Digestive Disease Medicine at MVHS (DDM) is a high-quality, individualized gastroenterology practice that has been serving patients in Central New York for over 35 years.

Our team of specialists and staff strive to improve our patients’ overall health by focusing on preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions associated with your digestive system. The DDM team includes seven physicians who are all board-certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, along with eight nurse practitioners and physicians assistants, who are similarly boarded by their respective societies. We aspire to provide the highest quality digestive care in the region to our patients.

The  DDM office was custom designed to accommodate our patients in a professional manner, with constant concern for their privacy and convenience. We are now located on the first floor at 116 Business Park Drive in Utica, adjacent to the Mohawk Valley Endoscopy Center. Our newly constructed modern office now contains 18 state of the art examination rooms to allow us to safely and comfortably treat all of your GI conditions.

Our team is trained in all aspects of gastrointestinal conditions
and disorders, including:

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Acid Reflux
  • Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 
  • Ascites
  • Autoimmune Hepatitis
  • Barretts Esophagus Screening and Treatment
  • Belching 
  • Blood in Stool
  • Celiac Disease
  • Chronic Diarrhea and Chronic Constipation
  • Cirrhosis of the Liver
  • Colitis
  • Colon Cancer 
  • Constipation
  • Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Evaluation
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Diarrhea
  • Difficulty Swallowing
  • Diverticulosis & Diverticulitis
  • Dyspepsia 
  • EGD (Upper Endoscopy, Gastroscopy )
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Esophageal Spasm
  • Esophageal Strictures and Rings 
  • Esophageal Variceal Banding 
  • Fatty Liver 
  • FibroScan
  • Gallstones
  • Gas and Bloating
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
  • GI Bleeding 
  • GI Motility Disorders 
  • Gluten Intolerance
  • H Pylori Detection and Rx
  • Heartburn
  • Hemochromatosis 
  • Hemorrhoidal Banding 
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy 
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hiatal Hernia
  • Indigestion 
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Infrared Coagulation (IRC) of Hemorrhoids
  • Infusions – Biologics and Iron
  • Injectables – Biologics
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Lactose and Fructose Intolerance
  • Liver Cancer (Hepatoma)
  • Liver Transplant Evaluations 
  • Liver Tumors
  • Lower GI Bleeding
  • Malabsorption 
  • Maldigestion
  • Malnutrition 
  • Microscopic and Collagenous Colitis 
  • NASH
  • Nausea and Vomiting 
  • Nutrition 
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency 
  • Pancreatitis
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube
  • Polypectomy
  • Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
  • Rectal Bleeding 
  • Rectal Pain 
  • Removal of Gastric Polyps
  • Small Bowel Tumors
  • Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
  • Steatorrhea
  • Stomach And Intestine Ulcers
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Stomach Pain
  • Traveler’s Diarrhea
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Unexplained Lower Abdominal Pain 
  • Unexplained Upper Abdominal Pain 
  • Upper GI Bleeding and Treatment
  • Video Capsule Endoscopy
  • Weight Loss 
  • Wilson’s Disease