The Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute is an international destination for care, offering a full range of services to diagnose and manage conditions affecting the digestive tract and digestive organs. In addition to offering best-in-class clinical care, our world-renowned team is also committed to innovation, leading research and educational initiatives around the globe.

Here are some examples of what sets us apart:

Our Institute

One of only six healthcare facilities in Florida performing peroral endoscopic myotomy
One of just four locations in the United States with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) integrated within the endoscopy unit, enabling seamless implementation
Only facility in Florida to offer NaviCam technology to diagnose gastrointestinal tract conditions
Among very few programs in the world to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) with endoscopic ultrasound procedures to improve performance
Development of technology, together with industry partners, that integrates AI with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to reduce radiation exposure to patients and providers
Collaboration with professional and industry partners to integrate AI in endoscopic technology to detect early cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Our Team

Developed a new protocol for the management of necrotizing pancreatitis, known as the “Orlando Protocol”
Pioneered several research findings that are incorporated in Gastrointestinal Professional Society guidelines for the management of pancreatitis
Former president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Dr. Robert Hawes
Authored more than 2,000 articles published in peer-reviewed journals
Best-selling endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) textbook in the world, Endosonography, authored by Dr. Robert Hawes and Dr. Shyam Varadarajulu

Our Future

Develop an evidence-based protocol for the management of colon polyps utilizing leading-edge techniques and technologies
Establish a liver transplant program, with a target date of 2025
Become home to the most comprehensive motility unit in the southern United States
Build the most comprehensive IBD center of excellence in Central Florida
Create subspecialty fellowships in hepatology, motility and IBD, in addition to gastrointestinal and advanced endoscopy fellowships
Host the largest institution-sponsored endoscopy/EUS congress in the United States