Dr. Charles Harold Barrier, MD

Dr. Charles Barrier is a gastroenterologist with nearly five decades of medical experience serving patients throughout western North Carolina. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and completed his residency training at the University of Alabama Hospital. With 47 years of dedicated practice, Dr. Barrier brings extensive expertise to digestive health care. He is fluent in both English and Spanish, allowing him to serve a diverse patient community.

Dr. Barrier practices at Harris Regional Hospital and sees patients at Western Carolina Digestive Consultants and Endoscopy Center in Franklin, North Carolina. He specializes in treating common digestive conditions such as GERD, esophagitis, and colon polyps. His procedural expertise includes performing colonoscopies and lower GI endoscopies to diagnose and monitor digestive health concerns. Patients consistently rate Dr. Barrier highly for his care, giving him an average rating …of 5.0 out of 5 stars.