William B Evans III, MD | Norton Medical Group

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Norton Gastroenterology Consultants of Louisville
3 Audubon Plaza Drive, Suite 530
Louisville, KY 40217
502-638-3700
Hi. I'm William Evans. Most of my friends call me Ben. I'm a gastroenterologists with Norton Healthcare. I specialize in therapeutic endoscopy. I chose gastroenterology many years ago when I was in medical school because the GI tract has the most variety of different organs that require treatment of a lot of other specialties in internal medicine. I chose therapeutic endoscopy because I enjoy the challenge of difficult procedures and complex patients. Patients who have liver disease, a disease of their biliary system of their liver and diseases of the pancreas. The procedures I perform will address many of those as well. The way I do that is try to give the patient the most information I can in the simplest terms possible. I do not like to talk to patients with medical terms. I use a lot of patient information handouts and I use a lot of diagrams of the gastrointestinal tract to explain what the disease processes going on and how some of the procedures and treatments I can provide can help them.
Not only am I a doctor, but I have been the caregiver of my mother as she battled esophageal cancer requiring surgery and monitoring afterwards. Unfortunately, my wife and I, our first child was born with an unknown illness requiring long stays at the Intensive Care Unit at the local hospital here in Louisville. That experience, although tragic, made our marriage stronger and it gave me a perspective of being on the side that my patients are when they are dealing with very difficult news or difficult situations. Growing up in Florida, my main passion and hobby was surfing, which is hard to do here in Kentucky, but I try to get down to Mexico or Central America a few times a year to go on surfing trips. Otherwise, I enjoy playing golf. And with three kids, I enjoy watching them play baseball, lacrosse, soccer and swim.