At St. Vincent Medical Center, we are proud to offer some of the most technologically advanced medical facilities in the Southern California area. Our affiliated gastroenterologists are experts in their field, each having been on staff at the hospital for more than 10 years. They are assisted by a highly trained staff of diagnosticians, interventional radiologists, nurses, administrators and more, and are trusted to provide you with extraordinary health care. In fact, because of the skill of the St. Vincent Team, the Gastroenterology Lab maintains an amazingly low risk-of-complications percentage.*

The hospital staff believes that it is our duty to provide you with state-of-the-art care combined with state-of-the-art compassion. It's the hospital motto, where "it's a matter of life" is our deepest belief. From diagnosis to prescribed treatment and rehabilitation the Gastroenterology Lab and its diverse staff will help to correct your particular problem and return you to a healthier, happier life.

Welcome to the Gastroenterology Lab at St. Vincent Medical Center where we treat many forms of digestive disorders which occur in the upper intestine and the lower intestine. These procedures are known as Upper GI Endoscopies and the Lower GI Endoscopies.

•Gastroenterology defined
•Upper GI defined
•Lower GI defined
•Liver and Pancreas defined
•Prevention

A list of some of the diseases treated at the GI Lab at St. Vincent Medical Center is available on this web site. For a referral to one of our expert Gastroenterologists, please click here.

*.12% of reported complications in the more than 11,300 procedures performed between January 2001 and May 2003.