- Dr. Ira L Flax, MD
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Dr. Ira L Flax, MD
Gastroenterology - Texas, Houston
Overview
Dr. Ira L Flax, MD works in Houston, Texas is a specialist in Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and graduated Baylor Affil Hosps in 1975. Dr. Flax is affiliated with Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and practicing for 49 years
Specialties
- Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
• Blindness
• Chronic Pain Management
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Cirrhosis
• da Vinci® Prostate Removal
• da Vinci® Prostate Surgery
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Duodenitis
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• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Endophthalmitis
• Esophageal Achalasia and Cardiospasm
• Ethmoidectomy (Sinus Surgery)
• Exercise Management
• Female Pelvic Disorders
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Guar Gum Allergy
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Islet Cell Adenoma
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Lens Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Optic Ataxia
• Orbital Fracture
• Orbital Lymphoma
• Panic Disorder With Agorapobia
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Radiesse® Injections
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Restylane® Injections
• Retinal Laser Photocoagulation
• Retinal Testing
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Scrambler Therapy (ST5)
• Screening Colonoscopy
• Shoulder Arthroscopy
• Stomach Surgery
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Throat Culture
• Throat Swab
• Thromboendarterectomy or Excision of Infected Graft
• Vaginal Cancer
• Vulvar Cancer
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anemia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
• Biliary Atresia
• Biliary Drainage
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Cirrhosis
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Colorectal Cancer
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• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Diverticulitis, Intestinal
• Diverticulosis, Intestinal
• Diverticulum of Esophagus
• Duodenal Ulcer
• Duodenitis
• Dysphagia
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• Enteritis
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
• Esophageal Achalasia and Cardiospasm
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Ulcer
• Esophageal Varices
• Esophagitis
• Gas-Bloat Syndrome
• Gastric Ulcer
• Gastritis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Gastrointestinal Malabsorption
• Gastrojejunal Ulcer
• Heartburn
• Hemorrhoids
• Hepatitis B - Immune Response
• Hepatitis C
• Indigestion
• Intestinal Abscess
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Lactose Intolerance
• Malnutrition
• Manometry
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic Ulcer
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Unexplained Weight Loss
• Vascular Insufficiency of Intestines
• Vomiting Disorders
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 49
State License
- Texas
Spoken Languages
- Spanish
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Baylor Affil Hosps
Houston, TX, USA
Year completed: 1975
Houston, TX, USA
Year completed: 1975
Fellowship Hospital
Med College Va
Richmond, VA, USA
Year completed: 1979
Richmond, VA, USA
Year completed: 1979
Medical School
Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Medicine
Richmond, VA, United States
Graduated: 1974
Richmond, VA, United States
Graduated: 1974
Awards
1 ACG
2 ACP
3 AGA
4 AMA
5 ASGE
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Office Locations
Primary location
Digestive and Liver Specialists of Houston
915 Gessner Road Suite 850
Texas (TX)
Houston
77024
Phone:(713) 461-1026
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Digestive and Liver Specialists of Houston, 915 Gessner Road Suite 850, Houston, Texas (TX), 77024
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GEHA
- Golden Rule
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HAP Insurance
- Health Alliance
- HealthPartners
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MHealth Insured
- Molina
- Molina Healthcare
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Old Surety Life Insurance CompanyMedicare
- Old Surety Life Insurance CompanyMedicare MCR
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Principal Life
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Health Plans
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Universal American
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