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Michael Lajin, MD

Medical doctor (MD)

Gastroenterology

(board certified)

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SharpCare Medical Office Gastroenterology

619-460-4055
Fax: 619-460-5148

8860 Center Drive
Suite 330
La Mesa, CA 91942-7001


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  1. SharpCare Medical Office Gastroenterology

    8860 Center Drive
    Suite 330
    La Mesa, CA 91942-7001
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    619-460-4055
    Fax: 619-460-5148


About Michael Lajin, MD

I believe in providing for both the physical and emotional wellbeing of the patient. To me, the best medical care is up-to-date medical knowledge and advanced technical skills in a warm, supportive and compassionate environment. I was inspired to go into medicine by my grandmother's family physician. It was gratifying to witness the impact he made in her life. He treated her as a person rather than a set of different diseases. In my free time, I enjoy being out in nature. I love art and enjoy learning the history of art.

Age: 52
In practice since: 2012
Gender: Male
Languages: Arabic, English, German

Education

Saint Luke's Medical Center: Fellowship
William Beaumont Hospital: Internship
Aleppo University Faculty of Medicine: Medical School
William Beaumont Hospital: Fellowship
William Beaumont Hospital: Residency

Hospital affiliation

Areas of focus

  • Ampullectomy to resect ampullary polyps
  • C-POEM to treat a Cricopharyngeal bar
  • DBE-assisted ERCP
  • Double balloon Enteroscopy (DBE)
  • Double balloon-assisted ERCP in patients with gastric bypass anatomy
  • E-POEM to treat achalasia
  • Endobariatrics (endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty)
  • Endobiliary ablation for cholangiocarcinoma
  • Endoflip to assess esophageal motility disorders
  • Endoscopic full thickness resection (EFTR)
  • Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG)
  • Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
  • Endoscopic suturing to repair perforations and fistulas, and to promote weight loss
  • Endoscopic treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts and walled off necrosis
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided gastro-enteric and entero-enteric anastomosis
  • Enteral stenting (esophageal, colonic, duodenal)
  • Enteral stenting (esophageal, colonic, duodenal) to treat gastrointestinal blockages or strictures
  • EUS-Directed trans-Enteric ERCP (EDEE)
  • EUS-Directed trans-Gastric ERCP (EDGE)
  • EUS-directed trans-gastric ERCP (EDGE) in patients with gastric bypass anatomy
  • EUS-guided biliary drainage and gallbladder drainage
  • EUS-guided celiac block/neurolysis
  • EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy
  • EUS-guided coiling and glue injection for gastric varices
  • EUS-guided cystogastrostomy and necrosectomy for pancreatic pseudocysts and abscesses
  • EUS-guided decompression of small bowel obstruction
  • EUS-guided drainage of peri-rectal cancer
  • EUS-guided gallbladder drainage: to treat acute cholecystitis
  • EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy to treat malignant outlet obstruction
  • EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy
  • EUS-guided liver biopsy
  • EUS-guided pancreatic (EUSRA)
  • EUS-guided pancreaticoduodenostomy
  • EUS-guided pancreaticogastrostomy
  • EUS-guided portosystemic pressure gradient measurement (EUS-PPG)
  • EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
  • EUS-guided rendezvous
  • EUS-guided shear wave elastography
  • EUS/fine-needle biopsy/celiac block/neurolysis
  • Fine-needle biopsy (FNB)
  • G-POEM to treat refractory gastroparesis
  • Intra Gastric Balloons (IGB)
  • Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cryotherapy to ablate neoplastic Barrett
  • Submucosal Tunneling Endoscopic Resection (STER)
  • Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) to treat a hiatal hernia
  • Transoral Outlet Reduction (TORe)
  • Treatment of perforations, leaks, and fistulas, and surgical complications
  • Z-POEM to treat Zenker and Killian Jamieson diverticula

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Michael Lajin, MD, accepts 35 health insurance plans.

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