Pediatric Gastroenterology

Specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders for infants, children and adolescents.

The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is dedicated to the treatment of a wide variety of gastrointestinal conditions in infants, children and adolescents with a multidisciplinary approach.

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The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is dedicated to the treatment of a wide variety of gastrointestinal conditions in children and adolescents. The team employs a multidisciplinary approach that brings together an array of specialists to deliver personalized care to the patient and family.

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center provides comprehensive support and management for children and young adults with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, while the Gastrointestinal (GI) Center offers nutritional assessment and counseling for overweight children, as well as those with dietary restrictions. Consultations with the division’s board-certified pediatric gastroenterologists are offered in both English and Spanish at the hospital’s main campus near Coral Gables and Nicklaus Children’s outpatient centers located from southern Miami-Dade to northern Palm Beach Counties.

Gastroenterology Tests and Procedures

• 24-Hour Esophageal pH Monitoring
• Anorectal Malformation Repair
• Anorectal Manometry
• Antroduodenal Manometry
• Appendicostomy
• Balloon G-J Tube
• Bariatric Surgery
• Barium Swallow (Modified)
• Biliary Dilatation
• Biliary Reconstruction
• Body Composition Test
• BRAVO Placement
• Cholecystectomy
• Cholesterol Screening
• Colectomy
• Colonic Manometry
• Colonoscopy
• Contrast Enema
• CT Scan (Computed Tomography)
• Delorme Procedure
• Diagnostic Small Bowel Aspirates
• Dilatation
• Disaccharidases
• Double-Balloon Enteroscopy
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Endoscopy
• Enema Administration
• ERCP Test
• Esophageal Dilatation
• Esophageal Impedance-pH Study
• Esophageal Manometry
• Esophagoggastroduodenoscopy
• Esophogram
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Fluid Aspiration and Drainage
• Fluoroscopy
• Foker Process
• Foreign Object Removal
• Fundoplication
• Gastric Emptying Study
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scan
• Gastrojejunal Tube Placement
• Helicobacter Pylori Screening
• Hepatobiliary Scan
• Hydrogen Breath Test
• IB-STIM
• I-cell Disease Test
• Impedance/pH Probe
• Infliximab
• Intestinal Ultrasound (IUS)
• Lactose Intolerance Test
• Liver Biopsy
• Low-Profile Balloon J Tube
• Meckels Diverticulum Scan
• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• Nasogastric Laxative Cleanout
• Nasojejunal Tube
• Organic Acid Quantitation (Succinylacetone)
• Paracentesis
• Percutaneous Cecostomy Tube Placement
• Percutaneous Gastrojejunostomy
• Percutaneous Gastrostomy Feeding Tube Placement
• Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram
• pH Probe Study
• Polypectomy
• Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty
• Proctectomy
• Pull-Through Procedures for Hirschsprung's
• Rectal Suction Biopsy
• Salivagram
• Single-balloon Enteroscopy
• Small Bowel Biopsy
• Sphingomyelinase
• Stricture Dilation
• Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE)
• Upper Gastrointestinal Study

Conditions We Treat

• Abdominal Pain (chronic and recurrent)
• Abdominal Wall Abnormalities
• Achalasia
• Acute Liver Failure
• Alagille Syndrome
• Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Anorectal Malformation
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Appendicitis
• Ascites
• Atresia
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Autoimmune Enteropathy
• Autoimmune Hepatitis
• Bile Acid Synthesis Defects
• Biliary Artresia
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bulimia
• Carbohydrate Malabsorption
• Celiac Disease
• Choledochal Cysts
• Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
• Cirrhosis of the Liver
• Cloacal Exstrophy
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis
• Congenital Hepatitis B
• Constipation
• Crohn's Disease
• Cyclic Vomiting
• Drug-induced Liver Disease
• Dysphagia
• Encopresis
• Enteric duplication
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Esophageal Atresia
• Esophagitis
• Failure to thrive
• Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
• Familial Pancreatitis
• Fatty Liver
• Fecal Incontinence
• Feeding Disorders or Difficulties
• Food Allergies
• Food Poisoning
• Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome
• Functional Abdominal Pain
• Functional Constipation
• Gallbladder Disease
• Gastritis
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (GE Reflux)
• Gastrointestinal Parasites
• Gastrointestinal Polyposis
• Gastroparesis
• Genetic/Metabolic Diseases of the Liver
• GI Bleeding
• Giardia and other GI Infections
• Helicobacter Pylori
• Hernia
• Hirschsprung's Disease
• Imperforated Anus
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Intestinal Atresia, and Stenosis and Intestinal Cysts
• Intestinal Dysmotility
• Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus
• Intra-abdominal cyst
• Intractable Abdominal Pain
• Intussusception
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Jejunal Atresia
• Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome
• Lactose Intolerance
• Malnutrition
• Meckel's Diverticulum
• Meconium Aspiration
• Megaloblastic Anemia
• Megaloblastic Pernicious Anemia
• Mitochondrial Hepatopathies
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neonatal Hepatitis
• Pancreatic Insufficiency
• Peptic Ulcers
• Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
• Polyposis
• Portal Hypertension Liver Disease
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
• Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
• Protein-Losing Enteropathy
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Rectal Prolapse
• Rumination Syndrome
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
• Small Bowel Atresia
• Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth
• Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers
• Stridor
• TPN-Associated Cholestasis
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Viral Hepatitis
• Viruses, Bacteria and Parasites in the Digestive Tract
• Wilson's Disease

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