Welcome to the Gastroenterology Section
Our Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition program provides testing, treatment and management of a wide variety of disorders for the state of Louisiana and surrounding region at the only freestanding children's hospital in the Greater New Orleans area.
We care for all children with gastrointestinal, pancreatic and hepatic disorders in Louisiana and the surrounding region. Some of the common conditions that we treat include:
- Growth failure and malnutrition
- Malabsorption
- Gastrointestinal allergy
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Hepatobiliary disease
- Digestive tract anomalies
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Functional bowel disorders
- Pancreatitis
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Gastrointestinal problems in the immune-compromised host
- Motility disorders
- Gastrointestinal complications of eating disorders
- Management of short bowel syndrome
- Tumors of the gastrointestinal system
- Psychosocial Aspects of the gastrointestinal system