Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Our Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology has been ranked #1 in San Diego for the last three years by US News and World Report. Our highly trained team cares for conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and liver, and the Division has also ranked top 25 in the nation. Our clinicians have earned the respect of fellow providers around the nation for their expertise, including but not limited to groundbreaking work on hepatitis C. Our large team provides a broad range of evaluation and minimially invasive treatment services, and we have multiple advanced endoscopists on staff. From our medical training program, the first GI fellowship that existed in San Diego, to our extensive research, we aim to maintain our lead in patient treatment as well as intellectual contributions to our field.
Featured Services
Advanced endoscopy
Luminal stenting
Minimally-invasive endoscopic surgery (POEM, endoscopic suturing, endoscopic submucosal dissection)
Endoscopic weight loss techniques (endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty),
GI Motility Lab
Endoscopic therapy
TIF (endoscopic fundoplication for reflux)
Care for cirrhosis (pre- and post-transplantation)
Inflammatory bowel disease
Recognitions & Awards
The Division of Gastroenterology was ranked #1 in San Diego three years in a row from 2016 to 2018.
For the last two years, our Division has been ranked in the top 20 GI programs in the nation, and is ranked #25 in the country by U.S. News & World Report
Multiple members have been voted as San Diego’s “Top Doctors” by San Diego magazine, many for years in a row
Dr. Pockros has won numerous awards for his groundbreaking research in hepatitis C, and has become a nationally-recognized expert on the topic