William H. Sweatt, MD
Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine.
Specializing in the care of Digestive Disorders including:
• Abdominal pain/Indigestion
• Colon cancer screening
• Diarrhea/Constipation
• Gallbladder/Biliary disorder
• Heartburn/GERD
• Hepatitis
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Nausea/Vomiting
• Pancreatitis
• Rectal bleeding
• Ulcerative colitis
Extensive training and experience in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's Disease, with training at one of the preeminent institutions for this disorder in the United States - The University of Chicago Medical Center.
Procedures performed:
• Colonoscopies, Flexible Sigmoidoscopies
• EGDs / Upper Endoscopies
• ERCPs (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograms)
Medical training:
• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Graduated - 1995
• UT Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Hospital Internal Medicine
Internship and Residency - 1995-1998
• University of Chicago Medical Center
Gastroenterology Fellowship - 1998-2001
• Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow
A year of advanced medical research in immunology Fellowship - 1992-1993
• Fogarty International Clinical Fellow
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi Fellowship - 1995
Practice:
• Gastroenterology - 4 years
Longview Regional Medical Center and Good Shepherd Hospital, Longview, Texas
• Current Practice:
104 Circle Way, Suite B, Lake Jackson, Texas
