Pediatric gastroenterologyManaging digestive, liver and nutrition conditions

When your infant, child or teen feels abdominal pain or isn’t eating, you want treatment right away. UW Health Kids experts evaluate, treat and manage all types of conditions that impact children’s digestive tracts. Our team of digestive, liver and nutrition specialists care for chronic and complex issues of the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, biliary tree and pancreas.

Your child’s care team includes specialty-trained doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and dietitians. We provide inpatient, outpatient and procedural services through the following UW Health Kids specialty clinics:

Our research gives you access to clinical trials

We work to improve care for your child by studying digestive and liver conditions. UW Health Kids doctors and scientists help lead clinical trials. This gives you early access to the most advanced treatments.

Our current clinical trials test new ways to manage Crohn’s disease, liver disease and ulcerative colitis.

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Our pediatric experts have served the special needs of children for more than 100 years. We focus on each child’s unique needs and offer social and emotional support to help you and your child face even the most complex condition. Our long history includes the creation of medical advances that save lives around the world. Together, we get your child back to health and enjoying being a kid.
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  • Abdominal pain

  • Celiac disease

  • Constipation

  • Crohn’s disease

  • Diarrhea

  • Eosinophilic esophagitis and other eosinophilic diseases of the digestive tract

  • Failure to thrive

  • Food allergies

  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

  • Hirschsprung’s disease

  • Infant cow’s milk intolerance

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • Nausea

  • Peptic ulcers

  • Ulcerative colitis

  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

  • Autoimmune hepatitis

  • Biliary atresia

  • Hepatic steatosis

  • Hepatic fibrosis

  • Hepatitis B

  • Hepatitis C

  • Wilsons disease

  • Cholestatic liver diseases

  • Breath hydrogen tests

  • Capsule enteroscopy

  • Colonoscopy

  • Advanced endoscopy

  • pH Impedance probe

  • Liver biopsy

  • Liver transplant

  • Nutritional support, including placement of feeding tubes

  • Esophageal manometry

  • Anorectal manometry

  • ERCP

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    Christian Pribbernow receiving a hug from his mother, Kellie, in a hospital bed with a sloth stuffed animal

    Christian is always excited when he sees Dr. O’Connell, because he has always gone above and beyond to help Christian feel comfortable.

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