Meet Dr. Harry Aslanian
April 29, 2021Information
Dr. Aslanian discusses the care of patients with gastrointestinal cancers and the use of Advanced Endosocpy to diagnose and treat diseases of the pancreas, biliary tree, and the gastrointestinal tract.
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- 00:00I'm Harry is Laney, and I'm advancing.
- 00:04Tosca ****** as part of the Yale
- 00:07Gastroenterology Department and we
- 00:09treat a variety of patients with
- 00:11gastrointestinal problems in our
- 00:13field of advancement. OSCA, P.
- 00:15We're usually faced with a fairly
- 00:18focused question that often deals with.
- 00:21A diagnostic problem looking at getting
- 00:24a biopsy or a sampling or getting
- 00:26more information or seeing if we can
- 00:29possibly treat something completely
- 00:31through the scope so we look to have
- 00:34as much information up to that point
- 00:36as possible and then formulate a plan
- 00:39as part of a multidisciplinary team to
- 00:42see how we can provide some answers.
- 00:45We always find it helpful to have caregiver
- 00:48or family member present during a meeting.
- 00:51They often can provide.
- 00:53Important historical information
- 00:54about symptoms or prior testing.
- 00:56If we are performing a
- 00:59procedure after sedation,
- 01:00it's necessary to have a ride home
- 01:03an when we discuss the results after
- 01:06procedure is often helpful to have
- 01:10another person there to help remember
- 01:13some of the details if needed.
- 01:16The part of endoscopy that I enjoy
- 01:19the most is having a visual
- 01:22representation of a problem.
- 01:25And the chance to to
- 01:27make an immediate impact,
- 01:28either with a diagnosis and in many
- 01:32cases potentially with the treatment
- 01:34that can remove a problem such as an
- 01:37early cancer or polyp of the say,
- 01:40esophagus, stomach or colon.
- 01:41Part of the Smilow advanced
- 01:44Endoscopy Team we work as part
- 01:46of a multidisciplinary team.
- 01:47So many of the questions that we face have
- 01:51to do with the question of something that.
- 01:54Could be precancerous,
- 01:56or what the current state of something is,
- 01:59so it's it's a great pleasure to work
- 02:02as part of a multidisciplinary team
- 02:04of variety of very expert and talented
- 02:08physicians, including surgeons,
- 02:09radiologists, pathologists,
- 02:10an oncologist.
- 02:11So knowing that the patient is getting
- 02:14the best care possible and it's going
- 02:17to have the best outcomes possible
- 02:20from each specialty is is really rewarding.
- 02:23My research interests center around.
- 02:26Advance into Osca P in the care of
- 02:30patients with problems that we treat,
- 02:33so we have a variety of ongoing research
- 02:37studies that involve sometimes the
- 02:40details of the performance of endoscopy,
- 02:44applying new technology or new
- 02:47techniques and also optimizing.
- 02:50The techniques that we used to
- 02:52get the best results for patients.