A gastroenterologist is a doctor who specializes in preventing, diagnosing and treating disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
When you eat, food is broken down and nutrients are absorbed. Problems with any one of your digestive organs can interfere with this process. Conditions gastroenterologists address include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hepatitis, stomach ulcers, celiac disease, diverticulitis, nutritional problems, inflammatory bowel disease, cirrhosis, pancreatitis and cancer.
Some of these conditions may require surgery, which gastroenterologists don't perform. Procedures gastroenterologists commonly perform include:
Colonoscopy. This involves a long flexible tube with a light and camera.
<strong<>Endoscopy. This procedure involves instruments similar to those used for colonoscopy. But they're used to examine and treat the esophagus, stomach and other organs.</strong<>
If your doctor has referred you to a gastroenterologist, the doctors of Digestive Diseases Center of South Texas are available for appointment at Specialty Clinic 2 every Wednesday afternoon. Digestive Diseases Center of South Texas has provided 30 years of superior quality gastroenterology services to San Antonio, Jourdanton, Floresville and the South Texas region and are thrilled to add Hondo to their list of service areas.
Medina Healthcare CEO Janice Simons says, "We are pleased to offer the services of these highly skilled specialists to our community. Dr. Ravi Botla and Dr. Amit Goyal have extensive training and experience in digestive diseases and disorders, and they will be an asset to the services we can provide at Medina Regional Hospital."
Ravi Botla, MD, did his Internal Medicine residency at Grant Hospital, Chicago, a Rush-Presbyterian University affiliate. He did two years of research and training in hepatology at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Southern California. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) in 1997 and then received further training in advanced endoscopy and liver transplant.
Dr. Botla is a part-time faculty at the UTHSCSA Gastroenterology/Nutrition Department. He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and enjoys practicing in South Texas.
Amit Goyal, MD, graduated from All India INstitute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. He did his internal medicine residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in New York and his fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Arkansas. He held academic positions at the University of Colorado, Denver, for six years before moving to private practice in San Antonio.
Dr. Goyal was the acting chief of gastroenterology and director of motility disorders at the Denver VA medical center. He was closely inv9olved in teaching all aspects of gastroenterology and endoscopic procedures. He focused on gastroesophageal reflux and motility disorders during his tenure in addition to general gastroenterology,. He is skilled at elective and emergent endoscopic procedures. Dr. Goyal is board-certified in gastroenterology.
To schedule an appointment with one of our gastroenterologists, please call 210.253.3422.