Welcome to MD Cast by Tampa General Hospital, featuring our Digestive Diseases Institute. This expanding GI series is designed to offer convenient, credit-earning educational opportunities for busy clinicians.
Difficulty Swallowing and Surgical Options
Dr. Christopher DuCoin leads an informative discussion on what surgical options are available to those who have difficulty swallowing.
Dr. Christopher DuCoin, MD, MPH, FACS is a board-certified general surgeon. His surgical interests include: Robotic Surgery of the Foregut (esophagus and stomach). The foregut surgery which he specializes in is both benign and malignant esophageal diseases requiring esophagectomy, paraesophageal hernias, anti-reflux surgery, and esophageal motility disorders such as achalasia. His endoscopy area of expertise is also that of the foregut nature and includes both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as Peri-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM).