Digestive Diseases
South Georgia Medical Center’s Endoscopy Lab operates a regional digestive disease center, staffed by a team of expertly trained, caring professionals and board certified physicians treating patients with disorders of the
- esophagus
- stomach
- colon
- liver
- pancreas
The Endoscopy Lab is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Patients seen in the Endoscopy Lab may have symptoms that include:
- abdominal pain
- colitis
- diarrhea
- heartburn
- liver disorders
- pancreatic disease
- constipation
- GI bleeding
- indigestion
The Center is located on the 3rd floor, East wing of SGMC.
The Endoscopy Lab sees scheduled patients during the week for both inpatient and outpatient tests and has a call team available for after-hours and weekends for emergent cases.
Endoscopy Lab Team
The practitioners in the Endoscopy Lab include gastroenterologists, pulmonologists and surgeons.
Other staff include registered nurses, trained endoscopy technicians, a posting coordinator and equipment technicians.
*SGMC provides free colon cancer screening kits year round. If you are interested in receiving a free kit, please call 229.333.1074 to request one be mailed to you.