Gastrointestinal Associates

We offer three accredited ambulatory surgery centers featuring modern equipment, highly trained staff, lower costs and greater convenience. Our board-certified and highly experienced physicians perform approximately 15,000 colonoscopies each year - more than any other GI practice in the region - and our team has performed more than 250,000 procedures, including 200,000 colonoscopies over the past 15 years. We are leading the way in research to develop a blood test to diagnose colorectal cancer. Our top-quality efforts in colonoscopy recently earned us a Presidential award from the American College of Gastroenterology. GIA considerably exceeds national benchmarks for finding and removing adenomas or precancerous polyps. The national benchmark for detection is 20 percent; our group detection rate is 32 percent. Researchers have found that for every 1 percent increase in detection rate, the patient's risk of developing colorectal cancer over the next decade drops by 3 percent. Our annual free Screening Colonoscopy Day helps protect uninsured people from this preventable and treatable disease, as well as raises awareness about the importance of screenings.