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Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Clinical Services
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at The Children's Hospital
The Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition offers a wide variety of clinical services for children with digestive diseases, liver and pancreas disorders, and complex nutritional problems, both in our community and from out of state. Specialty services are offered at The Children's Hospital (TCH). Please call the GI Office at (720) 777-6669 (Option 2) for more information about these services.
ON-CAMPUS SERVICES
Clinics:
Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic
Clinics are held every afternoon and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings in the Outpatient Pavilion (2nd floor) at TCH. Initial consultative services and follow-up care are available. The latest advances in diagnosis, treatment, and management of pediatric gastrointestinal diseases are available in this clinic. Clinic support staff include six GI clinical nurses and one inflammatory bowel disease/nutrition support clinical nurse specialist, four registered dietitians, and two social workers. Diagnostic services are coordinated through the Procedure Center, Radiology, and the Outpatient Laboratory. Opportunities exist for participation in clinical research studies and clinical trials.
Pediatric Liver Center Clinic
This multidisciplinary clinic, one of the first of its kind, is held on Monday and Thursday mornings in the Outpatient Pavilion (2nd floor) at TCH. Physicians care for patients with the full spectrum of diseases of the liver and biliary tract and provide care for pre- and post-liver transplantation patients. Care is provided in a coordinated family-centered team effort including pediatric hepatologists, surgeons, transplant surgeons, clinical nurses, transplant coordinators, social workers, registered dietitians, and other specialties as needed. The latest advances in diagnosis, treatment and management of pediatric liver diseases are available in this clinic. Opportunities exist for participation in clinical research studies and clinical trials.
Nutrition Services Clinic
Comprehensive, coordinated nutrition services are directed by board-certified pediatricians with subspecialty training and experience in pediatric nutrition. Registered dietitians, trained and certified in pediatrics, contribute their expertise to children with routine nutritional needs and more complicated feeding problems secondary to chemotherapy, digestive disorders, or other medical problems.
Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program
This multidisciplinary program is located at TCH and National Jewish Health. Children with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs) are provided state-of-the-art evaluation and care by a team composed of pediatric gastroenterologists, allergists, behavioral health and feeding specialists, and nutritionists. Care is coordinated by a physician assistant and nurse. Patients are provided with opportunities to participate in clinical research studies.
Intestinal Failure Clinic
This multidisciplinary program is located at TCH. Children with intestinal failure due to a variety of causes, such as short bowel syndrome, intestinal motility disorders, and congenital defects of absorption, are provided state-of-the-art care by a team of pediatric gastroenterologists, clinical nurse specialists, social workers, and nutritionists. Patients are provided with opportunities to participate in clinical research studies.
GoodLife2 Clinic - "Lifestyles Influencing Fitness and Eating"
This multidisciplinary program for adolescents who are overweight is located at TCH, and provides state-of-the-art coordinated care by a team of pediatric gastroenterologists, clinical nurse specialists, social workers, and nutritionists. Care is coordinated by a nurse. Patients are provided with opportunities to participate in clinical research studies.
ON-CAMPUS SERVICES
Diagnostic Procedures:
GI Procedure Unit
The GI Procedure Unit, located in the TCH Procedure Center on the 1st floor of the hospital, has two fully equipped endoscopy rooms designed especially for children and staffed by pediatric anesthesiologists as needed. There is a separate room for procedures that do not require sedation such as breath tests, video capsule endoscopy, and pH or pH/impedance testing. The unit operates Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. After-hours procedures are performed in the hospital operating room. Specialized procedures performed in this unit include:
- Breath hydrogen testing
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy of the upper GI tract
- ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)
- Esophageal pH monitoring and impedance/pH monitoring
- Esophageal stricture management (dilation, injection, stenting)
- Gastrostomy tube change
- Liver biopsy
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
- Proctosigmoidoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy - flexible
- Single balloon enteroscopy
- Small bowel biopsy
- Polypectomy
- Paracentesis
- Variceal management
- Urease breath-testing for H pylori infection
- Video capsule endoscopy
OFF-CAMPUS SERVICES
In Colorado:
The Children's Hospital at Parker Adventist Hospital
This clinic in Parker is available on selected Thursday mornings. Please call the GI office at (720) 777-6669 (Option 2) for clinic availability.
The Children's Hospital North Campus, Broomfield
This satellite clinic is available on Thursdays. Please call the GI office at (720) 777-6669 (Option 2) for times and availability or the North Campus Clinic directly at (720) 777-1340 for times and availability.
Care by The Children's Hospital, Littleton
This clinic is available on selected Monday afternoons. Please call the GI office at (720) 777-6669 (Option 2) for times and availability.
North Specialty Care Center - Greeley
This clinic is held at the Medical Center East Building (2010 16th St, Ste D, Greeley, Colorado 80631–across from Northern Colorado Medical Center) on the third Thursday of each month. Initial consultative services in pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology and follow-up care are available. Scheduling is coordinated through the Greeley clinical staff, call (970) 392-2154; referrals can be faxed to (970) 350-6552. This is staffed by Dr. Jason Soden from TCH in Aurora.
Colorado Springs Pediatric Specialty GI Clinic
This clinic is located at the Memorial Hospital subspecialty clinic and clinics are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays and selected Mondays. Initial consultations and follow up of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology patients are available. Limited diagnostic procedures (upper endoscopy, colonscopy, pH probes) are available on site. Inpatients are seen in consultation at Memorial Hospital’s Children’s Hospital. Schedule appointments by calling (719) 365-2244. This is staffed by Dr. Amethyst Kurbegov and Christy Jones, PA-C, from TCH in Aurora.
OFF-CAMPUS SERVICES
Outside Colorado:
Billings, Montana
Regional outreach services are provided every two months in Billings, Montana at the Eastern Region Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic. Initial consultative services and follow-up care in pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology are available. Limited diagnostic procedures (upper endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, rectal biopsy) are available on site. Scheduling is coordinated through the clinic staff at (406) 237-4280. This clinic is staffed by Dr. Michael Narkewicz from TCH in Aurora.
Pediatric GI TeleClinic with Billings, Montana
Regional telemedicine clinic for follow-up care and education is provided as needed in conjunction with facilities in Billings and Bozeman Montana.
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