General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  The VGA Center for Obesity Medicine treats obesity and associated medical problems, primarily through lifestyle management. Our multi-disciplinary approach includes attention to the four cornerstones of weight management: medical, nutritional, behavioral, and physical.
• Nutritional Counseling
• Colonoscopy
  These links to major health insurance carriers are provided for your convenience. It’s the patient’s responsibility to check with their insurance company to see if an authorization or referral is needed prior to receiving services or procedures. If you are having a colonoscopy, be sure to check with your insurance carrier about different coverages for screening vs. diagnostic colonoscopies. Read this to help you ask the right questions.
• Constipation
• Diarrhea

Internists

• Gastroenterology
  Our gastroenterologists will discuss your symptoms and condition with you and present treatment options to help restore or maintain your health and well-being. Valley Gastroenterology’s uniquely qualified staff also includes physician’s assistants and a dietician.
• Colon Cancer
  Colon cancer is a leading form of cancer in the United States. Unlike many cancers, however, colon cancer can be 90% curable if detected early.  Colon cancer originates in the cells of the lining of the colon. Most colon cancers start out as a tiny polyp that cause no symptoms in the patient. Read more >>
• Endoscopy
  Valley Gastroenterology Associates is affiliated with Four Seasons Endoscopy Center, a state-licensed and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) accredited free-standing endoscopy center located in the same facility as our professional practice in Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Four Seasons Endoscopy Center is also recognized by the ASGE, the only national program recognizing quality and safety in the practice of GI endoscopy.

Surgeons

• Gangrene
  Ischemic colitis, although rare, is the most frequent form of mesenteric ischemia, affecting mostly the elderly. Ischemia is caused when the blood supply does not reach the tissue delivering the necessary oxygen. Without oxygen, cells begin to die which may cause tissue damage or destruction, colon strictures or in extreme cases, gangrene. Read more >>

Plastic Surgeons

• Bariatric Surgery