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“Healing today’s problems with the tools of tomorrow!”
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GASTROENTEROLOGY RESEARCH OF SAN ANTONIO GERSA had been a concept of Dr. Charles W. Randall since his days of fellowship training in the hallowed halls of Barnes Hospital at The Washington University Medical Center. It was his dream to bring state of the art clinical practice as well as clinical research to his home town of San Antonio. GERSA began with Dr. Randall doing clinical projects in the mid-1990s. Not long after his works were published and presented in prestigious venues such as Digestive Disease Week and The Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology he began receiving grants from pharmaceutical and equipment companies to do both investigator initiated studies as well as industry sponsored clinical drug trials. In 2000 Dr. Taboada joined him as a post-graduate research fellow and stayed on as a research associate and is now Director of Clinical Trials. The fledgling research unit became a division of the Gastroenterology Clinic of San Antonio that same year. In 2005 the division became a separate entity when Dr. Gary Gossen, Dr. Bassem Mazloum, and Dr. Jorge Muñoz joined the team. Since its inception GERSA has 33 publications, 23 presentations at national meetings, grants from 6 sources for investigator initiated research, and has conducted nearly 40 trials in 6 years for 20 different companies. Topics of research have been board to cover areas of concern for gastrointestinal community and include gastroesphageal reflux disease, Barrett’s, non-reflux esophageal disease, motility disorders, peptic ulcers, GI oncology, endoscopic surgery and novel techniques, functional bowel disorders, inflammatory bowl diseases, malabsorption syndromes, microscopic colitis, capsule endoscopy and Helicobacter. Today GERSA boasts 8 physicians, a senior certified coordinator, marketing team, medical assistants, and ancillary support staff. APPOINTMENTS We see patients on Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM by appointment only. New patients visits may take up to 2 hours, allowing time for seeing the doctor, scheduling tests and getting blood tests. Follow up visits usually take 1 hour but may be longer if tests need to be scheduled. We try our best to stay on time as we know your time is valuable. Emergencies sometimes detain us at the hospital. We will try to inform you of delays as soon as we can. If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please let us know as soon as possible. This courtesy allows another patient to be seen more conveniently. Appointments can be made by calling our office during regular office hours, Monday thru Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Call 210-615-3848. YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT During your first visit, we must have appropriate medical and demographic information. You may need to obtain authorized from your primary care physician prior to your appointment. Many new patients are sent by other doctors for consultation. Feel free to contact our office for help on obtaining your medical records from other physicians, clinics, or hospitals. Please do the following:
bring all pertinent previous studies and other medical records
EMERGENCY CARE If you have an urgent problem, please call your primary care physician. Otherwise, call our office at 615-3848. After hours and on weekends, the calls will be forwarded to our answering service which will contact the physician on call for our group. In a true emergency, go directly to a hospital emergency room. The ER physician can begin your evaluation and will contact us for advice or further care. We use the emergency rooms at Methodist and St. Luke’s Baptist Hospitals, both in the Medical Center area.
TELEPHONE CALLS You can call us anytime during office hours for questions regarding your condition, medications or treatment. Please let our staff know what you need or what your problem is. If our staff can not answer your question, or you need to speak to the doctor, leave your name, phone number, and approximate time you wish to be called. We return calls as we have time, but usually late in the day. If you are calling about a new problem, we will probably ask you to come in for an office visit and be evaluated by the physician.
PRESCRIPTION RENEWALS Please call your pharmacist for renewals. The pharmacist will contact our office for prescription renewals. Please arrange for these refills during regular office hours. We do not service renewals after hours or on weekends.
ENDOSCOPY As Board Certified Gastroenterologists, we perform endoscopic evaluations in one of the endoscopy at an outpatient facilities. These examinations are done on an outpatient basis. We will provide detailed instructions regarding your procedure when it is scheduled. GERSA’S MISSION Our mission is to provide continue investigation toward improving the lives of patients with digestive diseases, giving patients whom have failed conventional therapy a second chances of a cure and providing care for those through our clinical trials whom other wise would not have access to health care.
GERSA’S DOCTORS Dr. Gary S. Gossen Dr. Russell Dean Havranek Dr. Jorge Muñoz Dr. Charles W. Randall Dr. David L. Stump Dr. Carlo M. Taboada Dr. V. Franz Zurita Dr. Christopher A. Fincke GERSA’S RESEARCH TEAM Kathy Untermeyer Elizabeth Hebdon, Director of Marketing and Public Relations CONTACT GERSA ABOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDIES! If you think you or someone you know may be eligible for any of GERSA’s studies or if you just want some more information please contact our Research Team at 210-615-3848. GERSA’s Research Team is dedicated to providing exceptional care and compassion for all of their patients. They are here is answer all questions and assist you in anyway possible!
GERSA RESEARCH PROTOCOLS Current Studies Open for Enrollment: Active
Crohn’s & Active Ulcerative Colitis infusion trials:
• At least 3 months of diagnosis • Have an inadequate response to immunosuppressants, predisone, or oral aminosalicylates (i.e. Mesalimine) • Currently in flare Maintenance
of remission of Ulcerative Colitis: Maintenance
of Quiescent of Ulcerative Colitis: Erosive
GERD: Don’t forget about our upcoming studies! Upcoming
Studies for enrollment: CONTACT
INFORMATION Cindy
Rizo
Research Coordinator Kathy Untermeyer Gastroenterology Research of San Antonio 8550 Datapoint, Suite LL 100 San Antonio, TX 78229 Tel. 210-615-3848 Fax. 210-949-0087 06/28/2007 Return to www.gastroclinicsa.com
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