About Pediatric Gastroenterology

If your child has a digestive, liver or nutritional problem, a pediatric gastroenterologist can diagnosis and treat the problem. Pediatric gastroenterologists treat patients ranging in age from newborn to teens. These doctors specialize in pediatric gastroenterology.

• Pediatric gastroenterology is the study and treatment of children with disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, or GI tract.




• This study includes diseases of the digestive organs, including the stomach, esophagus, intestines, pancreas, liver and gall bladder in children.




• Pediatric gastroenterology focuses on problems unique to children, including growth, maturation, physical and emotional development and age-related social issues.




• Pediatric gastroenterologists treat conditions such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer in the GI tract, and jaundice in infants, children and adolescents.