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 Phone: 205-939-9918
Fax: 205-939-9919
Location: Children's Hospital Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) Suite 618
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The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at The Childrens Hospital of Alabama and Department of Pediatrics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and management of all pediatric gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional problems. These may include such common conditions like gastroesophageal reflux, abdominal pain, constipation to complex problems like inflammatory bowel disease, liver transplants, metabolic diseases and nutrional disorders. The Division provides both inpatient and outpatient consultative services. Some of the problems commonly seen are:
| Abdominal pain |
Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis |
| Constipation |
Hepatitis |
| Cystic Fibrosis |
Lipid disorders |
| Cholestasis |
Liver problems |
| Celiac Disease |
Liver and small bowel transplants |
| Crohn's Disease |
Malabsorption |
| Diarrhea |
Metabolic liver disease |
| Esophagitis-reflux and Eosinophilic |
Motility disorders |
| Eosinophilic Colitis |
Obesity |
| Fecal Incontinence |
Familial Polyposis syndromes |
| Feeding disorders |
Pancreatitis - acute and chronic |
| Failure to thrive |
Pancreatobiliary disease |
| GE Reflux |
Short Bowel Syndrome |
| GI bleeding-both upper and lower |
Ulcerative Colitis |
GI infections
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Vomiting |
State of the art GI laboratory and endoscopy facilities perform number of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures which include:
- Upper and lower endoscopy with biopsies
- Polypectomies
- Variceal Sclerotherapy and Banding
- Foreign body removal from upper GI tract
- PEG Placement
- Dilatations
- Percutaneous liver biopsies
- PH probe
- Hydrogen Breath Testing
- Anorectal motility Testing
Multidisciplinary patient centered care is the focus of the Division. Close interaction with Pediatric Surgery, Radiology, Pathology, Anesthesiology and Nutrition services provide ample opportunity for optimizing patient care. Special interests of the Division Members include GER, abdominal pain, motility disorders, liver disease, lipid disorders, functional GI disorders, childhood obesity, and inflammatory bowel disease. An ACGME accredited subspecialty training program offers subspecialty residents wide range of clinical experience.
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