Staying well during the coronavirus pandemic is important, but are you sacrificing your colon health by delaying what could be a life-saving colonoscopy? You may think staying at home is a way you can do your part to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but having a colonoscopy is a basic form of preventive care that could save your life.
Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but most cases are preventable with routine colonoscopies. According to AMSURG, a leading national healthcare group, more than 200,000 colonoscopies were missed in 2020.
According to an article in the New York Times, current events are turning up the heat when it comes to heartburn. More Americans are using prescription and over-the-counter heartburn medicine to manage stress and reflux, resulting in nationwide shortages of acid reducers.
Our GI doctors and staff are well-trained and ready to assist you in any way possible.
Meet Our GI Doctors
Paul S. Chard
M.D.
Susie Ng Cohn
M.D.
E. Michael Darby
M.D.
Drew Schembre
M.D.
Neil H. Stollman
M.D.
Liana Vesga
M.D.
Silvia M. Villagomez
M.D.
Danny Wu
M.D.
Our Oakland gastroenterologists and staff at East Bay Endosurgery Center are dedicated to providing quality, affordable care to the community in their quest to lower colon cancer rates and treat an array of digestive diseases including Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). East Bay Endosurgery Center is skilled in performing a myriad of digestive procedures including colonoscopy, esophageal dilation, flexible sigmoidoscopy, upper endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy.
Our adenoma detection rate (ADR), the rate at which our GI doctors identify adenomatous colon polyps, surpasses the national benchmark of 25 percent. See our scores.
Additionally, our patients value the compassionate care they receive from our GI doctors and say they are likely to recommend our center for GI procedures.
Appointments within three days of routine consultations
Our Oakland gastroenterologists and staff at East Bay Endosurgery Center are committed to ensuring your experience with us is relaxed and worry-free, from your first office visit through your post-procedure follow-up. To assist us, we ask you read and comply with all guidelines.
We’re pleased to announce our partnership with StopColonCancerNow.com to help boost colon cancer screenings and prevention for residents in the Greater San Francisco area.
At East Bay Endosurgery Center, your time is as valuable to us as it is to you. Upon scheduling your procedure, a member of our staff will provide you with the required forms to fill out.
East Bay Endosurgery Center accepts most major insurance. As a courtesy, we will bill your insurance carrier for you; however, we cannot tell you what your policy will cover.
