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Esophageal Disease Services

Our UCI Health esophageal disease specialists are experts in the diagnosis and treatment all diseases and conditions affecting the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Our board-certified physicians are national leaders in the development of innovative technologies to care for patients suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), achalasiaBarrett’s esophagus, esophageal cancer, hiatal hernias and motility disorders, to name a few.

Our physicians are pioneers in the endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of pre-cancerous esophageal conditions — often on an outpatient basis at UCI Medical Center in Orange and UCI Health — Irvine. Our specialists also are highly skilled at laparoscopic and robot-assisted approaches when surgery is indicated.

Above all, we at the UCI Health Chao Digestive Health Institute work with you to develop a personal care plan to ensure your health and quality of life.

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Advances in treatments for esophageal conditions and diseases enable many of our patients to undergo treatment without open surgery.

For people with GERD, Barrett's esophagus, motility disorders such as achalasia — and even hiatal hernias and esophageal cancer — this can mean a relatively simple outpatient procedure.

At the Chao Digestive Health Institute, our gastroenterologists, surgeons, oncologists and otolaryngologists work with you to develop a treatment plan tailored to your condition and your needs.

When surgery is required, our specialists use the most innovative and least invasive techniques to achieve optimal results with low complication rates and short hospital stays. These include laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches. Our physicians are leaders in these techniques and they often train other physicians in the latest methods and technologies.

Learn more about the conditions our esophageal diseases team treats ›


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