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- Largest U.S. Hepatitis C Trial Provides Insight Into Optimizing Treatment for Patients
- $4 Million Gift Helps Create New Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
- Baby Receives Five Transplanted Organs at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital Appoints Foremost Authority on Treatment of Pediatric Liver and Bowel Disease
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery for Crohn's Disease
- Diabetes Surgery Program Opens at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
- Dr. Louis Aronne Named President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
- Dr. Timothy Wang Named Chief of Gastroenterology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and Silberberg Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Dr. William B. Inabnet Named Chief of Endocrine Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Duodenal Switch May Be More Effective Than Gastric Bypass, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Finds
- Eltrombopag Effective for Hepatitis C Patients With Low Blood-Platelet Counts
- Futuristic Surgical Suites Open at NewYork-Presbyterian
- Gall Bladder Removed Vaginally Using Endoscope With Minimal External Incisions
- In Largest U.S. Hepatitis C Trial, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Determine Weight-Based Dosing Is Key to Optimal Treatment
- Largest Hepatitis C Trial in U.S. Patients Shows Weight-Based REBETOL in Combination with PEG-INTRON Increases Sustained Response, Lowers Relapse
- New Combined Laparoscopy and Colonoscopy Procedure May Avoid Need for Major Surgery
- New Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Health Center To Be Established at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell
- NewYork-Presbyterian Receives Highest Accreditation for Bariatric Surgery
- Responding to Obesity Epidemic, New Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Center Opens at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
- Review Outlines Risks and Benefits of Body Contouring for Massive Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
- Small, Open-Label Study Shows Potential Use of Novel Antibiotic Rifaximin for Crohn's Disease
- Surgeons Who Helped Pioneer Revolutionary Technique Present International Course on NOTES Surgery
- Type 2 Diabetes May Be Caused by Intestinal Dysfunction
- Want a Healthy Colon? Eat a Rainbow!
- Weill Cornell Scientists Identify Mechanism Governing Immune System Suppression
Research and Clinical Trials
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Health Library
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- Alcoholic Hepatitis
- Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease
- Anal Abscess and Fistula
- Anal Cancer
- Appendicitis
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Barium X-Rays (Upper and Lower GI)
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Biliary Cirrhosis / Bile Duct Cancer
- Biliary System
- Cancer, Colorectal
- Celiac Disease
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystitis
- Chronic Liver Disease / Cirrhosis
- Common Liver Function Tests
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Diarrhea
- Digestive Disorder Diagnostic Procedures
- Digestive System and Medications
- Digestive System Overview
- Diverticular Disease
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gallstones
- Gas in the Digestive Tract
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) / Heartburn
- Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Gastroparesis
- Giardiasis
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis, Drug-Induced
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Indigestion
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose Intolerance
- Lactose Intolerance: Diet
- Liver, Biliary, and Pancreatic Disease: Diagnosis
- Liver Anatomy and Function
- Liver Defects, Congenital
- Liver Disease: Common Characteristics
- Liver Disease: Statistics
- Liver Disorders
- Liver Transplant Surgery
- Liver Tumors
- Pancreatitis
- Peritonitis
- Pseudocysts of the Pancreas
- Salmonella Infections
- Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers (Peptic Ulcers)
- Stomach Cancer
- Traveler's Diarrhea
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Viral Hepatitis
Clinical Services
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- Advanced Diagnostics
- Anorectal Disease
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Colorectal Disease
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Digestive Diseases)
- General Surgery
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Disease
- Minimal Access Surgery Center
- Pancreatic and Biliary Cancer
- Prevention Programs
- Preventive Medicine and Nutrition
- Stomach Cancer
- Stomach Disease
Groundbreaking Therapeutics
Disorders that affect the digestive tract and the organs that aid in digestion often are complex and require a diagnostic approach that includes a thorough medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and perhaps a more extensive evaluation including imaging studies and/or endoscopic procedures. The technology of endoscopy provides a window into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract for the detection of premalignant disorders before they turn into serious disease. Our gastroenterologists and surgeons are equipped to perform a broad spectrum of diagnostic testing.
Standard procedures include endoscopy, including upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, and flexible sigmoidoscopy. More technologically advanced and specialized diagnostic techniques offered at the Hospital include endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a test used for diagnosis of abdominal pain and to evaluate the ducts of the gallbladder, pancreas, and liver; and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), a technique that provides high clarity through miniaturized ultrasound probes that can be inserted into the bile duct or the upper and lower GI tract to provide detailed images that aid in the diagnosis of biliary conditions, as well as in the staging of patients with esophageal, gastric and, rectal cancers. In fact, physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital were among the first in the country to employ EUS for diagnosis, and the Hospital currently is one of the few centers using EUS for needle aspiration of pancreatic cysts and tumors to evaluate growths in the pancreas.
Our physicians also perform laparoscopy for direct examination of the liver, gallbladder, and spleen. This procedure is valuable in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic, gastric, esophageal, and colorectal cancer. They were among the earliest to develop expertise in colonscopy and continue to utilize this technique for the early detection and regular removal of polyps before they become cancerous.
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- Digestive and Liver Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
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(212) 746-4400
