The gastroenterologists and staff at MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center are dedicated to providing quality, affordable care to the greater New Orleans community in our quest to lower colon cancer rates and treat an array of digestive diseases, including Crohn’s Disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center is skilled in performing a myriad of digestive procedures, including colonoscopy, esophageal dilation, flexible sigmoidoscopy, upper endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy.
Our New Orleans gastroenterologists and staff at MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center are committed to ensuring your experience with us is relaxed and worry-free, from your first office visit through your post-procedure follow-up. To assist us, we ask you read and comply with all guidelines.
We’re pleased to announce our partnership with StopColonCancerNow.com to help boost colon cancer screenings and prevention for residents in the Greater New Orleans area.
At MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center, your time is as valuable to us as it is to you. Upon scheduling your surgery, a member of our staff will provide you with the required forms to fill out.
MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center accepts most major insurance. As a courtesy to you, we will bill your insurance carrier; however, we cannot tell you what your policy will cover.
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Richard Awtrey
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Howard I. Brenner
M.D.
Kirk Campbell
M.D.
Vernon J. Carriere Jr.
M.D.
George E. Catinis
M.D.
Julie C. Guider
M.D.
Brett Hymel
M.D.
Abdul M. Khan
M.D.
Rebekah (Becky) H. Lemann
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James D. Lilly
M.D.
Mark J. Marino
M.D.
Herbert K. Mayer
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Scott D. Pollack
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G. Richard Puente
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Sanjeeva T. Reddy
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Gary (Taavi) Reiss
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Charles G. Schibler, II
M.D.
David R. Silvers
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Mark J. Wegmann
M.D.
A++++ all the way
My visit was awesome. The staff was very friendly and very attentive. Check in and out was painless. Dr. Autury was awesome.
Everyone was kind and courteous. They answered all of my questions even if I had to ask twice.
MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center and MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center – Metairie have been named one of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
MGA Gastrointestinal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center selected for Newsweek’s 2026 list of America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Discover how one patient found answers for chronic digestive issues at an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).
The procedure was excellent I just didn’t like the nurse in recovery. I’m telling her that the IV is hurting me can she remove it or fix it. She tells me no she can’t remove it. I say it’s hurting me tho as she tells me I’m not the one that put it in. I don’t know if I said it out loud or under my breath but I said I didn’t ask you if you put it in but I’m asking g you to fix it because it’s hurting me. She than tells me to call me ride and hands me my phone. Helps me get dressed and sits me out in the waiting room. She rushed my recovery time and just threw me in the waiting room. Was not happy with her at all but I kept it professional. I didn’t see her do anybody else this.