3 Best Gastroenterologists in Colorado Springs, CO

“Dr. William W. Lunt has served as the medical director of the award-winning Endoscopy Centers of Colorado Springs. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Wyoming and attended medical school at Creighton University School of Medicine. Dr. Lunt completed his residency in radiology and internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin and his fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Arizona. He has clinical interests in general gastroenterology and liver diseases, including cirrhosis, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders, and GI malignancies. He has also received special training in bowel and anorectal function and is fully certified to evaluate InterStim sacral nerve modulation to assist patients with bowel incontinence. Dr. Lunt also offers internal hemorrhoid treatment using infrared coagulation (IRC) therapy.”

“Dr. Thomas Meister earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Creighton University before attending the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha. He completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Meister completed one year of his subspecialty training in gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He is board-certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and a Diplomate of the ABIM Subspecialty of Gastroenterology. Dr. Meister’s areas of expertise include diseases of the liver and pancreas, inflammatory bowel disease, capsule endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, and advanced endoscopic procedures.”

“Dr. Bhaktasharan Patel is the founder and president of Peak Gastroenterology Associates (PGA). He is regarded as an outstanding clinical mind with exceptionally low complication rates and a high polyp detection rate. Dr. Patel currently chairs the Peer Review Committee at Memorial Hospital/University of Colorado Health and served as the chief of the Peer Review Committee for the El Paso County Medical Society for five years. He has received a Certificate of Merit from India’s Ministry of Education. Dr. Patel has served as a member of the advisory committee for Schering Corporation for alpha interferon, was a member of the speaker bureau for pharmaceutical companies, and was the medical director of CSHP Surgical Center.”