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As a subspecialty of Medicine, Digestive Diseases provides consultative and procedural services to referring medical practitioners. Because it pertains to a multi-organ system, the discipline of Digestive Diseases itself is composed of several distinct entities. At UNC we offer several such areas:
The Center for Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases is a multidisciplinary service designed to offer state-of-the-art treatment for patients with conditions involving the pancreas and/or bile ducts and to promote clinical and basic research in pancreatic and biliary diseases. A biliary and pancreatic surgeon, Dr. John Martinie, and a therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopist, Dr. Ian Grimm, staff the Center in collaboration with colleagues from numerous other specialties with expertise in diverse aspects of biliary and pancreatic disease. All disorders involving the biliary and/or pancreatic system are treated in this Center, including cancer of the bile ducts or pancreas, acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocysts, cystic lesions of the pancreas, and complications of gallstones and/or prior biliary surgery. Dr. Martinie has had advanced fellowship training in management of complex biliary and pancreatic disorders. While at UNC, he has taken advantage of surgical robotic technology to manage some of these conditions with less invasive surgery. Available endoscopic techniques include therapeutic biliary and pancreatic ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, and endoscopic cystgastrostomy. Colleagues in both diagnostic and interventional radiology provide the necessary imaging and therapeutic capabilities required for managing complex pancreaticobiliary conditions. Patients are seen both in the GI and Surgery Outpatient Clinics and as inpatients.
Email: isg@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919) 966-0143
Email: patricia_prentice@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919) 966-7047
The goals of The Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing (CEDAS) at UNC are threefold:
- First and foremost, we seek to promote excellent care of patients with esophageal diseases by using a multidisciplinary approach involving expert gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists, pulmonologists, and otolaryngologists.
- Second, we are expanding the knowledge of esophageal diseases such as reflux, Barrett's esophagus, and achalasia by clinical and epidemiological research.
- Finally, we are educating both the public and other physicians about the correct diagnosis and management of esophageal diseases with our prolific educational programs.
Email: nshaheen@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919) 966-0143
Email: patricia_prentice@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919) 966-2513
Email: jennifer_canders@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919) 843-9618
Email: douglas_morgan@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: 919-843-8104
Email: madanick@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)843-6686
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Email: edellon@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)966-9757
Email: rorlando@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919) 843-4583
The UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders is a research, training, education, and treatment facility dedicated to the understanding and care of patients with these disorders using a multidisciplinary approach. By integrating treatment with both gastroenterologists and psychologists, the Center is at the forefront of the field in finding bridges between psychosocial stressors and functional GI and Motility disorders. To this end, national and international physicians, scholars, and researchers come for advance training opportunities that are exclusive to the Center.
In these years, the UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders has become the premier site for research and treatment in the field. Its clinical program coupled with a state-of-the-art-motility lab is considered among the best in the world, in part because of the Center's unique multidisciplinary, symptom-based patient care approach, and its focus on the medical, physiological, and psychosocial factors in evaluating and treating patients with these disorders.
Email: drossman@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)966-0142
Email: william_whitehead@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)843-0819
Email: ringel@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)843-9947
Email: cecielro@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)966-4847
Email: mailto:knyrop@med.unc.edu ::: Phone (919)966-0289
Email: Aselph@email.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)966-0729
Email: sladams@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)966-0141
Email: lcmiller@med.unc.edu ::: Phone: (919)966-0141
The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation has three components of its mission:
- Patient Care: To provide highly specialized care for liver diseases for residents of North Carolina and surrounding regions
- Research: To provide novel research in antiviral therapies for viral hepatitis, other liver diseases, and transplantation.
- Education: To provide education to health professionals of North Carolina in the areas of liver disease and transplantation.
General inquiries and those from patients currently listed with UNC for transplant may call 919-966-2516.
Email: mfried@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-2516
Email: paul_hayashi@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-2516
Email: jdarling@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-2516
Email: donna_evon@med.unc.edu::: (919)966-2516
Email: BBatey@med.unc.edu ::: (919)843-9022
Email: elliotts@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-2516
Email: Kadanp@med.unc.edu ::: (919)843-7903
Email: amie_gray@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-2516
Email: sherin_smetana@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-2516; 843-6386
Email: sharron_jones@med.unc.edu ::: (919)843-9483
Email: sharron_jones@med.unc.edu ::: (919)966-3739
Email: KBMiles@unch.unc.edu::: (919)966-4429
Email: renee_blanchard@med.unc.edu :::(919)843-5636
The Multidisciplinary Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Treatment Center seeks to understand the etiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and associated extraintestinal manifestations) and to apply this translational research to the effective clinical management of those individuals with chronic and refractory IBD conditions.
Email: rbs@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0148
Email: susiemay@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0149
Email: sfwoody@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0140
Email: emboz@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0140
Email: klisaacs@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0153
Email: hherf@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-2515
Email: scott_plevy@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-4405
Email: AntheaLD@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)843-8107
Email: laurie_powers@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-4318
Email: dwalkup@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)843-81
We have a toll-free number to our Clinic, . This number can be called from anywhere in the main 48 states. This is the number a patient calls if he or she needs to cancel or reschedule an appointment. If a patient wishes to see a specific GI doctor outside of the aforementioned subspecialty areas for an initial appointment with , his or her referring physician can contact our scheduling office 919-966-2511 (FAX 919-966-3414).
All return appointments are scheduled in the Medicine GI Clinic following a patient's presentation for his or her initial appointment. (919) 966-0090 serves as our Clinic Medical Director Director.
MPH
Email: rsandler@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0090
Email: susan_owen@unch.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-3110
The Endoscopy Center occupies an 8,000 square foot area located in the basement of UNC-Hospitals. The following types of procedures are offered there: colonoscopies, upper GI endoscopies, flexible sigmoidoscopies, ERCPs, esophageal dilatations, esophageal manometric studies, PEGs, esophageal banding procedures, capsule endoscopies, and small bowel enteroscopies. Additionally, our hepatology service performs about liver biopsies. If a patient is required to have a procedure performed, his or her referring physician may contact our receptionists at .
Email: isg@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-0143
In 1993 we expanded our Gi motility Unit to include gastroduodenal, small and large bowel Motility, in addition to esophageal and anorectal manometry and biofeedback. We have also added a low compliance balloon system to assess visceral sensations thresholds for research and clinic evaluation of patients with functional GI disorders. If a patient is required to have a procedure performed, his or her referring physician may contact our receptionists at .
Email: valjene@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:(919)966-5563
The UNC Hospitals Endoscopy Center at Meadowmont opened on January 20, 2005. Our patient-friendly facility is bright, open and comfortable. Conveniently located off campus in Meadowmont, patients and their families can park for free and have easy access to the shops, restaurants and walking trails within the development. Meadowmont will feature the following procedures: endoscopies, colonoscopies, flexible sigmoidoscopies and infrared coagulation for hemorrhoids. To Schedule an appointment, please call 919-843-7200.
Email: sidney_levinson@med.unc.edu ::: Phone:919-843-7200