Features
Colon Cancer Genetic Risk
This video explains how genetic counselors at Stanford’s Cancer Genetics Clinic help families understand if they have a hereditary cancer syndrome and an elevated risk for colon cancer.
Stay Connected. Manage Your Care.
Access your health information anytime and anywhere, at home or on the go, with MyHealth.
- Message your clinic
- View your lab results
- Schedule your next appointment
- Pay your bill
The MyHealth mobile app from Stanford Health Care puts all your health information at your fingertips and makes managing your health care simple and quick.
Guest Services
24/7
We are available to assist you
whenever you need it. Give us a call at
650-498-3333 or
PHYSICIAN HELPLINE
Have a question? We're here to help! Call 1-866-742-4811
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
REFER A PATIENT
Fax 650-320-9443
Track your patients' progress and communicate with Stanford providers conveniently and securely.
Digestive Health Center
The Digestive Health Center is proud to offer innovative treatments
based on Stanford's pioneering translational research in the field of
gastroenterology. Our state-of-the-art technology enables minimally
invasive as well as traditional procedures focused on patient comfort,
recovery time, and overall quality of life.
Digestive Health Center at Blake Wilbur Building
Additional Locations (4)
Our Doctors
- Radhika Kumari, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Walter Park, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- W. Ray Kim, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Anson Lowe, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Uri Ladabaum , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Glen Lutchman, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Horace Rhee, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Laren Becker, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Subhas Banerjee, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Chris Cartwright, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Shai Friedland, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Nielsen Fernandez-Becker, MD, PhD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Mindie H. Nguyen, MD, MAS, AGAF, FAASLD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Linda Nguyen, MD , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Aida Habtezion MD MSc. , Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterologist
- Gabriel Garcia, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Peter Gregory, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Tami Daugherty, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
- Aijaz Ahmed, MD , Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist
Care and Treatment
Treatments
Gastrointestinal (GI) Consultation
All gastroenterologists and hepatologists provide consultation on symptoms, established diagnoses, provide second opinions, and address the following gastroenterology symptoms and diseases:
- Abdominal distension
- Abdominal pain
- Barrett's esophagus
- Bloating
- Celiac disease
- Change in bowel habits
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhea
- Difficult swallowing
- Dyspepsia
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- Food allergies
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Heartburn
- Indigestion
- Intestinal gas
- Jaundice
- Motility disorders
- Nausa/vomiting
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Rectal bleeding
- Upset stomach
- Vomiting/bleeding
Endoscopy and advanced endoscopy
Stanford's highly skilled therapeutic endoscopists perform complex ERCP, EUS, colonoscopy and other procedures. Endoscopy services include:
- Advanced ERCP techniques including endoscopic cyst-gastrostomy, cholangioscopy, pancreatoscopy and sphincter of oddi manometry
- ERCP in complex and high risk patients, and those with previous failed cannulations
- Advanced EUS techniques including celiac plexus block and gold fiducial placement
- Confocal endomicroscopy using the only dual-axis confocal microscope on the West Coast
- Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
- Endoscopic suturing
- Radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation for Barrett's esophagus
- Double balloon enteroscopy
- Advanced colonoscopy techniques and prototype colonoscopes, which may allow completion of previously incomplete colonoscopies
- Same-day CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) in the event colonoscopy remains incomplete
Other complex medical conditions
Stanford gastroenterologists are at the forefront on the following symptoms and conditions:
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Screening and surveillance
Screening is one of the components of a comprehensive surveillance program and a fundamental strategy for early diagnosis or treatment. These techniques are used for the following conditions:
- GI cancer
- Polyps
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Endoscopy
A procedure to examine the inside of a person's body using an a flexible tube with a light and camera attached to it.
Therapeutic endoscopy
A procedure during which treatment is carried out via the endoscope. This is different from diagnostic endoscopy where the aim is only to visualize.
Features
Genetics of a Tumor
This video explains how Stanford doctors use the genetics of individual tumors to design a personalized treatment for best results and to guide development of new treatments.
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.
Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.
For Patients
Please confirm the location of your appointment as our doctors and staff see patients at multiple locations.
PREPARE FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT
For endoscopic procedures:
- You will receive written preparation instructions from the clinic or your doctor.
- Please ensure that your referring doctor has obtained and faxed insurance authorization for your procedure to 650-723-8305.
International Patients
Phone: +1 1-650-723-8561
Email: IMS@stanfordhealthcare.org
Call us to make an appointment
650-736-5555
For Health Care Professionals
PHYSICIAN HELPLINE
Phone: 1-866-742-4811
Fax: 650-320-9443
Monday – Friday,
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford Hospital & Clinics) provides comprehensive services to refer and track patients, as well as provides the latest information and news for physicians and office staff. For help with all referral needs and questions visit Referring Physicians.
HOW TO REFER
Fax a referral form with supporting documentation to 650-320-9443.
Track your patients' progress and communicate with Stanford providers securely online.
