Medical clients
GI Expert Opinion is poised to provide an expert opinion for US-based as well as international and overseas patients and providers covering various areas of digestive disease, based on the standard of care in the US and latest national and other clinical practice guidelines. Areas of particular expertise include:
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and other cholangiopathies (benign and/or malignant bile duct disorders).
Diagnostic challenges, including unexplained gastrointestinal and other digestive symptoms.
Individualized risk-stratification for disease screening and surveillance.
Distillation of and and evidence-based medicine approach to complex therapeutic and other management decisions.
Advanced endoscopic procedures.
Peri-procedural planning and care coordination
GI Expert Opinion aims to bring the state of the art and provide comprehensive and nuanced insights to help clients make optimal decisions and equip them to achieve better outcomes. Recognizing that access to dedicated subspecialized expertise can be difficult due to the scarcity of appropriate experts, challenges and costs of healthcare travel and arrangements, and other hurdles, GI Expert Opinion strives to circumvent logistical and geographic barriers of traditional paradigms to efficiently and effectively equip clients with the knowledge, data, and personalized support they seek. As GI Expert Opinion services are complimentary to but not a replacement for proper healthcare, we are also prepared to provide clients’ healthcare providers disease-related guidelines and literature as well as referral recommendations to quaternary centers for in-person healthcare services with qualified subspecialty clinicians and/or participation in clinical research studies, as needed.
Whenever the need arises, you should have a trustworthy resource to turn to for tailored information, explanations, and options to clarify the best available avenues to reach desired outcomes. With our collaborative and forward-thinking approach, GI Expert Opinion is here to help you navigate your care from diagnosis to prognosis to treatment to surveillance and the myriad associated considerations. Please contact GI Expert Opinion to set up an initial teleconsultation.
*The rates outlined in the fee schedule may be adjusted as needed for individuals on a fixed low income.
Reflections
The healthcare system in the US and indeed worldwide continues to evolve in response to economic and other challenges. While on one hand technological advances continue to be made, on the other hand, this evolution increasingly places new demands and pressures on clinicians, a dynamic which, in turn, unfortunately trickles down to patients. As a consequence, patients are faced with various unmet needs, including knowledge about their condition and tailored support. However, individuals need not believe that there are no solutions or alternative avenues. This was precisely the impetus for starting GI Expert Opinion.
The current state of healthcare can often leave patients feeling like they’re in the mud, without clear or useful direction. Through personalized approaches, tailored expertise, and teamwork centered around the state of the art and individual clients’ needs and goals, what may seem like turbid or turbulent waters can be simplified into fundamentals and practical pearls thus revealing the underlying nature of a condition, illuminating options and alternatives, and permit the beauty of life to shine to its fullest. These are the underpinnings and objectives of GI Expert Opinion.
GI Expert Opinion works with you to insightfully consider, troubleshoot, and problem solve your scenario, thereby helping you to make optimal decisions with your healthcare provider and thus realize your full potential.