Dr. Stephen Gerrish, MD

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  Malpractice Claim

  Dr. Gerrish has 1 malpractice claim

  More  What is medical malpractice

  What is medical malpractice?

  Medical malpractice is issued when negligence by a doctor causes injury to a patient. For example, a doctor may improperly diagnose, treat or medicate outside the standard of medical care. The three types of malpractice are: a settlement, an arbitration award, or a judgment.

  If my doctor has malpractice history, does that mean he or she is a poor-quality doctor?

  If your doctor has a malpractice claim, evaluate the information and determine if the action could potentially impact the quality of care you receive. Claim settlements and arbitration awards may occur for a variety of reasons, which should not necessarily reflect negatively on the doctor's professional competence or conduct.
  You may want to use this information to start a discussion with the doctor about his or her history and specific ability to provide healthcare for you.

  How far back does Healthgrades malpractice history go?

  Healthgrades reports details of a doctor’s malpractice history when the doctor has at least one closed medical malpractice claim within the last five years, even if he or she no longer practices in that state.

  For which states does Healthgrades collect malpractice history?

  Healthgrades collects malpractice information from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. If your doctor has a malpractice claim, evaluate the information and determine if the action could potentially impact your quality of care. Sometimes multiple states report the same claim. If a provider practices in a state where data is unavailable, please reach out to your local state legislature to help make this data publicly available.

  • Settlement (9/19/2014)
  • Amount or Range: $250,000.00
  • State: Florida

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  Sanctions

  No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.

  What is a sanction or disciplinary action

  What is a sanction or disciplinary action?

  A sanction, also known as a disciplinary action, is an action taken to punish or restrict a doctor who has demonstrated professional misconduct. Sanctions may be imposed by a state medical board, professional medical licensing organization, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  If my doctor has sanction history, does that mean he or she is a poor-quality doctor?

  If a doctor has a sanction, it does not necessarily mean that he or she is a poor-quality doctor. Some sanctions are not related to medical care, and involve a doctor’s finances or administrative activities. Before you make any choices about changing your doctor, we recommend that you evaluate the doctor’s sanction information and determine how severe or relevant you think the sanction cause and action were.

  How far back does Healthgrades sanction history go?

  Healthgrades reports state and federal sanctions from the previous five years, except when a doctor's license has been revoked or surrendered. Healthgrades displays all actions for doctors whose licenses have been revoked or surrendered.

  For which states does Healthgrades collect sanction history?

  Healthgrades collects sanction history from all 50 U.S. states. Physicians with a disciplinary action in one state may move to another state where they have a clean record. Since Healthgrades painstakingly compiles disciplinary action information from all 50 states, Healthgrades website will show if a physician has a disciplinary action in more than one state.
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  Board Actions

  No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.

  What are board actions

  What are board actions?

  Board actions are non-disciplinary actions imposed upon a doctor based on a complaint investigation. A patient or medical colleague may file a complaint with that state medical board or professional licensing organization, which then investigates the complaint. Board actions are intended to ensure that a doctor is able to perform safe medical and health care tasks.

  Types of non-disciplinary actions include an advisory letter, a corrective action agreement, a limitation or restriction on the medical or healthcare tasks a doctor can perform, or a voluntary agreement by the doctor not to practice. A board action can also include a termination of a corrective action agreement or voluntary agreement, which allows the doctor to return to full practice.

  If my doctor has a board action, does that mean he or she is a poor-quality doctor?

  If a doctor has a board action, it means he or she has had a non-disciplinary action imposed upon him or her. It does not necessarily mean that he or she is a poor quality doctor. Before you make any choices about changing your doctor, evaluate the doctor's board action information and determine how severe or relevant you think the cause and action were.

  How far back does Healthgrades non-disciplinary board action history go?

  Healthgrades reports non-disciplinary board action history from for the previous five years, except when a doctor's license has been revoked or surrendered. Healthgrades displays all actions for doctors whose licenses have been revoked or surrendered.

