Digestive Specialists
The MUSC Digestive Disease Center brings together the diverse specialties involved in evaluating and treating digestive diseases. We have made a strong commitment to providing informative resources to patients and their loved ones wishing to enhance their understanding of digestive diseases and/or procedures.
Support Groups
Crohn's & Colitis – Designed to provide a forum for those living with IBD, as well as their friends and family members.
Bariatric Surgery – Designed for both pre-op and post-op bariatric surgery patients, as well as family and friends.
The management of digestive diseases, which has improved enormously over the last two to three decades, has also become more complex as the number of treatments have proliferated making it essential for specialists of different expertise to work together to provide the most effective and efficient treatment. This collaboration works best when the specialists work together in a coordinated group such as the Digestive Disease Center.
Four DDC Physicians Named 2009-2010 Best Doctors
July 28, 2009 – The 2009 - 2010 Best Doctors in America List has been announced, and we are proud to have four of our physicians – Brenda J. Hoffman, Donald O. Castell, Peter B. Cotton, and Robert H. Hawes – included on that list. The Best Doctors in America database is a valued resource that includes the names and professional profiles of approximately 45,000 of the best doctors in the United States. [Read more.]
MUSC Ranks 20th in the Nation for the Treatment of Digestive Disorders
July 21, 2009 – Again this year, MUSC has been ranked for the treatment of digestive disorders in U.S. News and World Report’s 2009 publication of America’s Best Hospitals. The 2009-2010 ranking of 20th marked the thirteenth year in a row that the Digestive Disease Center as been acknowledged. Also noteworthy is the Reputation Score which ranks MUSC in the Top 10 in the nation. [Read more.]
Study Confirms That PillCam COLON Is Safe and Can Visualize the Colon Without Sedation, Intubation or Insufflation
July 17, 2009 – Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced that results from a prospective multi-center study comparing the performance of PillCam(R) COLON capsule endoscopy with optical colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal polyps and cancer were published in the July 16, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study's authors concluded that while this first-generation PillCam COLON's sensitivity for detecting colonic lesions was lower than colonoscopy, colon capsule endoscopy is a safe way to visualize the colon that obviates the need for sedation, intubation or air insufflation. [Read entire press release.]