Dr. Douglas Orrick Faigel MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
13400 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale AZ, 85259About
My interests are primarily in therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound. The endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) program was established in 1996. In the last 11 years it has seen remarkable growth. We n ...
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1990
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1990
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori therapies in a clinical practice setting.
- Preventing biliary stent occlusion.
- Noninvasive tests as a substitute for histology in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection.
- EUS in cirrhotic patients with and without prior variceal hemorrhage in comparison with noncirrhotic control subjects.
- Esophageal dilation for endosonographic evaluation of malignant esophageal strictures is safe and effective.
- Interobserver agreement for EUS in the evaluation and diagnosis of submucosal masses.
- Frequency of mediastinal lymph node metastases in patients undergoing EUS evaluation of pancreaticobiliary masses.
- Assessment of EUS for diagnosing, staging, and determining resectability of pancreatic cancer: a review.
- Endoscopic evaluation of patients with partial gastrectomy and iron deficiency.
- Potential impact of preoperative EUS on esophageal cancer management and cost.
- Use of the intramural incision technique to retrieve a fractured biliary tube.
- Yield of tissue sampling for submucosal lesions evaluated by EUS.
- Complications of colonoscopy.
- A comparison of EUS features between CD-117 positive GI stromal tumors and CD-117 negative GI spindle cell tumors.
- Complications of ERCP.
Treatments
- Endoscopic Ultrasound, Biliary Endoscopy (ercp), Gastrointestinal Cancer And More
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Colon Polyps
- Gallstones
- Hepatitis C
- Pain
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