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Pediatric Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders:
Comprehensive Clinical and Research Program
For children with gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders, eating and digesting often becomes uncomfortable — even painful — and malnourishment is a risk. The child’s esophagus, stomach or intestines don't function normally, but the cause can be hard to pinpoint, making both diagnosis and treatment difficult. Many of these children don’t show outward symptoms of their conditions, but the stress and embarrassment they cause is significant.
Launched thanks to a generous gift from the Braman and Lustgarten families, the new Suzi and Scott Lustgarten Center for GI Motility provides diagnostic resources and integrated patient-centered services, including:
- assessment of clinical status,
- diagnostic studies,
- psychological and social work support
- nutritional interventions,
- coordination of care with other healthcare providers, and
- long-term follow-up care that is focused on the patient’s quality of life.
Such a full spectrum of services is not available at most children's hospitals.
Clinical care: If it can be done, it can be done here
It is the ongoing collaboration of a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive care for your child, the fullest support for your family and positive outcomes for the range of functional GI motility disorders.
Gastroenterologists with special expertise in motility diseases evaluate and direct the management of care of children with these conditions. They work with the assistance of nurses, nutritionists and physicians from throughout The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Learn more about our clinical care programs.
Innovative research: New answers, new hope
Physicians and scientists from the Lustgarten Center are recognized leaders in both laboratory and clinical research on functional GI disorders. As a major referral center caring for a large number of children each year, we are able to draw upon a vast pool of data for our research efforts.
The presence of leading researchers in all areas of pediatrics at Children's Hospital encourages cross-collaboration.
Learn more about our groundbreaking research.
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