Volume 68 Number 2 March 2001	back to contents

The Evolution of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at The Mount Sinai Hospital	106-109
Jerome D. Waye, M.D.
Address correspondence to Jerome D. Waye, M.D., 650 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021.

ABSTRACT
Gastrointestinal endoscopy came to The Mount Sinai Hospital in the 1950s, along with the Wolf-Schindler gastroscope. In 1961, it was supplemented by the Eder-Hufford semi-flexible esophagoscope and later by the Olympus gastrocamera and then the Hirschowitz fiberoptic instruments from ACMI and Olympus. A formal training program was started by Jerome Waye in 1966 for flexible gastroscopy and esophagoscopy. In 1969, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was introduced. Colonoscopy was at first performed under x-ray control, and subsequently replaced by the nonfluoroscopic method of colonoscopic topography, which was developed by Dr. Waye. A full-time nurse who was in charge of the endoscopy unit founded the Society for Gastrointestinal Nurses and Assistants while working at The Mount Sinai Hospital.

KEY WORDS
Endoscopy, esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, ERCP, colonoscopy, Mount Sinai Hospital

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