About
Dr. Parsons is a board-certified gastroenterologist and Medical Director of the Gastroenterology Center and the Center for Therapeutic Endoscopy (CATE). He specializes in advanced interventional GI procedures and the management of pancreaticobiliary disease.
Dr. Parsons has done over 50,000 interventional or complex procedures diagnosing, staging and treating conditions of the GI tract. Dr. Parsons uses his expertise to serve as a regional referral center for patients in need of diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the pancreatic and biliary system.
Clinical Interests:
- Evaluation and management of GI Tract bleeding, including
- Double Balloon Enteroscopy
- Video Capsule Endoscopy
- Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) for GERD
- Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of various gastrointestinal lesions
- Cryotherapy for esophageal disease
- Removal of large polyps from GI tract
- Medical and endoscopic management of various pancreatobiliary diseases
- Staging of esophageal, gastric, pancreatobiliary and rectal cancer via endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
- EUS-guided fine needles aspiration (FNA)
- LAMS placement for pseudo cysts and gall bladder disease
- Celiac plexus neurolysis
- Endoscopic Necrosectomy
- Advanced therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Radiofrequency ablation of Barret’s mucosa (BARRX)
- Endoscopic placement of self-expandable metal stents to palliate obstructive symptoms of malignant gastrointestinal diseases
- Advanced imaging of the GI tract including confocal laser endomicroscopy
Experience: 33 Years in Practice
Board Specialty: Gastroenterology
Education
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Tennessee)
Residency: Brigham and Womens Hospital (Massachusetts)
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center (Portland)
NCH Facilities
Northwest Community Hospital
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