Gastroenterology

If your child has been complaining of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, their primary care provider may refer them to a gastroenterologist. Our team of pediatric gastroenterologists, clinicians, dieticians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and speech therapists provide multidisciplinary care to patients and families with all forms of complex gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders.

Our digestive health services include:

  • Gastroenterology – Focused on the gastrointestinal tract, this specialty includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, colon, rectum, gallbladder, liver, and bile ducts.
  • Hepatology – This is a subspecialty of gastroenterology and focuses exclusively on the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas.
  • Nutrition – Your child’s diet plays an important role in their overall health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary clinical team can assess your child’s current diet and identify any known allergies to guide you to choose nutritionally balanced meals.

Common Gastroenterology Conditions

We offer wide range of services for specific diagnoses, some examples include:

  • Inflammatory bowel and autoimmune gut diseases
  • Intestinal failure with the need for long term nutritional support such as TPN
  • Celiac disease
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disorders
  • Intestinal neuromuscular disorders such intestinal pseudo-obstruction
  • Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease with complex food allergy
  • Acute and chronic hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders such as neonatal hepatitis, congenital biliary atresia and end stage liver diseases
  • Congenital and genetically inherited GI and hepatobiliary disorders
  • Pre and post liver transplant care for children dealing with serious gastrointestinal disorders.

In addition to general gastroenterology clinics, we offer highly specialized clinics for each of the following conditions:

  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Celiac Disease
  • Intestinal failure
  • Complex allergy
  • Liver disorders
  • Aerodigestive disorders

The following procedures will be carried out regularly to diagnose different types of gastrointestinal disorders:

  • Diagnostic and interventional endoscopy and colonoscopy
  • Enteroscopy
  • Video capsule endoscopy
  • Ultrasound guided liver biopsies
  • 24 hours esophageal impedance
  • Electrogastrography
  • Foregut and hind gut manometry studies
  • Hydrogen breath test

Please contact us today if you would like to know more about our gastroenterology services.