Gastrointestinal tract issues deprive a person of one life’s simplest and greatest pleasures — the opportunity to enjoy food. A person’s quality of life decreases when forced to restrict his diet due to pain and discomfort. Past gastrointestinal exams and treatments were often unpleasant and painful, often requiring visits to other specialists in addition to a gastroenterologist.

Gastroenterology practices in the United States are quite different from those from around the world. American doctors successfully treat the vast majority of diseases of the stomach, intestines, and liver with the most advanced level of diagnostic methods and treatment methods.  Main diagnostic methods include MRI, ultrasound, tomography, and all types of endoscopy.

Various diseases of the stomach (ulcer, gastritis, increased acidity), bowel disorders (enteritis, colitis, enterocolitis), liver diseases (hepatitis, cirrhosis), gall bladder (cholecystitis, cholelithiasis), pancreas (acute or chronic pancreatitis) are treated every day by American doctors.

There is a special place for oncological gastroenterology at the Texas Medical Center. American gastroenterologists, and Texas Medical Center gastroenterologists in particular, diligently work and innovate to create the most favorable outcomes and treatments. Gastroenterologists help patients return to a normal rhythm of life without diets, medications, and restrictions.

The Medical Clinic of Houston provides the complete package of services for the diagnosis and treatment of gastroenterological pathologies. It also offers different therapies for rectal cancer prevention.

Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates at the Texas Medical Center use conservative and surgical treatments for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients are advised by expert gastroenterologists and proctologists with many years of experience. The practice constantly conducts research and clinical trials in the search for new and better treatment methods.

Memorial Hermann digestive health specialists are deservedly counted among the best doctors in America. The hospital provides patients with access to comprehensive solutions to all varieties of digestive health issues through highly effective diagnostic and treatment methods and the utmost care and compassion for patients of all ages. Patients with functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, inflammatory diseases of the intestine and stomach, chronic ulcerative colitis, gastric bleeding of unknown origin are treated here. The medical center has developed treatment programs for tumors of the stomach, liver, and pancreas (benign and malignant). It also treats acute and chronic liver diseases, including hepatitis, cancer and liver cirrhosis, as well as acute liver failure.

Every year, more than 20,000 with a wide variety of digestive and nutritional disorders receive treatment at Texas Children’s Hospital. A solid team of doctors of the center has been actively engaged in research for many years, which have led to outstanding results in the treatment of pediatric gastroenterology. Hospital specialists have achieved notable success in the treatment of intestinal and liver diseases and malnutrition in children.