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Internationally recognized clinical pancreatologist Dr. Charles "Mel" Wilcox, MD, recently joined Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute to establish and lead its new pancreas program. Dr. Wilcox leaves a three-decade tenure at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he has been an emeritus professor of medicine and director of their highly ranked gastroenterology and hepatology division.

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), a specialized endoscopic procedure designed to treat motility disorders of the esophagus, is now offered at Orlando Health, one of only five hospital systems in Florida to provide the treatment.

A team of leading-edge endoscopists at Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Research and Education (CARE) are incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to address a range of complex conditions. Experienced in providing the most sophisticated treatments for digestive diseases, the specialists at CARE use AI in the endosonographic evaluation of pancreatic lesions as well as traditional screening colonoscopies.