Surgeons

David McGroarty, MD

Dr. McGroarty specializes in gastroenterology.

Experience

Dr. McGroarty is part of a highly expert and practiced team of physicians and nurses skilled not just in colon cancer surveillance and treatment but in the management of all aspects of colonic disease including all types of colitis (infectious, inflammatory or diverticular) as well as the very troubling symptoms of irritable bowel disease.

Practice

Dr. McGroarty has a general gastroenterology practice dealing with diseases of the esophagus, upper and lower GI tract as well as the liver and pancreas. In addition, he has a special interest in small bowel disease being one of the first gastroenterologists in Richmond to incorporate the use of a wireless capsule, a now commonplace procedure, to exam the small bowel. He remains one of the few gastroenterologists in Central Virginia performing deep enteroscopy allowing more accurate diagnoses and management of difficult to reach small bowel lesions often avoiding surgery or locating for the surgeon where the problem is.

Education

Dr. McGroarty is a graduate of both Georgetown University College and Medical School. He received his postdoctoral training in Internal medicine and Gastroenterology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia. He then had the good fortune to start his GI practice in Richmond.

Profile

Dr. McGroarty is married with four wonderful children, three of whom are pursuing careers in some aspect of healthcare. He “bleeds blue for the Georgetown Hoyas” and is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Nursing and Healthcare Studies School at Georgetown. He keeps fit running and hiking with his wife and tries to keep up with old friends and family.