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