Minimally Invasive and Digestive Diseases Surgery Section:
Clinical Services

Adrenal Surgery

• Multidisciplinary clinical (endocrine and surgical staff)
• Same day service
• Comprehensive evaluation of all adrenal-related disorders
• Dedicated specialist as part of an adrenal surgery team (radiologist, cardiologist, anesthesiologist)
• Laparoscopic adrenal surgery

Bariatric Surgery

• Multidisciplinary, comprehensive bariatric team and support
• Medical and surgical weight loss program
• Fellowship-trained bariatric surgeons
• Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
• Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
• Laparoscopic gastric banding

Biliary and Gallbladder Surgery

• Laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy
• Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic and open common bile duct exploration
• Laparoscopic and open T-tube insertion
• Biliary-enteric bypass
• Radical cholecystectomy

Colorectal Surgery: For Benign and Malignant Disease

• Laparoscopic and open partial colectomy
• Laparoscopic and open total colectomy
• Laparscopic and open proctocolectomy
• Laparoscopic and open low anterior resection
• Laparoscopic and open total mesorectal excision
• Hartmann's pouch/procedure
• Laparoscopic and open surgery for rectal prolapse
• Laparoscopic and open appendectomy
• Single incision laparoscopic appendectomy
• Laparoscopic and open diverting ostomies

Colorectal and Anorectal Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease

• Ileoanal pouch anastomosis
• Ileorectal anastomosis

Dysmotility Surgery

• Laparoscopic and open gastric electric neurostimular (pacer) placement
• Surgery for constipation
  • Partial colectomy
  • Total colectomy
  • Rectopexy

Duodenal Surgery

• Partial duodenal resection
• Sleeve duodenal resection
• Endoscopic resection duodenal masses

Endoscopic Surgery

• Diagnostic EGD
• Diagnostic Colonoscopy
• Therapeutic EGD
  • Biopsy
  • Snare polypectomy
  • Control hemorrhage
  • Endoscopic mucosal resection
  • Esophageal stenting
  • PEG tube placement
• Therapeutic Colonoscopy
  • Biopsy
  • Snare polypectomy
  • Control hemorrhage
  • Colonic stenting
• ERCP/Sphincterotomy/Biliary Stenting

Esophageal Surgery

• Partial esophagectomy
• Gastroesphagectomy
• Colonic interposition
• Laparoscopic and open heller myotomy for achalasia

Feeding Access Surgery

• PEG/PEJ tube placement
• Laparoscopic and open gastrostomy tube placement
• Laparoscopic and open feeding jejunostomy

Gastric Pacer for Refractory Gastroparesis

Gastric Surgery

• Laparoscopic and open partial gastrectomy (benign, cancer)
• Laparoscopic and open total gastrectomy (benign, cancer)
• Laparoscopic and open resection gastrointestinal stromal tumors
• Laparoscopic and open billroth I, billroth II or roux-en-y reconstruction
• Laparoscopic and open gastric electric neurostimular (pacer) placement

Hernia Surgery

• Multidisciplinary advance hernia care
• Laparoscopic and open inguinal/femoral/obturator hernia repair
• Laparoscopic and open ventral/incisional hernia repair
• Laparoscopic and open component separation
• Laparoscopic and open epigastic, suprapubic, flank hernia repair
• Laparoscopic and open lumbar hernia repair
• Repair abdominal wall hernia with loss of domain (abdominal wall reconstruction)
• Repair complex abdominal wall hernias with biological mesh

Minimally Invasive Surgery (GI Tract and Solid Organ)

Outpatient Surgery (Minimally Invasive and Open)

Pancreatic Surgery

• Laparoscopic and open distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy
• Laparoscopic and open spleen-sparing distal pancreatectomy

Reflux Disease Surgery

• Laparoscopic and open nissen fundoplication
• Laparoscopic and open partial fundoplication
• Laparoscopic and open hiatal hernia repair
• Laparoscopic and open paraesophageal hernia repair
• Laparoscopic and open gastropexy

Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (Appendix, Gallbladder)

Solid Organ Surgery

• Laparoscopic and open adrenalectomy
• Laparoscopic and open splenectomy
• Laparoscopic and open distal pancreatectomy

Surgery for Dysmotility Disorders

• Gastric pacer
• Constipation surgery
• Rectal prolapse surgery

Ulcer Surgery

• Surgery for ulcer perforation
• Surgery for bleeding peptic ulcer
• Laparoscopic and open antrectomy
• Laparoscopic and open pyloroplasty
• Laparoscopic and open gastrojejunostomy
• Laparoscopic and open truncal vagotomy
• Laparoscopic and open highly selective vagotomy

Anorectal Surgery

• Abdominoperineal resection
  • Lparoscopic
  • Open
• Transanal excision of tumors
• Hemorrhoid surgery (hemorrhoidectmy, band ligation)
• Surgery for fistula in ano (fistulotomy, setons, advancement flaps, fibrin glue)
• Surgery for anal fissures (sphincterotomy)
• Surgery for perianal condyloma

Skin and Soft Tissue Surgery

Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for GI and Solid Organ Tumors/Cancers