Infusion Center
Located at our West River location, University Gastroenterology Infusion Center provides patient-centric services in a comfortable setting. The staff is focused on creating an individualized infusion experience for patients that is convenient and efficient from beginning to end. Additionally, the Infusion Center of UGI is a lower-cost facility for infusion services than hospital-affiliated locations.
Our patients will find plenty of off-street parking in a private, securely monitored parking lot. Once inside, they are guided from the waiting room by the infusion nurse and escorted to our designated private intake area where they discuss any updates regarding their medical history. Patients can comfortably answer screening questions with the infusion nurse and will have their IV administered before proceeding into the main infusion room. Once in the infusion suite, they will receive their infusion, sitting comfortably in a reclining chair and enjoying juice, water, and snacks.
In addition to routinely treating patients with IBD, UGI’s expanded Infusion Center provides infusion therapy for many non-GI related conditions. Some of the most common infusion therapies provided at the center include the following medications:
Our infusion team works hard to accommodate patient requests, obtain insurance authorizations and interact with the prescribing physicians regularly.
Our expanding Research Department utilizes our Infusion Center to participate in studies of new and upcoming medications for patients with GI diseases.
Our Infusion Team
Dr. Philip McAndrew
Medical Director
Kristina Arel
Director of Infusion
Paul Lawrence Research
Infusion Charge Nurse
Arista Dupuis
Infusion Nurse
Darlene Donohue
Infusion Coordinator
Jennifer Kidd
Infusion Assistant
For more information about the services University Gastroenterology Infusion Center provides, call 401-421-6306.