  For which states does Healthgrades collect non-disciplinary board actions?

  Healthgrades collects non-disciplinary board actions from all 50 U.S. states.

• Gastroenterology
• Internal Medicine

• Abdominal Cancer
• Abdominal Disorders
• Abdominal Pain
• Achalasia
• Acid Peptic Diseases
• Acid Reflux
• Acute Abdominal Pain
• Alanine Transaminase
• Alcoholic Liver Disease
• Alkaline Phosphatase Elevation
• Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Anal Disorders
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• Anal Itch
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Ascites
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Autoimmune Hepatitis
• Bacterial Infections of the Digestive Tract
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Diseases of the Intestine
• Benign Diseases of the Pancreas
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
• Benign Tumor
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Bile Duct Obstruction
• Bile Duct Stricture
• Biliary Atresia
• Biliary Cirrhosis
• Biliary Colic
• Biliary Disorders
• Biliary Dyskinesia
• Blood Disorders
• Cancer
• Canker Sore
• Caroli's Disease
• Celiac Disease
• Cholangitis
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Choledochal Cyst
• Cholestasis
• Chronic Active Hepatitis
• Chronic Constipation
• Chronic Diarrhea
• Chronic Digestive Disorders
• Chronic Infectious Diarrhea
• Chronic Inflammatory Diarrhea
• Chronic Liver Failure
• Chronic Osmotic Diarrhea
• Chronic Recurrent Abdominal Pain
• Chronic Secretory Diarrhea
• Chronic Steatorrheal Diarrhea
• Chronic Viral Hepatitis
• Cirrhosis
• Cirrhosis, Familial
• Colitis
• Colitis-Like Hematochezia
• Collagenous Celiac Disease
• Collagenous Colitis
• Colon Cancer
• Colon Disorders
• Colon Mass
• Colon Polyp
• Colon Stricture
• Colonic Diverticulosis
• Colonic Inertia
• Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Polyp
• Constipation
• Crohn's Disease
• Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome
• Cryptogenic Cirrhosis
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
• Dehydration
• Diabetic Diarrhea
• Diaphragmatic Hernia, Congenital
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Diarrhea
• Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli
• Digestive Disorders
• Distal Colorectal Cancer
• Distal Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers
• Diverticular Diseases
• Diverticulitis
• Diverticulitis, Intestinal
• Diverticulosis
• Diverticulosis, Intestinal
• Drug-Induced Liver Disease
• Duodenal Cancer
• Duodenal Ulcer
• Duodenitis
• Dysphagia
• E. coli Food Poisoning
• Enteritis
• Enterocolitis
• Enterocutaneous Fistula
• Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli Infection
• Esophageal Achalasia and Cardiospasm
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Dilation
• Esophageal Diseases
• Esophageal Diverticulum
• Esophageal Motility Disorders
• Esophageal Stricture
• Esophageal Ulcer
• Esophageal Varices
• Esophagitis
• Familial Colorectal Cancer
• Familial Polyposis
• Fatty Liver Disease
• Fistula
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Gallstones
• Gas-Bloat Syndrome
• Gastresophageal Reflux-Related Chronic Cough
• Gastric Erosion
• Gastric Ulcer
• Gastrinoma
• Gastritis
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastroenterologic Cancer (Colon, Stomach, Esophageal, Liver)
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Gastrointestinal Malabsorption
• Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors
• Gastrojejunal Ulcer
• Gastroparesis
• Giardia
• Gilbert's Syndrome
• Hamartomatous Colorectal Cancer
• Heartburn
• Helicobacter Pylori Gastrointestinal Tract Infection
• Hematochezia
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemorrhoids
• Hepatic Encephalopathy
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis B - Immune Response
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis G
• Hepatitis X (Non - A, - B, - C, - D, - E)
• Hepatobiliary Cancer
• Hepatocellular Cancer
• Hepatorenal Syndrome
• Hernia
• Hiatal Hernia
• IBS Associated With Endometriosis
• IBS Associated With Giardiasis
• IBS Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• IBS Associated With Pain Disorders
• IBS Associated With Psychological Disorders
• Idiopathic Liver Cirrhosis
• Indigestion
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Intestinal Cancer
• Intestinal Diseases
• Intestinal Epithelial Dysplasia
• Intestinal Fistula
• Intestinal Ischemia
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Parasite
• Intestinal Polyp
• Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
• Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) of Pancreas
• Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Iron Overload
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Characterized by Constipation
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Alternating Bowel Habit
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea
• Large Bowel Obstruction
• Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
• Liver Abscess
• Liver Cancer
• Liver Damage from Alcohol
• Liver Diseases and Disorders
• Liver Enlargement
• Liver Failure
• Liver Fibrosis
• Liver Tumor
• Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
• Lymphocytic Colitis
• Malabsorption and Malnutrition
• Malignant Diseases of the Intestine
• Malignant Diseases of the Pancreas
• Malnutrition
• Megacolon
• Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia
• Microscopic Collagenous Colitis
• Microscopic Lymphocytic Colitis
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Nausea
• Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract
• Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
• Non-Neonatal Jaundice
• Noninfectious Gastroenteritis and Colitis
• Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer, Familial
• Pancolitis
• Pancreas Tumor
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancreatic Cystic Lesions
• Pancreatic Disease
• Pancreatic Insufficiency
• Pancreatic Pseudocyst
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic Ulcer
• Pernicious Anemia
• Pinworm
• Polyp of Gallbladder
• Polyps
• Primary Biliary Cholangitis
• Pseudomembranous Colitis
• Rapid Gastric Emptying
• Rectal Bleeding
• Rectal Cancer
• Rectal Diseases
• Rectal Pain
• Rectal Prolapse
• Rectal Ulcer
• Rectal-Colon Bleeding
• Rectosigmoid Neoplasm
• Reflux Esophagitis
• Reflux Laryngitis
• Severe Constipation
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Small Intestine Disorders
• Small Intestine Diverticulosis
• Stomach Bleeding
• Stomach Cancer
• Stomach Diseases
• Stomach Tumor
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Swallowing Disorders
• Thrush
• Ulcer
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Ulcerative Proctosigmoiditis
• Unexplained Weight Loss
• Varices
• Vascular Insufficiency of Intestines
• Viral Hepatitis
• Vomiting
• Vomiting Disorders
• Whipple's Disease
• Wilson's Disease
• Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

