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Yale Gastroenterology faculty members work closely with colleagues in the departments of surgery, diagnostic radiology, laboratory medicine, and pathology to provide state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases in a coordinated and comprehensive manner. Outpatient diagnostic clinics at the Temple Medical Center complement an active inpatient service, offering routine and highly specialized endoscopic and non-endoscopic studies.

Outpatient endoscopic procedures include esophagogastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) enteroscopy colonoscopy sigmoidoscopy capsule endoscopy esophageal and colonic stents and the treatment of GAVE radiation proctitis and GI bleeding disorders with the argon plasma coagulator (APC). Advanced procedures are performed as well, including ERCP and EUS with FNA (see Interventional Endoscopy Program below).

Non-endoscopic studies include liver biopsy, esophageal and anorectal manometry, 24-hour ambulatory pH studies, secretin studies, gastric acid analysis and breath tests for lactose intolerance, bacterial overgrowth or H. pylori.

The Interventional Endoscopy Program is a tertiary referral program for therapeutic pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and sphincter of oddi manometry (SOM). It is the busiest program of its kind in New England. The physicians have extensive experience performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and related procedures, as well as endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with and without fine needle aspiration (FNA), celiac plexus block, endoscopic sphincterotomies, (including minor papilla, precut and pancreatic duct), biliary and pancreatic stent insertions, stricture dilations and common bile duct stone extractions.

The key to effective disease management at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program & nbspis coordinated care among specially trained physicians in a variety of specialties, including gastrointestinal medicine, pathology, radiology, colorectal surgery, interventional radiology, pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery. Physicians meet weekly to discuss each patient's care and related diagnostic, medical, and surgical issues.

The Gastrointestinal Motility Program is a multidisciplinary program that brings together a team of eight gastroenterologists, surgeons, pathologists and radiologists to provide the latest diagnostic and treatment services to patients with hard-to-diagnose gastrointestinal disorders. The program provides evaluation for a wide array of common and rare gastrointestinal disorders.

The motility program offers:

The Bravo pH Monitoring System, a catheter-free instrument that measures acidity levels in patients suspected of having gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) The SmartPill Capsule, a new technology available at only about a dozen medical centers around the country that measures pressure, pH and temperature to identify where abnormalities in intestinal transit are located. Impedance monitoring, a catheter-based system that enables doctors to diagnose non-acid reflux.

Special services offered by Yale Gastroenterology include:

Cancer screening including colonoscopy and upper endoscopy
Diagnosis and management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Diagnosis and management of GI motility disorders
Nutrition evaluation and treatment
Diagnosis and management of GI bleeding including reflux disease, gastritis, ulcers and portal hypertension
Treatment of chronic diarrhea and disorders of malabsorption
Evaluations for women's gastroenterological issues
Video capsule endoscopy

Aslanian, Harry Robert, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Associate Director, Endoscopy; Director, Yale Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship; Director of Gastroenterology, Yale Health Plan	(203) 200-5083 Appts (203) 200-2235 Fax
Binder, Henry Joseph, MD	Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Chaptini, Louis, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Cho, Judy H, MD	Henry J. and Joan W. Binder Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology); Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 785-7273 Fax
Fisher, Rosemarie L, MD	Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Pediatrics; Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Fortune, Brett E, MD, MSc	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, MD	Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Chief, Digestive Diseases, VA-CT Healthcare System; Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Yale Liver Center; Program Director, VA-CT Hepatitis C Resource Center	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 785-7273 Fax
Hoque, Rafaz, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)	(203) 737-1345 Appts (203) 785-4138 Fax
Jamidar, Priya Arvind, MBChB, FACG, FASGE	Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Director, Endoscopy	(203) 200-5083 Appts (203) 200-2235 Fax
Kapadia, Cyrus Roos, MD, FACP, AGAF	Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Nagar, Anil Bernard, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Endoscopy Director, West Haven VAMC	(203) 932-5711 Appts Ext. 3942 (203) 785-1755 Fax
Oikonomou, Ioannis, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Co-Medical Director, Temple Endoscopy Center; Medical Director, Temple Infusion Center	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Proctor, Deborah Denise, MD	Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Medical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program	(203) 785-4138 Appts (203) 737-1345 Fax
Swenson, Scott, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Associate Director, Fellowship Training Program in Digestive Diseases