Experienced in Tenesmus

Dr. Meron Tesfay

General Surgery | Gastroenterology
Prisma Health
Prisma Health Gastroenterology And Hepatology
3 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 120, 
Columbia, SC 
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Experienced in Tenesmus
Prisma Health
Prisma Health Gastroenterology And Hepatology
3 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 120, 
Columbia, SC 
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Overview

Meron Tesfay is a General Surgeon and a Gastroenterologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Tesfay is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tenesmus. Her top areas of expertise are Swallowing Difficulty, Painful Swallowing, Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Tesfay is currently accepting new patients.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Howard University
Specialties
General Surgery
Gastroenterology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in TX
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
Mcleod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Prisma Health Gastroenterology and Hepatology
3 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 120, Columbia, SC 29203
Call: 803-434-8866

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Tesfay has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


2 Total Publications

NASH: The Emerging Most Common Form of Chronic Liver Disease.
NASH: The Emerging Most Common Form of Chronic Liver Disease.
Journal: Missouri medicine
Published: September 20, 2018
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