HEALTH
Advanced Care for Digestive Health By Donald Garrow, MD
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota has added equipment and physicians capable of cutting-edge gastrointestinal medical care. Dr. Donald Garrow, an attending gastroenterologist at Doctors Hospital and the director of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy of Gulf Comprehensive Gastroenterology, shared this update on the new treatments and equipment within the gastrointestinal department which enhance the hospital’s ability to achieve better outcomes for its patients: Donald Garrow, MD Gulf Comprehensive Gastroenterologist 5741 Bee Ridge Road Sarasota, FL 34233 941.473.8881
“With the addition of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle biopsy to the Doctors Hospital endoscopy unit, we are able to provide university-level diagnostic and treatment procedures not previously performed in Sarasota. This technology allows for early detection
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and stomach among others. Once these cancers are identified, the patients may undergo curative cancer treatments which may not have been possible without this equipment.” Dr Garrow further explained that, “In addition to early cancer detection, EUS technology provides treatment for patients with chronic abdominal pain due to chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer by means of a celiac plexus injection. These nerve blocks take only minutes to perform and often greatly reduce or eliminate the need for long-term pain medications.” Dr Garrow brings the experience of a large university center to Doctors Hospital of Sarasota. He previously spent six years at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the leading Digestive Disease Centers in the country. It was there he learned and provided the most state-of-the-art endoscopic treatments for patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. He now brings that training and teaching to Sarasota, where he lives with his wife Danielle. At Doctors Hospital, Dr. Garrow performs routine diagnostic procedures such as screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer and polyps as well as endoscopy for evaluation of heartburn and abdominal pain. His advanced training allows him to perform these simpler diagnostic procedures with a higher level of modernization, for example increasing the number of pre-cancerous polyps found during routine colonoscopy. Dr. Garrow receives referrals from other doctors across Florida for endoscopic evaluation and treatment of the pancreas, bile duct, small bowel and other areas of the GI system not routinely performed by community gastroenterologists. His skill combined with the latest in endoscopic equipment available at Doctors Hospital means patients will not receive better care or a more complete examination of their colon and other portions of their GI tract anywhere else in Sarasota.
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