• endoscopic removal of polyps from stomach and colon
• sclerotherapy of esophageal varices
• Banding of esophageal varices
• endoscopic control of gastrointestinal bleeding
• percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy - PEG/-J

Referrals

Patients are seen in consultation at the request of their physician. Physician inquiries are welcome.