- Medical Weight LossDr. Worsey and Dr. Beiermeister do sigmoidoscopies when you have symptoms like bleeding, abdominal pain, changes in your bowel habits, and unexplained weight loss.
- ColonoscopyColonoscopy represents a major advance in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum. M. Jonathan Worsey, MD, FRCS, FACS, FASCRS, and Keith Beiermeister, MD, FACS, FASCRS, offer comprehensive colonoscopy services at San Diego Colon and Rectal Surgeons in La Jolla, California. Dr. Worsey and Dr. Beiermeister provide diagnostic evaluations and preventive colonoscopy screenings.
- Constipation
- Labor and DeliverySphincter preservation includes using advanced techniques that keep the sphincter muscle intact during surgery. It also requires surgical procedures to repair a sphincter that’s torn or damaged. For example, prior rectal surgeries and childbirth often damage the sphincter.
- Colon CancerColon cancer remains the most common cancer affecting men and women, with more than 95,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. The board-certified, fellowship-trained surgical team at San Diego Colon and Rectal Surgeons in La Jolla, California, offers the highest standard of care to help you achieve remission. Keith Beiermeister, MD, FACS, FASCRS, and M. Jonathan Worsey, MD, FRCS, FACS, FASCRS, take a comprehensive and compassionate approach to treating cancer. They offer the latest treatments, including surgery, to help you recover fully. Schedule a colon cancer consultation online or by calling San Diego Colon and Rectal Surgeons today.
- EndoscopyThe primary diagnostic procedure is a colonoscopy, which requires outpatient bowel preparation and is scheduled in the endoscopy center. The doctor inserts a long, flexible tube with an attached camera into your anal canal. The camera sends real-time images of the inside of your colon to a monitor so that the doctor can identify polyps and other abnormalities.
- Diabetes Care
- MRIAfter reviewing your medical history, Dr. Worsey and Dr. Beiermeister use diagnostic tests to confirm Crohn’s disease and rule out other conditions. They can order blood work to check for an infection. Imaging procedures like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) scans help to evaluate the health of your bowel.
- Computed TomographyThey check your abdominal tenderness and often perform flexible sigmoidoscopy in the office to help confirm diverticular disease. Your doctors may offer computed tomography (CT) scans to confirm the presence of inflamed or infected pouches in your colon.
- ChemotherapyAll cases of rectal cancer require surgery to remove the tumor, nearby lymph nodes, and the tissues immediately surrounding the tumor. You might also need radiation and/or chemotherapy before surgery to shrink the tumor and after surgery to kill any residual cancer cells.
- General SurgeryDr. Worsey has board certifications in general surgery and colon and rectal surgery as well as being a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), the American College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He has been Chief of both General Surgery and Surgery at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla and in 2014-2015 was Chief of Staff. He also currently holds a part-time position as Physician Chief Operating Executive at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla.
- Minimally Invasive SurgeryMinimally invasive surgery is a procedure done using small incisions. Dr. Beiermeister or Dr. Worsey may insert a narrow tube into the incision that’s about one-half inch wide. Then they use specialized surgical instruments that fit through the tube to complete your surgery.
- Robotic SurgeryDr. Worsey and Dr. Beiermeister introduced Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols to Scripps Memorial Hospital in 2018 and we have found these measures dramatically speed up recovery and discharge. Also both surgeons have helped plan and direct Surgical Site Infection prevention measures throughout the Scripps system. As well as performing traditional open and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, Dr. Beiermeister also performs robotic colon and rectal surgery and indeed serves on the Scripps Joint Operating Committee for robotic surgery. Dr. Worsey has served as the co-chair of the Scripps Surgery Care Line since 2016.
- Laparoscopic SurgeryAbdominal surgeries were revolutionized in the 1980s when minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery was first used to remove a gallbladder. It would be another 10 years before the technology caught up and instruments were available for minimally invasive intestinal surgery. Since then, M. Jonathan Worsey, MD, FRCS, FACS, FASCRS, and Keith Beiermeister, MD, FACS, FASCRS, at San Diego Colon and Rectal Surgeons in La Jolla, California, have done thousands of minimally invasive intestinal surgeries. To learn if your surgery can be done using minimally invasive techniques, call or book an appointment online.