Center for Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders

A couple taste tests their meal before eating.

Where Your Voice Is Heard

A swallowing or esophageal disorder can interfere with everyday life, making it difficult to swallow or talk. Our team at the Center for Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders is here to help.

Together, we’ll work to understand your conditions and challenges better and create a personalized treatment plan that empowers you to get back to what matters most.

We’re here to help you find the right physician or a location that’s convenient for you.

Our Center is the only sub-specialized facility of its kind in Central Florida. Our experienced, trusted team offers compassionate care to help you manage any esophageal or swallowing disorder.

Here, you’ll have a multidisciplinary team working closely with other medical specialties to offer you the best possible care. You’ll have access to the newest and most advanced treatments to meet your needs and help you feel your best.

Conditions We Treat: No two swallowing or esophageal disorders are alike, and neither are your symptoms, goals and hopes for your diagnosis. That’s why we take the time to listen carefully and get a clear picture of your condition with reliable, state-of-the-art diagnostic tests.

We have experience diagnosing, managing and treating benign and malignant disorders, including:

Achalasia

Barrett’s esophagus

Belching disorders

Dysphagia

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)

Esophageal cancers

Esophageal strictures (complex and refractory)

Gastroparesis

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR)

Esophageal motility disorders

And when it comes to cancer, we manage the entire spectrum of esophageal cancer treatment in partnership with the AdventHealth Cancer Institute.
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Care: When it comes to treating and managing esophageal and swallowing disorders, you need comprehensive care to address your symptoms.

That’s why you’ll receive care like:

Ear, nose and throat

Gastroenterology

General, foregut and thoracic surgery

Interventional endoscopy

Medical oncology

Pathology

Pulmonary and sleep medicine

Radiology

Speech pathology

Esophagology

Head and neck surgery

Nutrition

Mental health

Care coordination

Social work

Lifestyle coaching
Treatments We Offer: To meet your goals and help you feel like yourself again, we offer medical, endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical therapy options.

Our treatments are both trusted and innovative, empowering you to feel your best while easing your mind, too.

Experts at our Center specialize in treatments including:

EsoFLIP™ dilation

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with BOTOX®

Esophageal high-resolution impedance manometry (EHRIM)

Esophageal motility

Esophogram

Functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) topography

Heller myotomy

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)

Upper endoscopy, or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)

Dilation of complex strictures

Esophageal stenting

Management of esophageal perforation and leaks