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Patient Specialties and Focuses

With over 40 years of active practice in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and gastrointestinal endoscopy, Dr. Roland is well-versed in his specialty. Her practice has encompassed the range of areas of expertise listed below.
Esophagus

  • Swallowing disorders

  • Gastroesophageal reflux

  • Esophageal strictures

  • Esophageal motility disorders including achalasia

  • Esophageal foreign bodies

  • Barrett's esophagus

  • Esophageal cancer

Stomach

  • Gastritis and gastric ulcers

  • Gastric cancer and lymphona

  • H. pylori

  • Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding

  • Foreign bodies in the stomach

  • Disorders of gastric motility and emptying

Small Intestine

  • Duodenal ulcers

  • Celiac disease

  • Malabsorption

  • Mesenteric ischemia

  • Small bowel obstruction

  • Hernias

  • Crohn's disease

  • Short bowel

  • Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

  • Small intestinal cancer and lymphoma

  • Acquired gastrointestinal infections

Gallbladder

  • Gallstones

  • Acute cholecystitis

  • Biliary obstruction

  • Complications following gallbladder or biliary surgery

Pancreas

  • Acute pancreatitis – gallstone-induced, alcoholic, medication-induced

  • Pancreatic cancer

  • Chronic pancreatitis

Colon

  • Diverticulosis and acute diverticulitis

  • Colon polyps

  • Colon cancer

  • Lower gastrointestinal (LGI) bleeding

  • Ulcerative colitis

  • Ischemic colitis

  • Colonic obstruction

  • Antibiotic-associated colitis

  • Anorectal disorders

  • Fecal impaction

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

  • Preparation(s) for colonoscopy

  • Indications for upper endoscopy and colonoscopy

  • Recovery from gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures

  • Complications of gastrointestinal endoscopy

  • Endoscopic management of colonic polyps

  • Failure to diagnose colorectal cancer

  • Anesthesia-related complications during and after gastrointestinal endoscopy

  • Pulmonary complications during and after upper endoscopy

  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy in the setting of anticoagulation

Liver

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  • Drug hepatotoxicity

  • Liver biopsy

  • Chronic hepatitis

  • Portal hypertension, cirrhosis, hepatic failure

 

Various

  • Extra-gastrointestinal complications of medications used to treat gastrointestinal diseases

  • Gastrointestinal complications of medications used to treat non-gastrointestinal diseases

  • Evaluation of obscure and occult gastrointestinal bleeding

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