The Hartford HealthCare Digestive Health Institute leads the way in prevention, treatment, surgery and research, caring for more patients than any other digestive health program
in Connecticut. 

Our comprehensive institute model allows specialists to collaborate with each other and you, tapping the most innovative technology available to ensure you receive the very best, most advanced personalized care.

At each Digestive Health Institute location across the state, you’ll experience the same sense of teamwork and compassion. We have earned national awards, accreditations and recognition for the work we do in digestive disease and obesity management, but our greatest reward is helping you feel better.

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Our Services

Digestive health issues can range from common to complex and acute to chronic. Whatever you’re experiencing, we offer a full range of services to help. From routine screenings and common tests to advanced procedures and complex surgery, we offer expert diagnostic and treatment capabilities, combined with the compassionate care every patient deserves.

Our knowledgeable experts include specialists in gastroenterology and hepatology, esophageal and stomach surgery, colorectal surgery, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, hernia surgery, transplant surgery, obesity medicine, nutrition and behavioral health. Together, they work as a coordinated care team to support whole system health.

Specialties & Centers

Discover the areas of subspecialty at the Digestive Health Institute so you can find a provider with the specific type expertise you need.

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Conditions & Treatments

Discover the full range of diagnostic and treatment options at the Digestive Health Institute that always keeps the patient at the center of decision-making.

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Expert Care You Can Trust

About 65 million Americans have something wrong in their digestive tract and each experience is unique. To best help you identify and treat whatever is happening — and return you to the things you enjoy most in life — we have drawn together a team with wide-ranging experience and knowledge in disorders affecting the metabolic disorders, the abdominal wall and the entire digestive system.

We also understand that you’re coming in because of pain or situations that might be hard to discuss with strangers. We work hard to keep you comfortable and feeling supported with an approach to care that blends expertise with compassion. We believe that’s the least you deserve.

Our Team

Our work at the Digestive Health Institute has earned the following awards and accreditations

Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleed Award from Healthgrades 

Accreditation in rectal cancer from the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons 

MBSAQIP accreditation

EURP designations

Awards & Recognitions

About Us

At the Digestive Health Institute, our specialists provide high-quality, comprehensive care tailored to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of digestive conditions.

Digestive Health Institute News

May 25, 2016

The ABCs Of Acid Reflux

By Dr. Rosalind Van Stolk,  Gastroenterologist We have all probably regretted it when we heaped on extra onions and sauerkraut [...]

December 08, 2016

Ask A Doc: Options For GERD (Acid Reflux) Sufferers

An estimated 40 percent of Americans suffer from the daily effects of heartburn, and approximately 20 percent have been diagnosed [...]

August 17, 2016

Fundoplication? It Spelled Relief For Their GERD

For years, gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, had a chokehold on Bernice Montefusco of Wallingford and Thomas P. Barrett of [...]

October 15, 2020

How To Fight Acid Reflux (Naturally) Without Having To Take Nexium

Q: Is it just me, or does adding ginger to my diet – either in food, tea or eating a [...]

March 30, 2017

Medical Rounds (Video): Maintaining Digestive Health

Digestive disorders affect nearly 70 million people in the United State, according to the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. [...]

October 19, 2017

1 In 200 In State Have Inflammatory Bowel/Crohn’s: How Doctors Detect, Treat

Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are common conditions affecting more than 1.5 million people nationwide. Dr. Joseph Cappa,  a gastroenterologist [...]