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Oleh Haluszka, MD
Department of Medicine
Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Meet other members of the gastrointestinal cancer treatment team.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497
To make an appointment, call:
215-214-1475.
For general information, call:
1-888-FOX CHASE.
An oncology certified nurse will assist you.
Clinical Expertise:
Interventional and Therapeutic Endoscopy; Therapeutic Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Enteral Stenting; Double-Balloon Panendoscopy
Medical Education:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md., 1982
Residency:
Internal Medicine, U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif.
Fellowships:
Gastroenterology, U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif.;
Gastroenterology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine;
Gastroenterology
Professional Societies:
The American College of Gastroenterology;
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Research Interests:
Endoscopic Ultrasound; Therapeutic Endoscopy; Small Bowel Enteroscopy
In 2002, I joined Fox Chase Cancer Center's medical oncology staff as director of gastrointestinal endoscopy. Before arriving at Fox Chase, I was on staff at the University of Maryland and served as medical consultant for the White House medical department from 1998 to 2000.
At Fox Chase, my practice focuses on interventional endoscopy for patients with a wide variety of intestinal problems. Endoscopy uses a flexible, lighted tube--an endoscope--to examine the gastrointestinal tract. In addition to standard diagnostic techniques using some form of endoscope, interventional endoscopy procedures may range from palliative procedures for relief of symptoms to techniques to treat patients with early forms of intestinal cancer. For many patients, an endoscopic intervention may precede or even replace a more invasive surgical procedure.
My clinical and research interests include endoscopic ultrasound, therapeutic endoscopy for cancer and other diseases of the pancreas, bile ducts, liver and gallbladder and treatments for gastrointestinal bleeding. I also perform a variety of techniques for gastrointestinal stenting. These procedures use an endoscope to open blocked bile ducts or other gastrointestinal passages and place a stent, or wire tube, to keep them open.
My goal as director of the endoscopy unit is to provide patients the highest quality, most technologically advanced gastrointestinal services available in the region. Working closely with the technology companies, we strive to continue to develop and improve the equipment and resources available to provide the highest yield endoscopic diagnostic procedures and, when appropriate, the safest endoscopic therapeutic options suited to the patient's medical condition.