Where in the DC area?

I've never encountered a GI practice willing to be available "on call," particularly for an unfamiliar patient. I would be nice if such a service existed, but most of us are stuck with EDs or Urgent care for such circumstances. Some practices will "squeeze in" established patients, of course. Good luck finding someone. I'm happy with my GI north of Baltimore, but hopefully you can find someone closer.

I see Dr. Hurley at Digestive Disease physicians in Alexandria, but like the previous poster, it's unlikely you'd be able to get in to see someone in an emergent situation. My suggestion would be to research the hospitals near where your staying, in case you need to go to the ER- there are several hospitals around the DC area, each with different specialty focuses!

When I lived in the area I saw Dr. Robert Eisdorfer at Digestive Disease Consultants in Rockville. He was kind and respected my intelligence. His office was very well run, too. I don't know if he has experience with j-pouches, though. 

Yes. I highly recommend Dr. Donald Colvin of Fairfax Colorectal. He performed my J-Pouch as well as several other members of this forum. I previously had seen Dr. Lee Smith of Washington Hospital Center but he retired. I am VERY pleased with the outcome of my surgery (knock on wood).  I would be more than glad to provide additional info if you'd like. Dr. Colvin works out of Inova Fairfax, which is in the DC area.

I live in DC, and I see Dr. Charabaty at Georgetown University Hospital. She's fantastic. If they have any problems, I'd suggest the Georgetown ER. I doubt any area doctor would be available "on call," so the ER would be the way to go. 

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I'm not very good at doing this on my phone & haven't been around my pc recently. Lol. At this point I'm more interested in scheduling a checkup for myself; not to make it all about me or anything like that. ;-)

Deathstalker, Dr Smith is the one that did my pouch all those years ago. I stopped seeing him regularly when he moved from GW to Washington Hospital Center; too inconvenient. I'll check-out the referral.

I see Dr. Vincent Obias at George Washington Hospital. He studied under Dr. Fazio at the Cleveland Clinic (Fazio did my J pouch). Would definitely recommend him to anyone in the area.