Gastroenterology
Gastroenterologists focus on the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and digestive system, including a range of organs starting at the mouth and ending at the rectum.
Gastrointestinal (GI) care in San Antonio
Digestive disorders can cause chronic discomfort and have dramatic impacts on your overall health. We work to help you manage and overcome these issues.
At Methodist Hospital Northeast, we understand the sensitive nature of GI complications, and work to put you in charge of your health. With a caring team of gastroenterologists, advanced equipment and a full range of treatments, we are committed to using our resources to create a specialized treatment plan that gets you on the path to greater wellness.
About our program
Gastroenterologists at Methodist Hospital Northeast focus on your digestive system, the organs that help you turn nutrients from food and drink into energy that fuels your body and keeps you healthy. Our providers’ expertise and experience allow them to diagnose and treat the many conditions that can affect your esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, gallbladder, pancreas and liver.
Gastroenterology conditions we treat
Conditions that affect your digestive system may come on suddenly, or be a chronic disorder. Our gastroenterologists provide care for both types, including:
- Achalasia
- Adenocarcinoma
- Anal fissures
- Appendicitis
- Barrett’s esophagus
- Biliary diseases
- Bowel obstruction
- Celiac disease
- Cholecystitis
- Chronic heartburn
- Cirrhosis
- Colitis
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhea
- Esophageal cancer
- Fecal incontinence
- Gallstones
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastroparesis
- GI motility disorders
- H. pylori infection
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Hiatal hernia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Jaundice
- Lactose intolerance
- Malabsorption
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Obesity
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic ulcers
- Ruptured bowel
- Stomach cancer
- Swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
- Ulcerative colitis
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Gastroenterology treatments and services
Our gastroenterology team provides comprehensive care to the people of Northeast Bexar, Guadalupe and Comal Counties. We offer a full range of endoscopy services and diagnostic tests, including colorectal cancer screenings.
We tailor treatment to your condition and unique needs. In many instances, we can address digestive disorders with medication, diet and lifestyle changes or minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. But if necessary, we can also refer you for surgical treatment.
To ensure you get the highest level of care, we work closely with physicians and other medical professionals that can help support your care, including cancer specialists, dieticians, ear, nose and throat specialists, endocrinologists, surgeons and more.
Some of the services and procedures we offer include:
- 48-hour pH testing
- Bariatric surgery referrals
- Barium enema
- Capsule endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Esophageal dilation
- Esophageal manometry
- Fecal occult blood testing
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Gastric motility testing
- Nutritional counseling
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
- Polypectomy
- Proton therapy
- Upper endoscopy
Visiting our hospital
Methodist Hospital Northeast is located off Frontage road and I-35 North, off I-35 and 1604 interchange. Patients and visitors can park for free in the lot in front of the hospital. All guests and visitors must check in at the admissions desk through the hospital lobby entrance.