Advanced Endoscopy

Extensive experience, premier skills, a multidisciplinary team approach, the latest technological advances, and innovative research propel the Advanced Endoscopy Program at Ochsner Medical Center on Jefferson Highway and Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner to national leadership in the evaluation and treatment of various complex luminal, pancreatic, and biliary diseases. The Advanced Endoscopy Team is comprised of four full-time interventional endoscopists and ten nurses and assistants, who are all trained, experienced, and dedicated to advanced endoscopy procedures. This team delivers the highest level of patient care with a keen focus on superb outcomes and patient safety.

Conditions Evaluated and Treated

Barrett's Esophagus
Esophageal / UGI tract / anastomotic / colonic strictures (benign, malignant, and refractory)
GI tract fistulas, leaks, and perforations
GI tract neoplasms: advanced diagnostics / detection / staging / local therapy
Gastric and esophagogastric varices
Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE)
Small bowel and obscure GI bleeding
Bile duct stones (choledocholithiasis)
Biliary tract strictures: benign / post-operative / malignant / indeterminate
Bile leak
Pancreatic cysts
Acute, recurrent, and chronic pancreatitis
Pancreatic and biliary tract cancers

Procedures Performed

Diagnostic endoscopic ultrasound: tumor detection / staging / tissue sampling
Interventional endoscopic ultrasound: celiac block-neurolysis / pseudocyst drainage and necrosectomy / fiducial placement / biliary or pancreatic duct drainage / liver biopsy / gastric varices obliteration
ERCP: includes ductoscopy / intraductal lithotripsy / endomicroscopy / altered anatomy procedures
Single-session EUS / ERCP
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) / Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
Endoscopic ablation: luminal / biliary
Endomicroscopy: luminal tract / biliary / pancreas cyst
Stent placement: luminal tract / pancreatic / biliary
Endoscopic suturing / clipping
Device-assisted enteroscopy

Our Team

Our team is comprised of four, full-time interventional endoscopists and ten nurses and assistants. Our physicians are national leaders in the field, recurrent faculty invitees at regional and national meetings, authors of numerous scientific articles, and active in local and multicenter, collaborative clinical research studies. Our nurse and assistant team are all highly trained, experienced, and focused solely on advanced endoscopy procedures. We focus on a team approach to care, and we strive to deliver the highest quality, safe, and timely care to our patients using the most innovative and state-of-the-art techniques and technology.

Physician Team

Advanced Endoscopy Practice Coodinator