Meet Oksana Anand , MD

Title: Doctor Of Medicine

Dr. Anand became fascinated with Gastroenterology as a specialty as a fourth-year medical student. She felt it was a perfect blend of intellectual stimulation and procedural skill. Her choice was reaffirmed after her father received the diagnosis of metastatic esophageal cancer.

After successfully completing her Internal Medicine Residency, followed by Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, KS and prior to joining Rapid City Medical Center in 2016, she worked as a general gastroenterologist in rural Kansas and North Dakota. Although, Dr. Anand cares for patients with all gastrointestinal conditions, her special clinical interest includes diagnosis and management of Celiac disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), women's GI health (chronic constipation, pelvic floor dysfunction, accidental bowel leakage), colon cancer screening and treatment of clostridium difficile associated diarrhea utilizing pharmacological options and fecal microbiota transplant. In addition to being proficient in general endoscopic procedures such as upper endoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, and flexible sigmoidoscopy, Dr. Anand is also trained in interpreting wireless capsule endoscopy (PillCam), wireless SmartPill (studies the gut's motility), esophageal manometry and in performance of a non-surgical treatment of hemorrhoids using CRH O'Regan system.

Dr. Anand is Board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and has been a member of the American College of Gastroenterology since 2008. In her practice as a general gastroenterologist, she combines evidence-based principles of western allopathic medicine with a functional (integrative) approach in order to achieve optimal, life-long lasting results for her patients. Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine, once said, "All disease begins in the gut." Dr. Anand strongly believes this to be true and has made it her mission to help patients heal their bodies by healing their gut.