They have a national reputation for esophageal stent placement as well as work in laparoscopy, retrograde pancreatocholangiography, and the investigation of polyps. The consultative services include faculty, fellows, residents, and students. The division has multiple conferences at all institutions including a comprehensive gastroenterology conference involving not only the division, but also radiology and the division of gastroenterological surgery. Inpatient consultative services recommend appropriate enteral and parenteral hyperalimentation as well as inserting peg tubes for nourishment. The division offers a three-year fellowship program designed to train fellows in the field of digestive diseases and nutrition.
Fellows rotate through all four teaching facilities.
Research activities include the field of laser therapy, endoscopic ultrasound, progression of polyps and the natural history of polyps leading to cancer.