Gastroenterology

Founded in 1977, the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology includes a hospitalization unit, as well as an endoscopy and functional explorations unit that provides diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

Committed to excellence in clinical care, research, and education, the Department strives to provide quality care with a focus on patient satisfaction, optimization of outcomes, and research. Through its academic mission, the Department is dedicated to training residents and ensuring the ongoing professional development of physicians through educational programs that cover all aspects of hepato-gastroenterology, with the aim of training new generations of gastroenterologists.

The patient is at the heart of the entire team’s interests, and the team works to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for digestive and hepatic disorders—ranging from the most common to the most complex—while ensuring patient safety and satisfaction in an efficient and confidential environment.

The endoscopy unit team ensures the safety and comfort of the interventions performed. With five gastroenterologists for adults, two for children, one anesthesiologist, five specialized nurses in endoscopy, and three nurse anesthetists, the unit offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic examinations covering all fields of gastroenterology and hepatology, including:

• Diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy
• Endoscopic gastrostomy
• Single balloon enteroscopy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic echoendoscopy (cytopuncture, drainage of pancreatic cysts, etc.)
• Therapeutic ERCP (Spy Glass, etc.)
• Endoscopic video capsule
• Diagnostic and therapeutic proctology (hemorrhoidal ligation and infrared treatment for hemorrhoids, electrocoagulation of condyloma, and Botox injections)
• Hepatic elastography - Fibroscan
• Hepatic hemodynamics and transjugular liver biopsy