• Medical School

  Saba University / School of Medicine

  Graduated in 2002

• Internship Hospital

  Ochsner Clinic Foundation

  Completed in 2003

• Residency Hospital

  Ochsner Clinic Foundation

  Completed in 2005

• Fellowship Hospital

  Ochsner Clinic Foundation

  Completed in 2008

• Undergraduate School

  The University of Iowa

  Graduated in 1995

• English

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• Gastroenterology

• Ablation
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Biliary Drainage
• Biopsy
• Biopsy of Affected Tissue
• Bravo pH Testing
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Colon Cancer Screening
• Colonoscopy
• Colonoscopy With Polypectomy
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Conscious Sedation
• Diagnostic Endoscopy
• Duodenal Polypectomy
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
• ERCP With Spincterotomy
• Endoscopic Common Bile Duct Stone Removal
• Endoscopic Polypectomy
• Endoscopy
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• Esophageal Dilatation
• Esophageal pH Monitoring
• Esophagogastroscopy
• Esophagoscopy
• Excision of Stomach Tumor
• Gastric Tube Insertion
• Gastroenterology Procedures
• Gastroparesis Therapy
• IV Sedation
• Intestinal Biopsy
• Liver Biopsy
• Moderate Sedation
• Opening of Bile Ducts
• Percutaneous Edoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
• Polypectomy
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Screening Colonoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Snare Polypectomy
• Therapeutic Colonoscopy
• Therapeutic ERCP
• Therapeutic Endoscopy