Cincinnati GI News/Blog

Cincinnati GI is honored to be recognized as the only endoscopy center in the state of Ohio to appear on the Newsweek/Statistica list of America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers for 2022. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/press-release/detail/6216/Cincinnati-GI

The Anderson Endoscopy Center, owned and operated by Cincinnati GI, has been awarded on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2022. CGI's center was the highest ranking ASC in Cincinnati and 11th in the state. This is the second consecutive year CGI has […]

“Oh, it’s nothing,” many people may think when a bite of food gets stuck in their throats. But if food is sticking in there frequently, they may have something more serious to chew on than a simple eating “hiccup.” We tend to think of swallowing […]

Maybe it’s instinct. Maybe it’s something we learn as kids. Somehow, many people tend to glance at their bowel movements before pushing the flusher. And for most people, it’s a non-event. However, for a small percentage of us, an irregularity appears in the stool. Is […]

Many people rely on their gut reactions when it comes to making important decisions. But when it comes to how certain foods and medicines react in our guts, a measure of forethought should be taken. The gut is where one of the body’s most important […]

By Dr. Said Nabhan - If your afternoons increasingly feel like a recurring series of “Revenge of the Lunch,” the cause might not be something that was inside the meal; it might be something inside of you. Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, can make a […]

By Dr. Gregory Lam - Screening for colon cancer can be lifesaving, so getting yourself tested is important. However, patients should be aware there are big differences between a traditional colonoscopy and the Cologuard test. Cologuard, the at-home colon cancer screening test that has been […]

Each year, gastroenterologists in the U.S. perform nearly 20 million colonoscopies. Yet that number should be higher. An estimated 40% of people who should get colonoscopies don’t, primarily out of fear of the preparation. But there are misconceptions about the prep that we’ll get to […]

Our Batavia office has as a new provider, Welcome Annmarie! Annmarie Sagraves is a board-certified Physician Assistant joining our team in Clermont. She will be working with patients in the office as well as treating inpatients at Mercy Hospital Clermont in collaboration with Dr. Kakarlapudi. […]

Welcome Hanna! Hanna Eckhoff, CNP joins Cincinnati GI at our Anderson office. Before becoming a Nurse Practitioner, she worked as a registered nurse in the Emergency Department and in Outpatient Endoscopy. After working as an Endo nurse for nearly five years, she decided to pursue […]