Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Pediatric

Provides care to children with diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (esophagus, stomach and bowel) and / or liver.

Diagnoses and provides long-term management of gastrointestinal (GI) tract (e.g., esophagus, stomach, bowels) diseases and / or the liver. This includes:

• gastroesophageal reflux disease (heartburn)
• eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (allergies) and food intolerance
• peptic ulcer disease (stomach sores)
• severe functional gastrointestinal diseases (stomach muscles not working correctly)
• gastrointestinal motility disorders (stomach hurts a lot and may need medicine or different food)
• inflammatory bowel disease (stomach pain that may need medicine)
• celiac disease (gluten allergy)
• children with Intestinal failure - Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) dependent (kids who can't eat food by mouth, given food through a tube)
• chronic diarrhea
• failure to thrive after pediatric assessment (kids not growing well)
• liver disease (chronic and acute) (liver problems)
• liver and multivisceral (small intestine, and other abdominal organs at the same time) transplantation