Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) has introduced a comprehensive gastroenterology program featuring advanced treatments, including gastric electrical stimulator therapy for patients with severe gastroparesis.
Led by Dr. Lee F. Peng, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology, the program brings together specialists in minimally invasive procedures, endoscopic resection, and third-space endoscopy to address complex GI, liver, pancreatic, and colorectal conditions.
In collaboration, gastroenterologist Dr. Douglas Weinstein, director of GI Motility, and surgeon Dr. Seth Kipnis, director of Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, successfully treated one of New Jersey’s first patients with Enterra’s gastric electrical stimulator. The therapy, which sends mild electrical pulses to the stomach’s vagus nerve and pacemaker cells, significantly improved the patient’s ability to eat and restored quality of life.