Specialty care, close to home
Specialists at Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners Nashville, located on the campus of Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, TN, provide gastroenterology (digestive health) and rheumatology care. We start by listening to you. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you.
Gastroenterology and digestive health care
When bloating, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, cramping or stomach pain won’t go away, talk with a gastroenterologist (GI doctor) at Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners Nashville. We deliver personalized care for conditions that affect the entire digestive tract from your throat to your colon and everything in between. With diagnostic lab and imaging tests, colonoscopy, and endoscopic camera procedures, your doctor diagnoses and treats GI conditions. Your GI doctor and care team start by listening to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you.
GI distress often disrupts how, what and when you eat. Your gastroenterology doctor provides treatment options and advanced care for a range of digestive health conditions, including: Barrett’s esophagus
- Colon cancer screening of polyps
- Crohn’s disease
- Gallbladder disease
- GI cancers (including colon cancer, pancreatic cancer and stomach cancer)
- Gluten and food allergies
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Leaky gut Reflux (GERD)
- Stomach ulcers
GI doctors also provide nutrition counseling and medical nutrition therapy.
Specialty care for arthritis, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
Understanding the cause for your joint stiffness, swelling in your arms and legs or chronic pain is important for your overall health. At Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners Nashville, our rheumatologist provides specialty care for rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory diseases in children and adults. We listen to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you.
Our care team provides lab tests and ultrasound imaging to analyze joint fluid imbalances. Treatments help you manage your pain and symptoms to improve your flexibility and mobility. Treatment options may include:
- Infusion therapy
- Medication therapy
- Neuro-psychology care
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
Genetic testing of the PTPN22 gene is available. This test helps identify if you have an inherited gene for developing rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatic autoimmune diseases affect the connective tissue (your joints, skin and cartilage).
We provide non-surgical treatments for many conditions including:
- Back and joint stiffness (ankylosing spondylitis)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic bursitis and tendonitis
- Gout
- Infectious arthritis caused by Lyme disease or a parvovirus
- Lupus
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid arthritis