Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford is nationally ranked in Gastroenterology and GI Surgery by U.S. News & World Report.
The Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology team diagnoses and manages gastrointestinal (digestive) and liver disorders and nutritional problems in infants and children. We use a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to treat a number of problems, including:
We also provide:
- Training and follow-up support for use of home enteral or parenteral nutrition. A child on enteral nutrition receives a mixture of liquid food through a tube into the stomach or small bowel. A child on parenteral nutrition receives a mixture of liquid food through an intravenous (IV) needle.
- Evaluation of candidates for pediatric liver transplant
- Gastroenterology and hepatology outreach clinics throughout the western United States