Gastroenterology Clinical Services
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Gastroenterology Clinical Services

Services Offered

The Division of Gastroenterology offers clinical services for all areas of pediatric gastroenterology, providing over 17,500 outpatient visits and performing over 2,500 procedures annually. We have three Kansas City metro area locations, along with outreach clinics in Joplin, Springfield, Salina, and Wichita. The nutrition support team works closely with Children's Home Care and other agencies to provide complicated home enteral and parenteral nutrition services in the child's home.

Commonly treated conditions

  • Abdominal pain
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Constipation
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Obesity-related liver disease
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Gastrointestinal polyps
  • Liver disease
    • Biliary disease
    • Hepatitis
  • Malabsorption/failure to thrive
  • Liver transplantation
  • Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
  • Celiac disease

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