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Authors Joel Joseph

Joel Joseph

Joel Joseph, MD

Gastroenterologist

Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, South Carolina, USA

4 articles

Joel Joseph, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist practicing in West Columbia, South Carolina, and affiliated with Lexington Medical Center. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University in 2018 and completed his gastroenterology fellowship at Carilion Clinic / Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in 2025.

Articles

Rodolfo Valentino Syndrome: Perforated Duodenal Ulcer Mimicking Appendicitis How to Deploy a Capsule Endoscope During EGD An elderly lady with obscure occult gastrointestinal bleeding could not swallow the capsule endoscope (CE) (PillCam) (Figure 1A). Therefore, an EGD was scheduled to introduce the capsule endoscope into the duodenum. Microscopic Colitis: Not Always “Microscopic” The Bump Trick for Hemostasis (and Closure of Mucosal Defects)