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Each year, more than 15,000 children visit Texas Children’s Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Service, one of the largest programs of its type in the United States. The clinics provide treatment for children with intestinal, liver and nutritional disorders, including chronic diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), biliary atresia, chronic hepatitis, constipation, gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcers, poor growth, failure to thrive and obesity.

Several subspecialty centers and clinics also provide specialized treatment and state-of-the-art clinical care for young patients. These include:

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

• Liver Center

• Feeding Disorders Clinic

• Eating Disorders Clinic

• Prader-Willi Syndrome Clinic

• Rett Syndrome Clinic

• Gastrointestinal Motility

• Peds-Cori Endoscopy

This clinic includes the Weigh of Life program, one of the oldest organized pediatric weight control programs in the United States.

Visit Tips for Parents for additional health information on gastroenterology (GI) and nutrition.

The clinic participates in many clinical research studies, including several sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Susan J. Henning, Ph.D., director of research training, oversees the research training program. Dr. Craig Jensen oversees clinical research training.