Welcome to MD Cast by Tampa General Hospital, a gastroenterology podcast library featuring Tampa General Hospital physicians. This library offers convenient, credit-earning educational opportunities for busy clinicians.
Innovations in Endoscopic Ultrasound - The Role of Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in GI Diseases
Listen in as Dr. Pushpak Taunk discusses all things EUS from new applications, identifying treatable disease processes, efficacy of interventional EUS procedures, and comparing efficacy of current approaches.
Dr. Pushpak Taunk leads TGH’s Interventional GI and Advanced Endoscopy Program where he specializes in pancreaticobiliary diseases, therapeutic endoscopy, interventional EUS and endoscopic imaging. He is fellowship-trained in gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy. Dr. Taunk is also an associate professor and director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship in the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. He serves as the Director of Endoscopy in the Morsani Ambulatory Surgery Center Division, and he is a member of the Florida Gastroenterological Society, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
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Difficulty Swallowing and Surgical Options
Dr. Christopher DuCoin leads an informative discussion on what surgical options are available to those who have difficulty swallowing.
Dr. Christopher DuCoin, MD, MPH, FACS is a board-certified general surgeon. His surgical areas of expertise include: Robotic Surgery of the Foregut (esophagus and stomach). The foregut surgery which he specializes in is both benign and malignant esophageal diseases requiring esophagectomy, paraesophageal hernias, anti-reflux surgery, and esophageal motility disorders such as achalasia. Dr. DuCoin is one of the highest volume surgeons in the country in this clinical space, and a thought leader with over 100 peer review publications. His endoscopy area of expertise is also that of the foregut nature and includes both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as Peri-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM). He is a passionate about surgical education, teaching residents, fellows, and medical students. He represents Tampa General Hospital on its academic mission.