I would like to respond to the article “GI endoscopy in rural communities: Experience of a rural family physician in British Columbia” (BCMJ 2009;50[6]:300-303 [9]).
I am a family physician and the author of the cited 1997 articles describing my initial experience in esophagoduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. Since then I have successfully performed many thousands more procedures as well as newer procedures such as pill endoscopy and ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring capsule (Bravo) placement. Though I practise in Georgia, I was trained in Edmonton, Alberta.
I would just say that I applaud the practice of endoscopy by well-trained family physicians in Canada and hope that Canadian doctors continue to encourage this kind of practice.
—Richard Pierzchajlo, MD
Tifton, Georgia
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[1] https://bcmj.org/cover/october-2009
[2] https://bcmj.org/author/richard-pierzchajlo-md
[3] https://bcmj.org/node/3308
[4] https://bcmj.org/print/letters/re-gi-endoscopy
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[9] https://bcmj.org/content/gi-endoscopy-rural-communities-experience-rural-family-physician-british-columbia
[10] https://bcmj.org/modal_forms/nojs/webform/176
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