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Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center - McAuley
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Phone: (405) 752-3900
Fax: (405) 752-3911
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Advanced IBD Care in Oklahoma City
Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center - McAuley in Oklahoma City brings together specialized expertise, the latest treatment advances, and personalized support services to help address the entire spectrum of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Adult patients with IBD, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis often face unique challenges, and our team provides expert care using a multispecialty approach.
Our team of digestive health specialists and clinical professionals exclusively treats IBD. We’re committed to providing innovative solutions with a collaborative partnership to ensure each patient can live their best life.
High-Quality Patient Experience
The Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center offers the services of a dedicated IBD nurse navigator. The nurse navigator coordinates dietary/nutrition, behavioral health and exercise needs for our patients. Our navigator is available by phone and email to answer questions, assist in scheduling and direct patients to appropriate services.
Advanced IBD Treatment Options
Our IBD team routinely provides advanced diagnostic and treatment techniques that aren’t widely available. These procedures include CT and MR enterography, chromoendoscopy and complex IBD surgery.
Complete IBD Care in One Location
The Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center offer many different services at one site in Oklahoma City. Gastroenterologists, Colon and Rectal Surgeons and nurse navigators provide a single location for patients who require multiple services. Patients can make gastroenterology and surgery appointments on the same day. Our on-site outpatient infusion treatment area gives our patients convenient access to the latest biologic infusion treatments along with IV fluids and iron infusions to help alleviate painful symptoms. We’re proud to be the only IBD center in the state with this streamlined service.
Ongoing IBD Support & Education
Our Oklahoma City IBD Center provides educational materials and ongoing support for IBD patients. Please refer to the services in the left menu for additional information on conditions, tests and treatments related to IBD.
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Appointments are made by referral only. Please follow the Refer a Patient steps below.
For Patients:
Please provide your physician with the information below. Once the referral has been submitted, you may call 405-752-3900 to schedule an appointment.
How to Refer a Patient For Physicians:
- Mercy Physician - To refer a patient to the Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center, please submit a Mercy IBD referral (REF25) with the appropriate diagnosis, and note Hussein Bitar, MD in the provider field of the “Referred to” box.
- Non-Mercy Physician – To refer a patient to the Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center, please fax over a referral order including patient demographics, office visit notes specific to IBD diagnosis, and any prior testing/imaging to 405-752-3911.
Multispecialty Expertise for IBD (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) Patients in Oklahoma
Conditions like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis can affect every minute of a person’s life. Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center - McAuley offers leading, comprehensive care to ease the symptoms and stress of living with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We bring together specialized expertise, the latest treatment advances and personalized support services to help address the entire spectrum of IBD. Our full team coordinates each patient’s treatment plan to provide the most informed, effective and customized care.
IBD symptoms can range from mild to severe and may include:
- Abdominal pain and cramps
- Bloody stool (rectal bleeding)
- Bowel urgency (immediate need to move bowels)
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Malnutrition
- Weight loss
Inflammatory bowel disease occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy bowel cells. This causes long-term inflammation (swelling) in the digestive tract and can damage the bowels. With new advances in IBD treatment, inflammation and symptoms from Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis can often be managed with medications and dietary changes alone. Surgery may sometimes be needed for more severe cases.
The Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center provides a single location for multiple IBD specialists and services, including the latest biologic infusion treatments. Patients can make gastroenterology and surgery appointments on the same day.
We offer:
- Expert consultation
- Second opinion
- Dedicated IBD nurse navigator
- Injection & infusion care
- Pre-surgical care & post-surgical care
- Individualized IBD education & resource referrals
- Diagnostic testing
- Multispecialty IBD & gastroenterology clinic
- Video capsule endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
Our colon and rectal surgeon, gastroenterologist, radiologists, advanced practice providers and nurse navigator come together to discuss complex cases of Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. They then use their collective expertise to form the best treatment plans for these patients with difficult cases.
Coordinated, Quality Care
Mercy’s IBD experts work together in ways rarely seen outside leading academic medical centers. Our multispecialty approach reflects our commitment to bringing the highest level IBD care to patients in Oklahoma.
IBD is a highly personal disease. At Mercy Gastroenterology and IBD Center, we provide the personalized care patients need, from the expertise of our multispecialty team to the compassionate guidance of our nurse navigator. We’re dedicated to making each patient’s treatment journey as stress-free and successful as possible, so they can get back to living their best lives.
Related Services
At Mercy, we offer comprehensive services to diagnose and treat a full range of conditions, including:
At Mercy, we offer comprehensive testing services to diagnose conditions and injuries, including:
To deliver personalized, evidence based and compassionate care to every patient with IBD (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), centered on informed and shared decision making.
To learn more about our gastrointestinal procedures and how to adequately prepare for upcoming procedures, click here.