Gastroenterologists at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester provide consultation and ongoing management of patients with disorders of the digestive system, including evaluations for liver and small bowel transplantation. Other areas of expertise include:
- Acid/peptic diseases
- Gastrointestinal cancer/screening
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Liver diseases
- Pancreatic diseases
Our Endoscopy Center, located on our University Campus, increases access to advanced diagnostic and treatment resources. For some procedures, patients also have the convenience of being seen at the Endoscopy Center, 21 Eastern Avenue, Worcester.
Diagnostic Testing
- Photodynamic therapy
- 24-hour ambulatory pH monitoring
- Esophageal manometry
- Evaluation of malabsorption and maldigestion
- Liver biopsies
Therapeutics
- Liver transplant
- Management of ascites,
including large volume paracentesis
- Small bowel biopsy
- Therapy of chronic hepatitis
Diagnostic Endoscopy
- Biliary manometry
- Capsule endoscopy
- Double balloon enteroscopy
- Upper endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Magnification endoscopy
Therapeutic Endoscopy
- Endoscopic antireflux procedures for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Endoscopic injection of laser therapy for gastrointestinal angiodysplasia or tumors
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy and stent placements
- Endoscopic sclerosis of esophageal varices