I'm Andy Wang and I'm a gastroenterologist who specializes in interventional endoscopy here at UVA. I've always wanted to be a doctor, as a boy I loved trying to figure out how things worked but it was probably when my parents were diagnosed and had to overcome severe duodenal ulcer disease and colon cancer that my desire to go into medicine in gastroenterology was really solidified.

I perform ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound procedures which focus on the bile duct and the pancreas and we help to diagnose and remove stones from people's bile ducts and we even help people diagnose and manage pancreas cancers. Here at UVA we have a state of the art endoscopy unit but more importantly we have just a really special caring and experienced group of nurses, endoscopy technicians, and physicians. 

Although I'm proceduralist we try to look at the patient as a whole and more so not ever procedure is right for every patient. It's just a great feeling all around when you can meet someone, help them figure out what's going on, and take care of them so that when they go back to their family and friends they feel better.