General Practitioners

• Emergency Care
  This form is provided as a convenience for our patients. It is for routine office communications and should not be used to relay medical questions or information. If you are having a medical emergency go to the emergency room immediately. For routine medical questions after hours or weekends, the doctor on call can be reached through our answering service by calling 732-349-4422.
• Colonoscopy
  Procedures performed at both centers include colonoscopy, upper panendoscopy (EGD), polypectomy, biopsy, esophageal dilatation, and cautery treatment of hemorrhoids, Smart Pill and Capsule Endoscopy

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Doctor Edgar Bigornia is Board Certified in both Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and attended Medical School at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn (Downstate) in New York. His Internal Medicine training was completed at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and he served as a Chief Medical Resident at Booth Memorial Hospital. His Gastroenterology fellowship was at New York Medical College. He is the recipient of the Lawlor Award for the best scientific paper submitted by a fellow at the American College of Gastroenterology meeting. He previously practiced in Poughkeepsie, NY. He enjoys outdoor sports with his family. He listens to all types of music and relaxes by playing the piano and guitar.
• Gastroenterology
  Doctor Omar Tamimi joined Dr. Cohen in 1992. He is Board Certified in both Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and University of St. George’s Medical School. His medical training was completed at Seton Hall University, St. Joseph’s hospital, Patterson, NJ. Since completing his medical training he has performed over 15,000 endoscopic procedures and has vast experience in all aspects of the practice of Gastroenterology. Doctor Tamimi has been a member of the executive committee at Kimball Medical Center since 2003 and served as the Chief of the Medical Staff from 2007-2009. Doctor Tamimi and his wife Patty have three children with whom they are very involved. Doctor Tamimi enjoys outdoor sports, vacationing and spending time with his family and is a big fan of Bruce Springsteen.
• Colon Cancer
  Our secondary goal is to educate our patients by providing a resource for colon cancer screening and information about common gastrointestinal conditions.
• Endoscopy
  The Endoscopy Center of Ocean County and The Endoscopy Center of Toms River are separate free standing ambulatory centers owned and operated by the Gastroenterologists of Ocean County, P.C. Doctors Tamimi, Collier, Bigornia, Glazier and Mirchandani have a financial interest in both the Endoscopy Center of Ocean County and the Endoscopy Center of Toms River.