Colorectal and Intestinal Disorders

At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we provide expert care for any type of colorectal or intestinal disorder. We're here for you at every step, providing comprehensive and compassionate care to help you live your healthiest life.

Our team diagnoses and treats every type of colorectal disease or condition, including the most complex cases. Highlights of our program include:

• Colorectal cancer expertise: We have the first program in Seattle to earn accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer. Only programs that provide exceptional quality care earn this distinction. Learn more about colorectal cancer care.

• Multidisciplinary team: Multiple specialists, including experts from gastroenterology, colorectal surgery, oncology, radiology, pathology and nutrition, manage your care plan. This approach provides you with seamless and personalized care. Meet our colorectal specialists.

• Advanced endoscopy: Our endoscopists use leading-edge methods to remove large colon polyps and tumors without surgery. Learn more about advanced endoscopy.

• Surgical expertise: Our colorectal surgeons use the most advanced procedures available, including robotic and laparoscopic methods that enable faster recovery. Meet our colorectal surgeons.

• Research: We study the newest methods for preventing, diagnosing and treating anal, colon and rectal cancer. You may be eligible for these breakthroughs before they're widely available by participating in our ongoing clinical trials. Learn more about digestive health research.

• Specialized inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care: IBD often requires a range of therapies, including nutritional guidance, counseling, medications and sometimes surgery. Our multidisciplinary IBD clinic provides the full range of treatments to provide a customized plan focused on your needs. Learn more about IBD care.

• Pelvic floor expertise: Pelvic floor issues like prolapse and incontinence often occur with bowel conditions. We are one of the few programs in the region to offer treatment and support for these conditions so all your needs are met.

Our experts work together to care for any type of condition that affects your anal canal, colon, rectum and small intestine. Cancers and pre-cancers we treat include:

• Anal cancer and anal dysplasia
• Appendix cancer
• Colon cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Neuroendocrine tumors     
• Colon and rectal polyps 
• Inherited (genetic) GI cancer syndromes, including Lynch syndrome and familial polyposis)

Benign (non-cancerous) colorectal and intestinal conditions we treat include:

• Bowel incontinence
• Rectal and pelvic floor prolapse 
• Celiac disease
• Clostridiodes difficile (C. diff) infection
• Constipation, diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Diverticulitis (complicated and uncomplicated) 
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Hemorrhoids, anal fissures and anal fistulas 
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

Our specialists care for patients across the Puget Sound area and beyond. Find a colorectal specialist near you.