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Specialties

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Our Services

  • Liver Disease Treatment

    The hepatology team at UC Davis Health are known for their outstanding commitment to patient care and research in acute and chronic liver diseases. We are currently involved in a number of clinical and basic science research studies that allow us to offer the most advanced treatments for patients with liver diseases.

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  • Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders

    It is estimated that gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional bowel disorders and gastroesophageal reflux disease affect about 30% of Americans and comprise about 40% of the gastroenterology problems for which patients seek care. At UC Davis Health, we offer a multidisciplinary approach to diagnose and treat these conditions. 

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  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are chronic conditions including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease that affect about 3 million U.S. adults. The UC Davis Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center provides comprehensive and personalized care with the goal of improving quality of life. 

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  • Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

    The Division of Gastroenterology provides a full range of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures including diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP for pancreatobiliary pathologies (papillotomy, stone extraction, stricture dilation and stenting, lithotripsy, peroral choledochoscopy and pancreatoscopy), endoscopic ultrasonography including fine needle aspiration cytology and biopsy and target therapy.

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Procedures

  • Barrx: Barett's Esophagus Ablation Therapy
  • Botulinum Toxin Injection
  • Bravo Capsule 
  • Chromoendoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Defecography
  • Double Balloon Enteroscopy
  • Endoscopic Cryotherapy
  • Endoscopic Cystenterostomy
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
  • Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP)
  • Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound
  • Esophageal Dilation
  • Esophageal Manometry
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) 
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
  • Gastric Electrical Stimulation (GES, Enterra (r)) 
  • Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy (Radiology Department)
  • Glucose Hydrogen Breath Test 
  • Impedance
  • Lactulose Hydrogen Breath Test
  • pH Studies
  • PEG Tube Placement
  • Pelvic Floor Neuromuscular retraining 
  • Photodynamic Therapy
  • Pudendal Nerve Latency Test
  • Rectal Manometry
  • Single Balloon Enteroscopy
  • SmartPill
  • Stent Placement