Episode 40: A Discussion with Dr. Veeral Oza on Barrett's esophagus and Esophageal Cancer

Veeral Oza, MD, is a gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist in Greenville, South Carolina. He received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed his gastroenterology and interventional endoscopy training at Ohio State University in Columbus and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Oza specializes in all aspects of diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases. He has a keen interest in therapeutic endoscopic procedures including EGD, colonoscopy and feeding tube placements. He trained an extra year after his gastroenterology training to complete a fellowship in advanced and therapeutic endoscopy procedures such as ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound and placement of stents within the esophagus and the intestines. He is also trained in the removal of large colon polyps and early cancerous changes, which can potentially avoid surgery. Oza has a passion for therapeutic endoscopy, pancreatic diseases and endoscopic removal of large colon polyps. He was the first physician in South Carolina to perform an endoscopic full-thickness resection on an early colon cancer, which proved to be curative for the patient. He currently serves as medical director for therapeutic endoscopy at Prisma Health.