- Primary CareWith the dawn of the new millennium there came a dramatic shift in the role played by the gastroenterologist in the delivery of health care to our nation. Previously only a small minority of people would ever seek the specialty care of a gastroenterologist. Our skills and training were intended to help the primary care physician diagnose and treat disorders that were often complex or unusual, or that might be straightforward but necessitated the performance of procedures that required years of specialized training to master. But since 2000, the gastroenterologist has become someone that everybody is expected to see, at least by the age of fifty, as one might a dentist or barber, though not with the same frequency. The reason for this change was the recognition that almost everyone could benefit from having a colonoscopy performed for the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer. We have continued to serve in our original role of providing sub-specialty expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the digestive system (the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, small intestine, colon, rectum and anus), while now providing access to everybody age 50 and over (and younger in special circumstances) for their initial screening and subsequent surveillance colonoscopies
- ColonoscopyFor those in whom an early cancer is actually found during the screening colonoscopy, the likelihood of cure is far greater than it would be if the diagnosis were delayed until these cancers were established enough to cause rectal bleeding, a change in bowel habits, or other symptoms. Because of the proven effectiveness of screening colonoscopy for the prevention of death from colorectal cancer, coupled with the recognition that colorectal cancer occurs in one in 18 Americans in a lifetime, a broad consensus of leading physician groups representing gastroenterologists, cancer medicine specialists, and public health specialists agree that, with rare exceptions due to the presence of other illnesses, everyone should have a screening colonoscopy at age 50, and, if no adenomatous polyps are removed, surveillance colonoscopies should be continued at ten year intervals thereafter, until the age of 80.
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- Internal MedicineJ.A. Cherner, J.L. Doppman, J.A. Norton, D.L. Miller, A.G.Krudy, J.P. Raufman, M.J. Collen, P.N. Maton, J.D. Gardner, R.T. Jensen. Selective venous sampling for gastrin to localize gastrinomas. Annals of Internal Medicine 105:841-847, 1986.
- GastroenterologyView Dr. Jay Cherner's Curriculum Vitae After eighteen years of solo practice at North Atlanta Gastroenterology, Dr.Cherner was presented with an opportunity to build upon his tradition of excellence by adding greater range and depth to the services he could offer the residents of Atlanta's northern suburbs. On January 1, 2011, Dr. Cherner merged his practice of gastroenterology with three other practices that share his vision and standards, to form Gastroenterology Consultants, P.C.
- Colon CancerA screening colonoscopy is performed solely for the purpose of screening asymptomatic persons by searching for early stage colorectal cancers before they cause symptoms, and, importantly, for colon polyps, benign growths which might give rise to a colon cancer if allowed to continue to grow in the colon. When found during a colonoscopy, these polyps are removed at the same time they are discovered, thereby preventing their potential transformation into a colorectal cancer at some future time.
- EndoscopyDr. Jay Cherner's gastroenterolgy office locations is conviently located near GA Hwy 400 in Alpharetta. He performs most of his procedures at the Georgia Endoscopy Center located adjacent to his office. Find maps and driving directions to Dr. Cherner's office location and the Georgia Endoscopy Center by choosing a location below.
- UlcerJ.A. Cherner, G. Singh, L. Naik. Desensitization of rises in cytosolic calcium of dispersed chief cells from guinea pig stomach. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 33:393, 1988. (Presented to the Sixth International Conference on Experimental Ulcer, Jerusalem, Israel, 1988).