ST. LOUIS – Esse Health St. Louis Gastroenterology Consultants welcomes gastroenterologist Dr. (Susan) Hongha, Vu-James, M.D. to its staff. Dr. Vu-James will begin seeing patients at St. Anthony Physician Office Center, 10012 Kennerly Road, Suite 101, St. Louis, MO and SSM St. Clare, 1011 Bowles Avenue, Suite 121, Fenton, MO locations effective August 1, 2013.

Vu-James recently completed her fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital after serving her residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH. She has a particular interest in colorectal cancer screening, inflammatory bowel disease and women’s health. Vu-James is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. She is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine.

St. Louis Gastroenterology Consultants, P.C. joined Esse Health this past May after more than 25 years in business. Board-certified physicians Sajid Ansari, M.D., Timothy T. Brady, M.D., James Dimitroff, M.D., and Picha Moolsintong, M.D. accompanied the move to Esse Health. The practice is located at St. Anthony’s Medical Center and SSM St. Clare Health Center, and all physicians are also on staff at Des Peres Hospital and Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

Esse Health is a St. Louis-based, independent physician group that strives to improve the overall well-being of its patients through patient education, lifestyle modification and prevention. With 35 locations throughout the St. Louis and Metro East area, Esse Health’s services include asthma, allergy and immunology, family medicine, internal medicine, nutrition, pediatrics, radiology, urology, cardiology and gastroenterology. Esse Health is recognized as a leader in using technology in health care and physician accountability for both quality and cost-of-care. For more information on Esse Health, visit www.essehealth.com.