Digestive and Metabolic Diseases

Pediatric GI and Nutrition

The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology is perpetrated to provide the highest quality medical care and  state-of-the-art techniques in the evaluation and treatment of gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders. Pediatric  Gastroenterology constitutes  one of the broadest pediatric subspecialities. Realm  of interest include luminal conditions, hepatology, pancreatic diseases, and nutritional disorders, along with interactions between these (such as luminal disorders disrupting nutrition). Furthermore, pediatric gastroenterology services regularly intersect with almost all other subspecialities. Pediatric gastroenterology faces many different challenges. These include the type and character of the conditions cared for, the changing patterns of conditions over time, new developments and technologies, and expanding knowledge.