GI Los Angeles | Gastroenterology Institute of Southern California

GI Los Angeles | Gastroenterology Institute of Southern California: The American Cancer Society also recommends everyone, beginning at age 50 and every 5 years afterwards, be screened for colorectal cancer. Besides a colonoscopy, Dr. Berookim’s GI Institute provides another state-of-the-art procedure, flexible sigmoidoscopy. Sigmoidoscopy is used in cancer screening and to determine the reason for rectal bleeding. This digestive health procedure assists Dr. Berookim’s diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other benign diseases of the lower intestine.