The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Schneider Children's Hospital is dedicated to providing comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services for children from infancy to adolescence with a wide variety of problems of the gastrointestinal tract, liver or biliary system, as well as children with nutritional disorders. We also strive to educate our patients and their families about their problems as well as training medical students, residents, and fellows in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
We are fully equipped to perform a number of diagnostic procedures to help make a definitive diagnosis. The diagnostic center includes state-of-the-art endoscopic equipment allowing for complete evaluation of the upper and lower intestine. These procedures can be performed in an out-patient setting within our endoscopy suite, utilizing conscious sedation when necessary. Other tests that can be performed include testing to look for excessive amounts of acid reflux into the esophagus, tests that can look for abnormalities in the motility of the upper and lower GI tract, biopsy of the liver, and tests that can determine the amount of calories required for proper growth.
The staff is diversified in its interests with special expertise in the diagnosis and management of a variety of conditions that include:
- Recurrent abdominal pain
- Constipation/Encopresis
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Chronic vomiting
- Failure to thrive
- Food allergy
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Intestinal allergy
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Celiac disease
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Malabsorption/Chronic diarrhea
- Short-bowel syndrome
- Liver and biliary tract disorders (genetic and acquired)
- Hepatitis
- Pancreatic disorders
