Gastrointestinal Center
GI Center at University of Miami Hospital
The Gastrointestinal Center at University of Miami Hospital offers patients the most extensive and advanced diagnostic and treatment techniques available today. The GI Center consists of seven procedure rooms with fluoroscopy equipment and nine pre and post procedure beds, complete with the latest monitoring equipment. This center performs approximately 5,500 procedures per year. Our patient population is adult.
GI diseases and conditions often are treated without traditional surgery. Today, we use endoscopes (small flexible fiber-optic tubes carrying miniature video cameras along with micro tools). Procedures are performed while viewing a magnified image on a large video screen overhead.
Our department is made up of friendly, committed, highly competent and experienced professionals. We strive to exceed expectations by going the extra mile. Our top priority is courtesy and respect to our patients, their families, physicians and each other with emphasis on the highest level of patient and employee satisfaction.
Doctors
The nationally and internationally recognized physicians at UHealth Gastroenterology specialize in Esophageal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Pancreaticobiliary Diseases, Obscure GI bleeding, Small Bowel Diseases, Motility Disorders as well as general GI and advanced endoscopic therapies.
Services Include
- Upper Endoscopy including Variceal Banding
- Small Bowel Endoscopy (Single Balloon and Spiral Enteroscopy)
- Colonoscopy Including Polypectomy
- Colon Decompression
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Foreign Body Removal
- Endoscopic Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration
- Advanced Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Stone Extraction/Lithotripsy
- Biliary Stent Placement
- Control of GI Bleeding
- Endomucosal Resections
- Injection therapy/ Sclerotherapy
- Electrocoagulation
- Argon Plasma Coagulation
- Esophageal Dilations
- Esophageal Stenting
- Botox Injections/Pneumatic Dilatation for Achalasia
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- PEG-PEJ Placement
- Laparoscopy with Liver biopsy
- Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
- Paracentesis
Conditions and Symptoms
The GI Center was created to treat patients suffering from:
- Heartburn
- Ulcers
- Intestinal Polyps
- Unexplained Rectal Bleeding
- Other Digestive Tract Problems
Seven basic symptoms alert the patient to gastrointestinal tract displeasure with food choices:
Examinations
Through the use of endoscopes, specialists can:
- Examine and perform therapies for the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gall bladder and bile ducts
- Remove polyps from the intestines
- Remove gallstones impacted in the bile duct without surgery
- Evaluate ulcer disease for possible bacterial origin, which is then treated with antibiotics instead of the more common anti-ulcer medications
Most Diagnostic procedures are done on an outpatient basis. Endoscopic procedures are performed with local anesthesia, moderate sedation or monitored anethesia care. Patients often go home or return to work the same day. Laparoscopic diagnoses are also performed at the Center, under local anesthesia and sedation.
Clinical Locations
UHealth Gastroenterology physicians see patients at the following locations:
University of Miami Hospital GI Center
South Building, 1st Floor
1295 N.W. 14th Street
Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: 305-689-5511
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
George and Estelle Rosenfield Endoscopy Suites
1475 NW 12th Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: 305-243-1000
The UHealth Advantage
University of Miami Hospital is the flag-ship facility of UHealth - University of Miami Health System. UM Hospital patients benfit from the UHealth Advantage.
- UHealth is a comprehensive network of three university-owned hospitals, more than two dozen outpatient facilities, 1,200 doctors and 8,000 associates.
- UHealth is the region’s only university-based health system, delivering leading-edge patient care by top-ranked physicians.
- UHealth is powered by the groundbreaking research and medical education of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
- UHealth provides life-saving care to patients from across South Florida and around the globe.
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