Digestive disease services in Fort Worth
At Baylor Scott & White Digestive Diseases – Fort Worth, we believe in putting the patient first while providing them with the information necessary to make the best decision about their gastrointestinal disease condition. We focus on aspects of gastroenterology issues such as Barrett’s esophagus, GERD, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), liver disease, disorders of the bile duct, large and complex polyps, GI cancers, pancreas disorders including pancreatic cysts, pancreatitis, pseudocyst drainage, pancreatic necrosis management and celiac disease.
Endoscopically, our lead physician, Melvin Simien, MD, is interested in non-surgical interventional endoscopy including small bowel enteroscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), fine needle aspiration (FNA), cholangioscopy, BARRX, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), cricopharyngeal myotomy, Zenker’s diverticulum, peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and endoscopic mucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic necrosectomies, bariatric endoscopy and luminal stenting. He enjoys thinking outside of the box for difficult gastrointestinal disease cases and tailors your patient care specific to you.
Hours
Insurances accepted
Baylor Scott & White has established agreements with several types of insurance to ensure your health needs are covered.
Medical services
Baylor Scott & White Digestive Diseases – Fort Worth offers expertise and treatment options for digestive diseases conveniently located near you.
Conditions treated
- Achalasia
- Anemia
- Barrett's esophagus
- Bile duct stones; bile duct tumors
- Bleeding in the digestive tract
- Colon polyps and colon cancer screening; large colon polyps
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia/Odynophagia
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Gallbladder-related disease
- Gastroparesis
- GERD
- Hemorrhoids
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's and ulcerative colitis
- Liver-related diseases, including autoimmune, metabolic, infectious
- Motility disorders
- Obesity and weight gain
- Pancreatic disorders
- Polyps of the stomach, duodenum and colon
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Strictures of the esophagus, duodenum, hepatopancreaticobiliary system and colon
- Zenker's diverticulum
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Baylor Scott & White Health is pleased to offer you multiple options to pay your bill. View our guide to understand your Baylor Scott & White billing statement.
We offer two online payment options:
- Make a one-time payment without registering by selecting the "Pay a Bill as a Guest" option.
- Enroll or login to your MyBSWHealth account to view account balances and statements, set up a payment plan or enroll in paperless statements.
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Financial assistance
At Baylor Scott & White Health, we want to be a resource for you and your family. Our team of customer service representatives and financial counselors are here to help you find financial solutions that can help cover your cost of care. We encourage you to speak to a team member before, during or after care is received.
Patient forms
To ensure that your visit to our office is as convenient and efficient as possible, we are pleased to offer our registration forms online. The patient registration form may be completed electronically and printed for better legibility or completed manually.
Direct access colonoscopy for colon cancer screening
Thank you for your interest in direct access colonoscopy for colon cancer screening! Colon cancer is the #2 cause of cancer related deaths in our country. It is totally preventable, and you are taking the first step in colon cancer prevention.
Some patients prefer to be scheduled for their colonoscopy without an office visit. If so, this direct colonoscopy program is perfect for you.
These are the exclusion criteria for direct colon cancer screening. If you have any of the below, you will need an office visit to discuss risks vs. benefits of colon cancer screening. A member of our team will contact you to schedule that office visit in advance to your colonoscopy.
- Unstable cardiac disease, defibrillator, recent heart attack
- Use of home oxygen, bipap or cpap
- Hemodialysis
- Active gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, bleeding, unintentional weight loss, nausea/vomiting
- Age < 45 or > 75
- BMI (body mass index) greater than 50 (use a BMI online calculator to determine your BMI)
- Previous problems with anesthesia
Here are the inclusion criteria:
- Age 45-75
- Healthy otherwise or chronic issues stabilized
- No active gastrointestinal issues
- Positive Cologuard
- History of colon polyps
- Family history of colon cancer