At Parkside Surgery Center, we provide quality care to all our patients in a warm and compassionate environment that results in patient satisfaction. Our personalized approach does not stop with diagnosis and treatment it begins and continues with continuous patient communication and education, knowing more about your problem how to prevent it, how we would treat it, and how to live with it that is our mission.
Dr. Nelson Tajong earned his MD degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Maryland Medical System/VA Medical Center in Baltimore, MD followed by his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Tajong is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Tajong is married with three children and currently resides in Montgomery County.
Qualification
Board Certified :
- Board Certified Gastroenterologist
Specialty :
- Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Medical Education
- Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Internships & Residency
- University of Maryland - Graduate Medical Services
Fellowship
- Albert Einstein Medical Center - Academic Affairs
Research Projects In Progress
- Interaction of proton pump inhibitors and H2 blockers
- Proton pump Inhibitor efficacy and the emergence of PPI resistance
- Evaluation of Colonoscopy Preparation regimens
Lectures/Presentations
- Pooled and WIP Polyp Miss Rates in Colonoscopy: A review of the literature; GI Journal Club AEMC April 2005
- Multidose Delivery of PPI via enteral feeding tubes: Poster presentation at North American Conference Of GI fellows, Orlando, FL March 2005
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: What Primary Care Doctors and other health professionals should know. Temple University School Of Medicine June 2004