[HTML1] You may know it as “heartburn,” but it has a more specific name — gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD for short. And on this edition of Your Health Matters, host Christopher Springmann speaks with Dr. F. Paul (Tripp) Buckley about the symptoms and causes of GERD, and how Scott & White has taken this widespread problem very seriously. “GERD is prevalent throughout the population,” says Dr. Buckley, “with almost everybody suffering from heartburn-type symptoms at least once or twice in their life, really over 50 percent of folks suffering it more than once a year. And unfortunately, it’s very common to be on anti-acid medications such as Prilosec, Nexium or Zantac which everyone is familiar with. So because it’s so problematic and prevalent, we’ve tried to come together at Scott & White to bring the specialties that are best able to treat heartburn and/or GERD and, and coordinate the care for the patient.” And what does that look like? “Scott & White’s system already has the great communication, the excellent infrastructure so that the patients can have good coordinated care,” Dr. Buckley tells us. “We can really optimize the time of the patient as well as the physician in getting a good diagnosis and getting them a good treatment plan.”
More about F. Paul Buckley
Dr. F. Paul (Tripp) Buckley, a general surgeon at Scott & White Healthcare’s new Heartburn and Acid Reflux Center in Round Rock, Texas, earned his B.A. at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and his M.D. at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He trained in general surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and is a decorated Air Force veteran. He joined Scott & White in 2008 with a patient care emphasis on GERD, gastrointestinal, pancreatic & gall bladder surgery, colon & rectal cancer, surgical oncology, and minimally invasive surgery.
More about Scott & White Healthcare
When Arthur C. Scott, M.D. and Raleigh R. White Jr., M.D. began their medical practice in Temple, Texas in 1897, they shared one fundamental conviction: medicine must serve the people. Today, Scott & White Healthcare is a fully integrated health system — the largest multi-specialty practice in Texas and the sixth largest group practice in the nation. Scott & White employs more than 1,100 health care providers and research scientists who care for patients covering 25,000 square miles across Central Texas.
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