Welcome to Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates (RMGA)! Our Board Certified Gastroenterologists look forward to providing you with superior care!

In addition to diagnosing and treating patients with digestive diseases, RMGA’s gastroenterologists perform over 35,000 Colonoscopy procedures per year and are committed to providing the best quality of care available to our patients.

Rocky Mountain Endoscopy Centers is pleased to announce that we now offer Propofol sedation to our patients through Anesthesia Associates of the Rockies for endoscopic procedures. Patients having their procedure done at the Aurora Endoscopy Center, Lakewood Endoscopy Center or North Denver Endoscopy Center will be screened for eligibility and, provided they are a good candidate, will receive Propofol administered by a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).

Propofol offers many advantages as a sedative for endoscopy, including:
• Improved Comfort
• Better Polyp Detection Rates
• Faster Onset of Sedation
• Faster Patient Recovery

Colorectal Cancer is the 2nd Leading Cause
of Cancer Deaths in the U.S.

Did you Know?
• This year in the United States, colorectal cancer will kill as many people as breast cancer and AIDS combined.
• Colorectal Cancer is 90% preventable when detected early.
• You can reduce your risk of colorectal cancer through regular screening.

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A Word From Our CEO: On Quality Care Ratings

^[9]It is our privilege to provide medical care to you and your family. Providing quality care to each of you based on your individual needs and desires is a responsibility we take very seriously.

You may have heard about recent efforts by insurance companies to “rate” physicians, supposedly based on the quality of care the physician provides. These systems often rate quality based on cost using computer programs that look at numbers and dollar amounts. Read more ^[10]

In Response to the Article in the New York Times

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“Colonoscopies may miss cancers in the colon’s right-side”

The article suggests that Colonoscopies may miss cancers in the colon’s right side, according to a recent study appearing online in the Dec. 16th issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The study reports that Canadian researchers found that “the test missed just about every cancer in the right side of the colon, where cancers are harder to detect, but about 40 percent arise.”

Our physicians address this study with the following points…
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