Digestive Health Associates

Durango, Colorado





Digestive Health Associates,
Professional Corporation
Practice Limited to Consultative Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Hepatology
Board Certified Specialists in Gastroenterology
Serving the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona from our Durango, Colorado location since 1983

Southwest Colorado's Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Specialists

Colon cancer is...

Preventable | Treatable | Beatable

Colorectal cancer screening saves lives.
If everyone aged 50 years old or older were screened regularly, up to 60% of deaths from this cancer could be avoided.


"Patients who want the best results should pick an outstanding colonoscopist, cleanse their bowels scrupulously and probably take the final laxative dose shortly before the procedure. Colonoscopies have helped reduce the death rate from colorectal cancer. The main problem with colonoscopies is that too few people bother to get them."
-From the
New York Times, December 19, 2008


We specialize in preparing you for and providing convenient, safe, private and comfortable colonoscopy services.  Most patients spend less than two hours in our facility and leave with a full report of their procedure results, ready to resume most activities as soon as they depart. Our doctors are colonoscopy experts, performing more than 2,500 of these procedures yearly. We are committed to meeting our profession's goals for endoscopic safety and effectiveness.


Read the New York Times:  10 Questions You Need to Ask About Colonoscopy
Read the Durango Herald:  Durangoan Touts Colonoscopy Benefits
Watch CBS' Harry Smith's colonoscopy on the CBS Morning Show, with Katie Couric



Practice News
 
Medicare
Our current status regarding participation in Medicare and acceptance of new Medicare patients is posted
here.

New Mexico Health Plans
Welcome New Mexico!  We are now participating in BlueCross and BlueShield of New Mexico, Presbyterian Healthcare Services and the Lovelace Health Plan.
 
Clinical research at Digestive Health
Recently published in the October 2009 issue of Gastroenterology: 
Endoscopist-Directed Administration of Propofol: A Worldwide Safety Experience
See our GI News page for more information on current research news in the field of gastroenterology and at Digestive Health.

Staff Notes
Congratulations to Katy Wood, endoscopy technician at Southest Endoscopy Center, for her successful completion of the Endoscopy Associate program of the
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates.

Southwest Endoscopy Center's Nicole Trujillo, RN has achieved certification by The
American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses.  She joins Southwest Endoscopy's Director of Nursing Sean Mouret, RN, CGRN, Denise Swanemyer, RN, CGRN, and Karen Gallagher, RN, CGRN in holding this prestigious professional recognition.

Marianne Sloan, MBA, has been appointed to the
Medical Group Management Association Gastroenterology Administration Assembly's Executive Committee and to the American Gastroenterological Association Institute Practice Managers/Administrators Advisory Group.


Colorado gets an “A” for new legislation covering colon cancer screening
from the La Plata Health Watch column in the Durango Herald