Food and drink nourish the body, but only when the digestive system breaks down foodstuffs properly for the body’s use.  When something in the digestive track goes wrong due to diseases or chronic disorders, that process, and others, can make life more challenging.

At the Digestive Disorders Center, located at Westmoreland Hospital, gastroenterologists (physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders) along with nurses and support staff perform diagnostic treatments including:

• Upper endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Endoscopic radiographic cholangiopancreatography
• Laser/argon plasma coagulation / ablation of bleeding source
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Small bowel disorder
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Helicobacter pylori via biopsy
• Serology and breath tests,
• Hepatobiliary/pancreatic disease
• Gall stones
• Benign and malignant obstructions
• Hepatitis
• Swallowing disorders
• Maldigestion of lactose, fructose or complex carbohydrates
  

For more information, call the center at 724-832-4575.

Call 911 if you think you have a life-threatening condition.
Information updated hourly.
Patients are seen based on severity. Times cannot be guaranteed at your arrival.