Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

What is Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy?

At the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, our experts are providing our region with leading-edge endoscopic procedures, while helping to develop the most effective treatments of tomorrow.

Advanced therapeutic endoscopies use the latest technology and advanced approaches to diagnose conditions in the digestive tract.

An endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract uses a thin, flexible tube to see inside your stomach and small intestine. The endoscope has a tiny light and video camera on the end, allowing the provider to see video images on a screen during the procedure.

What Should I Expect?

While anxiety is common for any patient undergoing any procedure, endoscopy is one of the least invasive ones. Most patients have no recollection of the surgery afterwards, and feel little or no discomfort during recovery.

After you are sedated, the thin, flexible endoscope is passed down your esophagus (in the case of an upper endoscopy) so your doctor can see into your stomach and intestines. The endoscope will allow your doctor to see any abnormalities and perform surgery, if necessary.

Complications, such as a perforation, are extremely rare, and most patients return home a few hours after surgery.

UR Medicine's Approach

The Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy at UR Medicine provides treatments, such as double balloon enteroscopy, that are not available anywhere else in the Rochester metropolitan area and surrounding region. We perform more advanced endoscopic procedures than any other center in the area. Studies show that the centers which have the greatest volume for a procedure also tend to have the best outcomes.

We offer state-of-the-art services provided by nationally known physicians with the most experience and training in the Rochester metropolitan area and surrounding region. Only two physicians in the area are fellowship-trained in advanced endoscopy, and both are part of the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy.

What Sets Us Apart?

Our Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides leading-edge care in a collaborative way, bringing together experienced physicians from related disciplines to treat your condition from every angle. We are a comprehensive treatment center and offer any treatment you might require for diseases of the GI tract.

We combine the most advanced subspecialty expertise with cutting edge technology with an emphasis on access and quality. Through our active role in clinical trials, we are helping our patients have access to the most promising new treatments today.