Clinical
The role of the Division of Gastroenterology
(GI) is to provide a full range of tertiary
level care in luminal gastroenterology,
hepatology, and pancreatology for the population
of Southeastern Ontario, along with secondary
level care for the greater Kingston area.
This includes emergency, inpatient and ambulatory
consultation, assessment, treatment, and
follow-up services. Inpatient and consultation
services are provided at Kingston General
Hospital while ambulatory service is covered
at Hotel
Dieu Hospital. The Division also occasionally
provides quaternary-level consults on patients
from across Canada with GI motility disorders.
The Division runs urgent and
general ambulatory GI clinics for patients
with unspecified GI disorders, as well as
special clinics for those with specified
GI disorders including motility disorders,
inflammatory bowel disease, general liver
disease, hepatitis, and colorectal cancer
screening. The Division provides a full
range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic
procedures and performs a variety of gastrointestinal
motility studies, along with endoscopic
ultrasound, pH-metry and GI function studies.
The Division interacts with the Division
of General Surgery and the Department of
Diagnostic Radiology for the provision of
some services (i.e., endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography).
Research
The Division has one of the largest research
profiles in the medical school. Its
Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit
(GIDRU) has an international reputation
and has received a major grant from the
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
for infrastructure support. The Divisions
research profile has both a bioscience and
a clinical focus on disease conditions,
for example dyspepsia and H. pylori, functional
GI disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease,
and inflammatory bowel disease. The Division
also participates in clinical trials and
conducts collaborative research. The multidisciplinary
collaborations involve working with the
Departments of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
Biochemistry, Medicine, Physiology, Biology,
Pathology, Surgery, and Microbiology &
Immunology.
GI residents are encouraged to conduct
research and disseminate results in peer-reviewed
journals and through presentations at national
and international meetings.
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