Medical Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Endoscopy

The way there are neurophysicians and neurosurgeons or cardiac surgeons or cardiologist, there are GI surgeons and GI physicians. GI physician is also known as medical gastroenterologist or gastroenterologist. Hepatologist are gastroenterologist interested in liver diseases. Endoscopies are usually done by gastroenterologists. 

  • Upper GI scopy (which evaluates the food pipe and stomach and some part of small intestine
  • Colonoscopy (lower GI scopy, which evaluate the large intestine and a part of small intestine)
  • ERCP (to evaluate and intervene biliary and pancreatic ducts)
  • EUS (also known as endoscopic ultrasound which is utilized to evaluate or intervene some part of upper GI tract, liver, biliary system and panceas)