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DIGESTIVE DISEASE PROGRAM
Each year, millions of Americans suffer from some form of digestive disorder, ranging from acid relux and irritable bowel diseases to life-threatening colon, rectal, esophageal or pancreatic cancers. These disorders can profoundly affect the health and lives of our patients and their families.
Ochsner Digestive Disease Program is a multidisciplinary practice specializing in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal and liver disease. Our team of physicians has dedicated their decades of combined clinical experience to serving patients and their families.
The treatment teams and physicians provide excellent patient care, resulting in superb outcomes that are benchmarked against the industry’s top healthcare systems. The program’s inpatient and outpatient endoscopic facilities specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various gastrointestinal diseases. Our goal is to provide the safest, highest quality care to every patient, every time.
Ochsner treats nearly 20,000 patients for a variety of digestive diseases each year. Because of Ochsner’s expert diagnostic capabilities, innovative treatment solutions and world-class patient care in these medical areas, patients travel here from all over the region to receive services. In 2014, the program received more than 600 transfers of patients from other hospitals, drawn here by our innovative and personal care.
Our team of physicians has dedicated their decades of combined clinical experience to serving patients and their families.
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