General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  Wireless Capsule Endoscopy is a state-of-the-art technique to record images of the digestive tract not usually visualizable by conventional endoscopy. The capsule is the size and shape of a vitamin pill and contains a tiny camera. After a patient swallows the capsule, it takes pictures of the inside of the gastrointestinal tract. The primary use of capsule endoscopy is to examine areas of the small intestine that cannot be seen by other types of endoscopy such as colonoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). This type of examination is often done to find sources of bleeding, malabsorption, weight loss, or abdominal pain. The procedure was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001. Capsule endoscopy is used to examine parts of the gastrointestinal tract that cannot be seen with other types of conventional endoscopy. Upper endoscopy, also called EGD, uses a camera attached to a long flexible tube to view the esophagus, the stomach and the beginning of the first part of the small intestine (called the duodenum). A colonoscope, inserted through the rectum, can view the colon and the distal portion of the small intestine, and the very end of the small intesine (the terminal ileum). Unfortunately, these two types of endoscopy cannot visualize the majority of the middle portion of the gastrointestinal tract, the small intestine. The small intestine can measure 15 feet in length. Endoscopy of this entire length is technically difficult but capsule endoscopy can approach the area conveniently and safely. Capsule endoscopy is useful when disease is suspected in the small intestine and can diagnose sources of occult bleeding, iron deficiency, malabsorption, diarrhea, or causes of abdominal pain such as Crohn’s disease. Capsule endoscopy can be used to diagnose problems in the small intestine, but unlike EGD or colonoscopy, cannot treat pathology that may be discovered. It can, however, guide management such as drug therapy or surgery.
• Primary Care
  » A Gastroenterologist works in close relation to a patient’s primary care physician to diagnose and carry out a treatment plan. If another physician referred you to our office, a summary of our findings and recommendation will be sent at the completion of your evaluation.
• Colonoscopy
  The small bowel capsule study is a video technique for examining the small intestine. This is an area of the digestive tract not well seen by conventional endoscopic techniques. Pill capsule endoscopy involves swallowing a small “pill camera” which records photographs on a pager-like device the patient wears during the examination. The pill passes out of the digestive tract with the stool and is not recovered. The images are downloaded and interpreted after return of the recorder. This technique is not a substitute for endoscopy or colonoscopy, but is a very useful complementary tool to traditional examinations of the bowel.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Dr. Yolandra Johnson is a board certified Gastroenterologist. She practices general gastroenterology with a focus on colon cancer screening. She cares for many patients with irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and acid reflux disease and has been in practice on the North Shore for more than 20 years. She enjoys getting to know her patients personally and finds that private practice gives her that opportunity. She believes in quality care and forming a collaborative relationship with her patients.
• Diarrhea
• Immunizations
  Mission: To promote hepatitis B vaccination for all children ages 0 to 18 years, HBSAg screening for all pregnant women, testing and vaccination for high-risk groups, and education and treatment for people who are chronically infected with hepatitis B. The Immunization Action Coalition, a branch of the Hepatitis B Coalition, seeks to boost immunization rates and prevent disease by promoting physician, community, and family awareness of and responsibility for appropriate immunization of all children and adults against all vaccine-preventable diseases.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  » After completing medical school a Gastroenterologist completes 3 years of training in Internal Medicine and then performs a 3 year fellowship focused on gastroenterology and hepatology (liver disease).
• Gastroenterology
  Gastroenterology Consultants of the North Shore is recognized as an exceptional group of physicians with dedicated training and unique experience in the management of diseases of the digestive system
• Colon Cancer
  Dr. James L. Rosenberg is a gastroenterologist with interests in general gastroenterology and special interests in inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, and colon polyps. Dr. Rosenberg received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School and trained in gastroenterology at the University of Chicago where he has been a faculty member. In the past, he has been Head of the Division of Gastroenterology for the Air Force for the Middle Western and New England States, Head of the Division of Gastroenterology at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Head of the Gastroenterology Laboratories at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. He has been on the scientific advisory board of the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America and has been a special honoree of that society. In 2003, he received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Gastroenterology from Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. Dr. Rosenberg was instrumental in the development of the Division of Gastroenterology teaching program at North Shore University Health System and continues  to support its growth and development.
• Endoscopy
  Potential complications of the oral insertion method for the Bravo pH capsule are those associated with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. They include but are not limited to...

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  » A Gastroenterologist performs endoscopic procedures, including upper endoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS).