Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

The clinical program in gastroenterology is under the combined auspices of the Divisions of Gastroenterology at The University of Texas Medical School and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. A broad spectrum of clinical gastroenterology is encountered at Hermann Hospital and LBJ through the inpatient and consultative services. Gastroenterological procedures, including upper and lower diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, ERCP, papillotomy, polypectomy, small bowel enteroscopy, esophageal, small bowel, and ano-rectal motility, secretory studies, intestinal and liver biopsies are carried out in a fully equipped clinical gastroenterology suite with fluoroscopic capabilities at Hermann and LBJ. A state-of-the-art outpatient endoscopy suite will open in late 1991. A new ambulatory facility, The Hermann-UT Digestive Disease Center, is being built across the street in the Hermann Professional Building. At the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the consultative service evaluates patients with gastrointestinal and hepatic malignancies and infections, as well as problems encompassing the entire spectrum of gastroenterology, including manifestations of the Graft versus Host disease. Residents may gain outpatient experience in gastroenterology by staffing faculty and fellow clinics that are located in the Houston Medical Center building and at the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital while rotating on the consult service. The major teaching activities of the Division include a weekly clinical conference, a Radiology/Pathology conference, Journal Club and a research conference.