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Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition
Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition

Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition

Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition

The Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition department takes care of all patients with diseases of the digestive tract, liver, bile ducts, pancreas or nutritional disorders.

The Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition department takes care of all patients with diseases of the digestive tract, liver, bile ducts, pancreas or nutritional disorders.

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Consultations & Team

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)

Dr Cléa Rouillon, Dr Melissa Akaffou, Dr Thomas Chaigneau, Dr Louise Lebedel, Dr Oumniya Arjafallah Goulet, Dr Jean-Louis Briand, Dr Ali Jaafar
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Level 9

Liver diseases

Dr Isabelle Ollivier, Dr Claire Pérignon, Dr Catherine Guillemard, Pr Manh Thong Dao, Dr Louise Lebedel, Dr Jean-Pierre Toudic, Dr Samouh El Fadel, Dr Daniel Cohen, Dr Marietta Musikas
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Level 9

Pancreatic diseases

Dr Benoit Dupont, Dr Thomas Chaigneau
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Level 9

Digestive endoscopies

Professor Manh Thông Dao, Professor Marie-Astrid Piquet, Dr. Isabelle Olivier, Dr. Karine Bouhier-Leporrier, Dr. Thierry Collet, Dr. Benoit Dupont, Dr. Anne-Laure Bignon Bretagne, Dr. Marietta Musikas, Dr. Maxime Lesouef, Dr. Cléa Rouillon, Dr. Claire Pérignon, Dr. François Juillard, Dr. Corinne Joubert
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Level 9

Digestive function tests

Professor Marie-Astrid Piquet
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Level 15

Nutrition and metabolic diseases

Professor Marie-Astrid Piquet, Dr. Corinne Joubert, Dr. Véronique Savey, Dr. Marjolaine Vallée, Dr. Karine Lacombe, Dr. Laurent Lucas
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Levels 7 and 9

Digestive Oncology

Dr. Karine Bouhier-Leporrier, Dr. Anne-Laure Bignon Bretagne, Dr. Maxime Lesouef, Dr. François Juillard, Dr. Thomas Chaigneau
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Consultation hours
not specified
Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
Level 9

    Service composition

    Team details

    Professor Marie-Astrid Piquet

    Head of department
    Chantal Schmit

    Chantal Schmit

    Senior healthcare executive

    Our services

    A healthcare activity developed around 4 main areas
    • Gastroenterology, and particularly inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract and diseases of the pancreas,
    • Digestive oncology, in its diagnostic and treatment aspects, through consultations and day and week-long hospitalization,
    • Liver and biliary tract diseases, through inpatient care and an outpatient center dedicated to hepatitis and complications of chronic liver diseases,
    • nutrition, focused on enteral (tube) nutrition, parenteral (intravenous) nutrition, and the management of obesity and anorexia nervosa.
    A healthcare activity supported by a technical platform
    • Diagnostic and therapeutic digestive endoscopy (with or without anesthesia): gastroscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, retrograde catheterization of the biliary and pancreatic ducts, polypectomy and electrocoagulation, hemorrhoid treatment,
    • liver biopsy by histological examination of the liver.

    Service expertise

    Digestive oncology and primary malignant and benign liver tumors

    …

    Rare Liver Disease Competence Center
    Digestive endoscopy

    …

    Nutritional disorders

    The Hepatogastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition department has developed expertise in the screening and management of nutritional pathologies with the creation since 2008 of a Transversal Clinical Nutrition Unit (UTNC).

    Within this unit, two expert structures are recognized:

     

    Useful document(s)

    Add flavor to your dishes

    Add flavor to your dishes

    Diet and gestational diabetes

    Diet and gestational diabetes

    Enriched recipes

    Enriched recipes

    based on oral nutritional supplements
    Sweet recipes from mini chefs

    Sweet recipes from mini chefs

    Physical rehabilitation and cystic fibrosis

    Physical rehabilitation and cystic fibrosis

    Food and hydration
    Diet & scoliosis

    Diet & scoliosis

    The guide to pureed food

    The guide to pureed food

    low-salt diet

    low-salt diet

    Low-salt diet and eating out

    Low-salt diet and eating out

    Food rich in calcium

    Food rich in calcium

    for strong bones
    Eat well

    Eat well

    Pleasure & balance
    Showering before an endoscopy

    Showering before an endoscopy

    What is a balanced diet?

    What is a balanced diet?

    False routes to liquids

    False routes to liquids

    Prevention
    Glycemic Food Guide

    Glycemic Food Guide

    Carbohydrate Guide

    Carbohydrate Guide

    Enteral nutrition

    Enteral nutrition

    Diet and cancer

    Diet and cancer

    Clinical Nutrition
    Nutritional recommendations

    Nutritional recommendations

    Clinical Nutrition
    Eating without meat

    Eating without meat

    Clinical Nutrition
    Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS)

    Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS)

    Clinical Nutrition
    Fortified food

    Fortified food

    Clinical Nutrition
    The nasogastric feeding tube

    The nasogastric feeding tube

    Clinical Nutrition

      Transverse structures

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      Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition

      Côte de Nacre Hospital

      Avenue de la Côte de Nacre CS 30001 14033 Caen cedex 9

      Hepatology-Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology & Nutrition

      Secretariat of the department

      02 31 06 45 43
      LevelGPS accessParkingEntrance
      Hepatology and Gastroenterology Consultations
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 9
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 45 43
      Digestive oncology consultations
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 9
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      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 45 43
      Nutrition consultations
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 9
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 52 00
      Hospitalizations in Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Intensive Care
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 9
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 45 44
      Digestive endoscopy
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 15
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 45 39
      Oncology day hospitalization
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 1
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      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 49 03
      Outpatient Medicine Unit
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 15
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 31 06
      Digestive function tests
      Mother-of-Pearl Coast Tower
      Level : 15
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      : 02 31 06 45 31