A gastroenterologist is an internist who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs including the esophagus, stomach, bowels, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer, and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using endoscopes to visualize internal organs.
Gastroenterology also includes the discipline of hepatology--the diagnosis and treatment of liver and biliary tract diseases. Additional areas of focus include nutrition and nutritional deficiencies as well as prevention and screening, particularly for colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology requires increasingly complex decision-making; mastery of a growing number of endoscopic techniques, both diagnostic and therapeutic; an understanding of the sensitivity, specificity, risk-benefit, and cost-benefit of a broad array of diagnostic techniques and therapeutic options; and knowledge of the increasingly complex science that underlies gastroenterological practice.
It is a procedure-intense specialty that requires some manual dexterity and the ability to solve problems analytically. Treatments and procedures performed by a gastroenterologist include but are not limited to: colonoscopies, ERCPs, EUSs, flexible sigmoidoscopies, liver biopsies, upper GI endoscopies, capsule endoscopies, and double balloon enteroscopies.
The patient and physician population is always aging. As current gastroenterologists prepare to retire, new physicians in this specialization need to take their place.
Median Salary: $348,000 per year
Projected Growth: 18% from 2014-2024
Kenosha, WI 53143-503107/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Albuquerque, NM 87110-761307/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Marion, IL 62959-589607/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Cumberland, MD 21502-639307/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Babylon, NY 11702-301907/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Columbia, MD 21045-527407/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Danville, IN 46122-194807/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
O Fallon, IL 62269-109907/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Yakima, WA 98902-313707/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Yakima, WA 98902-376107/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Merrick, NY 11566-454207/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Moses Lake, WA 9883707/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Shreveport, LA 71105-568207/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Temple City, CA 9178007/26/2024
Nurse Practitioner | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Temple City, CA 9178007/26/2024
Nurse Practitioner | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Burbank, CA 9150507/26/2024
Nurse Practitioner | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Meridian, MS 39301-411607/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Evansville, IN 4771307/26/2024
Nurse Practitioner | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Arcadia, CA 9100607/26/2024
Nurse Practitioner | Gastroenterology | Permanent
Santa Barbara, CA 9310507/26/2024
Physician | Gastroenterology | Permanent