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Eastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology and Liver Specialists Now Part of Lehigh Valley Health Network
Patients have access to a larger network of resources
Lehigh Valley, Pa. (January 02, 2025) – – Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) have announced that Eastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology and Liver Specialists (EPGI) became a part of LVHN on Dec. 31, 2024. The first day of service under LVHN is Jan. 2, 2025.
The addition of EPGI into the LVHN team offers patients access to a larger network of resources. In addition, it will provide tighter continuity of care across the entire system. LVHN, which is now part of Jefferson Health, is the largest and most progressive health care provider in the Lehigh Valley region.
“This transition will not change anything for patients who have relied on EPGI for their gastrointestinal medical needs,” says Anthony Auteri, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, LVHN. “The same clinicians and staff will provide care and the locations of the offices will all remain the same.”
EPGI maintains four offices – located in Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe and Lackawanna counties – two of which are already LVPG locations. Care will be provided by a team of almost 30 gastroenterologists and advanced practice clinicians. In addition to providing colonoscopy and advanced endoscopy services, EPGI clinicians treat a broad range of gastrointestinal illnesses, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease and many other conditions affecting the liver and gastrointestinal system.
The three endoscopy centers, with locations in Allentown, Easton and East Stroudsburg, will remain joint ventures between LVHN and board-certified gastroenterology clinicians.
“LVHN is continuing its investment of the delivery of high-quality care to our community,” says Timothy Friel, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine. “We have maintained a strong and innovative partnership with EPGI for more than a decade and are taking this relationship to the next level. Our patients will now have the advantage of expanded, high-quality gastrointestinal and liver care all under the LVHN umbrella, which means more clinicians, more options and more services.”
About Jefferson
Lehigh Valley Health Network is now proudly part of Jefferson Health. Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the Greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce, dates to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200-plus undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, among the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Information provided to TVL by:
Jamie Stover
