November 25, 2005 - American College of Gastroenterology Gives Presidential Awards to GCSA for Best paper

San Antonio - November 14, 2005 – The Gastroenterology Clinic of San Antonio (GCSA) today announced that its research team, led by Dr. Charles W. Randall and Dr. Carlo M. Taboada, won a prestigious Presidential Award for a paper recently presented at the American College of Gastroenterology’s annual meeting.

The American College of Gastroenterology held its annual meeting in Honolulu, October 27th thru November 2nd. There were a total of 1700 abstracts presented at this year’s meeting and out of those 1700 abstracts, 3 abstracts received the prestigious Presidential Award in the esophagealforegut category. There are more than 8,500 physicians from over 75 countries that are members of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Randall and Dr. Taboada received the award for their abstract on esophagealforegut. Their research found that many patients with upper abdominal complaints have monthly disturbances of their stomach. The results of their study showed that up to 97% of patients with such symptoms as fullness, bloating, nausea, burning, and pain can be managed effectively by accurate diagnoses and medical treatment. For the past several years, the GCSA clinic has been using a special technique know as Electrograstropraphy to diagnosis esophagealforegut, which few gastroenterologist in our area are trained in its application. Dr. Randal states, “For years patients having these symptoms but with a negative evaluation have been told by their physicians either to not worry about it, we don’t know what is causing your symptoms, or live with it. Now we have the ability to diagnose and effectively treat these patients”.

About GCSA

The research team at the Gastroenterology Clinic of San Antonio is constantly working hard to find new ways to treat gastrointestinal diseases. The clinic has been a premier provider in GI care since the 1970’s. GCSA is dedicated in providing San Antonio and South Texas with exceptional car, compassion and sensitivity in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and colon. For further information, log on to www.gastroclinicsa.com.

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