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Overview
Rady Children’s Hospital’s Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents – and the health of our community – through outstanding clinical care, world-renowned medical education and cutting-edge research for the conditions we treat.
Our interdisciplinary team, which features pediatric gastroenterologists and nurse practitioners, provides comprehensive care for children and adolescents. The team provides care for young patients with general gastroenterology disorders; liver disorders, including hepatitis, fatty liver, and biliary atresia; inflammatory bowel disease; motility and functional disorders; obesity; peptic disorders; eosinophilic esophagitis; polyposis and colon polyps; and feeding difficulties.
We also have a motility center to care for children and adolescents with motility and functional disorders. The center is the first of its kind on the West Coast — and one of the few pediatric motility programs in the country.
When Fernando learned he was at risk for fatty liver disease, he took action. Read about his remarkable weight loss.
To advance our understanding of digestive and liver disorders and to find new non-noninvasive methods for diagnosing and treating them for young patients at Rady Children’s Hospital, we conduct extensive clinical, translational, and basic science research.
Additionally, we are committed to the education and training of future leaders in pediatric gastroenterology and provide accredited training to pediatric and adult gastroenterology fellows, residents, and medical students from the University of California, San Diego as well as other programs. In addition to helping up-and-coming pediatric gastroenterologists, the Division also has a National Institutes of Health-funded T32 training program in association with the Adult GI Division at UC San Diego.
Division Achievements:
- Is at the forefront of scientific research on obesity and its metabolic complications, chronic liver diseases — including steatohepatitis — and intestinal biology and immunology.
- Has received more than $8 million in external research funding, with several projects funded by the National Institutes of Health.
- Participates in numerous multicenter clinical trials for the conditions we treat.
In the News
- Growing Number of Severe Obese Children in Southern California Qualify for Bariatric Surgery, cbs8.com, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Adolescent Obesity Study, fox5sandiego.com, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Fatty Liver Was a Disease of the Old. Then Kids Started Getting Sick., The Washington Post, features Kimberly Newton, M.D. and Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Clinical Trial Begins to Evaluate Physiological Effects of a Saturated Fat Found in Milk, Yahoo! Finance, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Effect of a Low Free Sugar Diet vs Usual Diet on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescent Boys, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- UC San Diego Bio-Engineers Develop Wearable Device To Monitor Stomach Activity, kpbs.org, features Hayat Mousa, M.D.
- Wearable System Provides 24-Hour Ambulatory GI Monitoring, Monthly Prescribing Reference, features Hayat Mousa, M.D.
- MAGNET Study Sees Potential for MRE in Measuring Liver Fibrosis in Children, UC San Diego Health, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- How Breast Milk May Help Babies Fight off a Deadly Infection, Huffington Post, cites research by Lars Bode, Ph.D.
- Are Human Milk Oligosaccharides the Magic Bullet for Necrotizing Enterocolitis? Nature, cites research by Lars Bode, Ph.D. and Jae Kim, M.D.
- Birth Weight is Risk Factor for Fatty Liver Disease in Children, Science Newsline, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Fructose Tied to Advanced Liver Disease in Children and Teens, KFGO, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- New Institute Aims to Better Understand Why Breast Milk Is Beneficial, The San Diego Union-Tribune, features Lars Bode, Ph.D.
- Natalie’s Wish, UC San Diego Health, features Ranjan Dohil, M.D., Bruce Barshop, M.D., Ph.D., Nadine Benador, M.D., Robert Mak, M.D., Ph.D., Doris Trauner, M.D., and Susan Phillips, M.D.
- Fatty Livers Increase Kids’ Risk of Diabetes, Reuters, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Obese Teens May Have Less Pain, More Mobility after Bariatric Surgery, FOX News, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- The Urgency in Fighting Childhood Obesity, The New York Times, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Is It Time to Stop Talking about the Benefits of Breastfeeding?, Huffington Post, features Lars Bode, Ph.D.
- The Urgency in Fighting Childhood Obesity, The New York Times, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- Is It Time to Stop Talking About the Benefits of Breastfeeding?, Huffington Post, features Lars Bode, Ph.D.
- Nonalcoholic Liver Disease Focus of New UCSD Center, The San Diego Union-Tribune, features Ariel Feldstein, M.D.
- Groundbreaking Study Launched to Halt Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children, newsmedical.net, features Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.
- New Software Measures Pain from Facial Expressions, The Economic Times, features Jeannie Huang, M.D.
- Your Baby’s Diarrhea, Parents Magazine, features Rebecca Cherry, M.D.
- Researchers Develop New MRI-based Technique to Better Detect NAFLD in Children, News Medical, features Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, M.D.