Under the Scope

Baylor Plano GI Lab is open for business

Remember that colonoscopy your doctor said you should have? What better place to get it done than the brand new GI lab at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano?

Since the hospital's opening in December, Baylor Plano has begun providing a wide array of diagnostic and therapeutic services for people with gastrointestinal disorders.

Paul Anderson, M.D., a gastroenterologist on the medical staff at Baylor Plano, is excited about the facility. "Baylor Plano's GI lab has all the technology a physician could want for GI procedures," he says. "All the equipment is new and up to date. It's going to be enjoyable to work here."

Aside from routine colonoscopies, Baylor Plano's technology allows for a wide variety of procedures to be performed in the lab, including upper GI endoscopies, esophageal motility studies, esophageal pH studies, liver biopsies, ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) with gallstone removal and stent placements.

Gastrointestinal diseases come in many forms, most of which can be treated at Baylor Plano.

They include the following:

• ulcerative colitis
• Crohn's disease
• gastric ulcers
• duodenal ulcers
• colorectal cancer and polyps
• liver diseases including hepatitis B and C
• gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• chronic diarrhea

"Baylor Plano was designed with the patient in mind," Dr. Anderson says. "Primary care and specialty doctors are all in one place, every room is a private room, and the facility is readily accessible from surrounding communities. We think that's a real plus." By Michele A. Duskin

For more information on GI services available at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, call 1-800-4BAYLOR (1-800-422-9567).