Internal Medicine and Healthcare

Gastroenterology

The area of medicine dedicated to problems of the digestive system is called gastroenterology. The focus of this specialty is on conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract, which includes the organs from the mouth into the stomach through the elementary canal. These medical professionals are known as gastroenterologists. They typically have eight years of pre-medical and medical education under their belts, a year-long internship (if it is not included in the residency), three years of internal medicine residency, and three years of gastroenterology fellowship. Colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and liver biopsy are among the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures carried out by gastroenterologists. Although this is frequently their seventh year of graduate medical study, some gastrointestinal trainees will finish a "fourth-year" in this field