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The Medical Procedures Unit (MPU) commonly provides the following specialized gastrointestinal services:
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734-936-9250 |
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Medical Procedures Unit
2nd floor
University Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
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HOURS: The MPU has scheduled services Monday through Friday. Procedures are scheduled from 7:00 am through 4:00 pm and the recovery room is open until 7:00 pm. An on-call staff services the adult and pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy service, and the pulmonary bronchoscopy service overnight and on weekends. About 75% of the MPU customers are outpatients and 25% are inpatients. In excess of 14,000 procedures were completed last year.
DIRECTIONS: The MPU is located on the second level of University Hospital. From either the main entrance of the Taubman Center or any level in the patient/visitor parking structure, take the elevator to Floor 2. When you exit the elevator, enter the Taubman Center and turn to your right. Walk straight ahead to the end of the hallway and turn to your left. You will come to a set of elevators. Go through the double doorway on your right across from the elevators. This takes you into University Hospital. Turn left and then make an immediate right down the first hallway. (If you come to the cashiers office or gift shop you have gone too far.) Continue down the hallway past the chapel, which will be on your right, and into the MPU. The receptionist will check you in. Please be sure to have your University of Michigan Hospitals identification card with you. If you have any difficulty finding your way, please ask any hospital employee for assistance or pick up one of the clearly-identified help phones located throughout the Medical Center.
MISSION: The mission of the MPU is to provide outstanding medical care and education, promote the advancement of clinical research in the field of digestive diseases, and underscore the University of Michigan Health System as a model of excellence in clinical medicine. The MPU provides Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Adult Pulmonary Bronchoscopy, Transtracheal Oxygen Therapy, and Cardiac Biopsy.
OTHER SERVICES PERFORMED: The MPU opened in 1991 and currently includes the following programs: Medicine Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, including colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, dilation procedures, esophageal sclerotherapy and banding, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, YAG laser, argon plasma coagulator, liver biopsy, paracentesis, therapeutic rectal procedures, banding, and Botox. Surgical gastrointestinal and thoracic endoscopy; pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy; pulmonary bronchoscopy; cardiac biopsy and right heart catheterization; anesthesia pain services; rheumatology deep muscle biopsy and fine-needle arthroscopy; gastrointestinal physiology laboratory including motility studies, H. pylori testing and others; and cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs and recovery room services. |
