Digestive, gastrointestinal, and liver diseases can involve many areas of the body. That’s why it’s important to seek experts who can pinpoint the cause of your symptoms and provide the proper treatment.
Overview
Digestive, gastrointestinal, and liver diseases can impact many areas of the body. Our team can pinpoint the cause of your symptoms and provide proper treatment for conditions like Crohn's disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis, irritable bowel syndrome and more.
Our approach
M Health Fairview doctors diagnose and treat digestive and liver conditions ranging from simple to complex, including disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, pancreas, liver, and bile ducts.
Our experts offer coordinated care when it comes to diagnosing a wide range of disorders. We believe a team approach provides the best care for patients, and our doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses work closely together to provide each patient with the care he or she needs. When necessary, our endoscopic specialists work with a team of radiologists and surgeons to determine the best course of treatment for each patient.
Like digestive and gastrointestinal issues, diseases of the liver can be serious and often require urgent and specialized attention. As a patient of the Liver Program at University of Minnesota Medical Center, you will meet with one of our liver doctors. All of our liver specialists have fellowship training in liver diseases.
We offer leading, innovative care for diseases and disorders of the liver and its associated organs. Our comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is vital in addressing issues of this organ--which is central to nearly all body functions. We offer the full spectrum of care including diagnosis, medical management, procedural intervention, surgical intervention, evaluation for liver transplantation, post-transplantation care, clinical trials and follow-up care. Whether you have cirrhosis, hepatitis C, liver cancer, an undiagnosed liver mass, abnormal liver tests or any other liver condition: we have the expertise to help you. Our clinical services in liver care are extensive and our multidisciplinary approach to assessing and developing patient care plans allows for appropriate, targeted interventions to fit the needs of the patient and maximize best-possible outcomes. We look forward to providing unsurpassed care for anyone whose life is touched by liver disease or gastrointestinal conditions.
University of Minnesota opens first of its kind clinical trial to treat metastatic GI cancers using CRISPR genetic engineering
A Phase II clinical trial has recently opened and has begun enrolling patients at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. This trial will utilize CRISPR genetic engineering to design a treatment for metastatic gastrointestinal solid tumor cancer. To date, CAR-T and other cell therapies such as natural killer cells have shown promising results in liquid tumors, but there have been no effective treatments developed for the treatment of solid tumor cancers.
