The hospital has four consultant physicians, one with a special interest in gastroenterology.
She is director of gastroenterology and hepatology at St. Louis University School of Medicine.
The British Society of Gastroenterology issued guidelines for colorectal cancer screening.
The Medical Center has treated eight gastroenterology patients from Palm Beach County in the past six months.
The main mortality sources are diseases of the cardiocirculatory system (40%), malignant tumors (25.1%), respiratory diseases (9%), gastroenterology diseases (5.6%), and trauma plus poisoning (5.1%).
Several physician specialties, particularly general internal medicine and gastroenterology, were well represented.
The specific research projects belonged to the fields of oncology, cardiology, pulmonary diseases, gastroenterology-hepatology, image diagnosing, intensive care, gynecology, endocrinology, primary care, rehabilitation, and ambulatory surgery.
Separate analyses were performed for the whole hospital data recorded in the 3-month periods and the monthly data recorded from the gastroenterology and internal medicine units.
