Pediatric Neurogastroenterology and Motility Disorders Program
nationally ranked care, close to home
Meet the Care Team
Patient Stories
Innovative GI care provides life-changing relief from chronic vomiting
Despite his family's and GI doctor's best efforts, Vance continued to throw up multiple times a day and struggled to gain weight. For April, dealing with the mess – and the rude stares that often came with it – simply became part of her new normal.
Conditions We Treat
Pediatric abdominal migraines
Pediatric achalasia
Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
Pediatric chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
Cloacal Anomaly
Pediatric constipation
Pediatric cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
Pediatric diarrhea
Pediatric dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
Pediatric Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS or elastic skin)
Pediatric fecal incontinence
Pediatric feeding disorder (PFD)
Pediatric functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
Pediatric gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Hirschsprung's disease
Pediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Pediatric irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Pediatric rumination syndrome (merycism)
Pediatric nausea and vomiting
Pediatric encopresis
Pediatric gastroparesis
Pediatric microbiome imbalance (dysbiosis)
More Details
Home of a certified motility lab
Our program is certified as a motility laboratory by the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS). The team cares for more children in the region than any other – with over 200 procedures performed annually by compassionate motility nurses in a setting that puts your child at ease.
Gut health research in action
The key to a healthy digestive system is your child’s gut health. Our team is dedicated to microbiome research to help determine the brain-gut connection and how a healthy microbiome mitigates different diseases. We also study the developing gut and its motility, and have research focusing on treatments for abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome as well as gastroparesis.
Testing and treatment
Our state-of-the-art motility program offers diagnostic testing for motility disorders throughout the GI tract ranging from esophageal manometry, antroduodenal manometry, colonic manometry and anorectal manometry with testing for rectal sensations. We also offer impedance testing for reflux.
Treatment options include a bowel management program, multidisciplinary abdominal pain management program, pacemaker for gastroparesis, anorectal biofeedback program for issues with stool accidents as well as a multidisciplinary aerodigestive program.
Contact the pediatric GI specialists at Children’s Health for help with motility and impedance issues.
Resources
Constipation is a common problem in children and is usually easily managed with changes in diet and lifestyle. However, when constipation becomes severe, it can lead to accidents of stool or urine, abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting. We offer diagnostic tests and state-of-the art treatments for motility disorders that interfere with your child’s comfort and health.
Motility is simply the muscles (sphincters) of the GI tract contracting in the esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines. When these muscles fail to function properly, it causes a motility disorder that can present with symptoms of persistent nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or bloating, constipation and fecal incontinence.
At Children's Health℠ our treatment methods focus on discovering the mind-body connection to these GI conditions, and care is delivered by a robust, pediatric multidisciplinary team that includes:
Gastroenterologists
Nurse practitioners
GI dietitians
GI psychologists
Otolaryngologists (ENT)
Pain management
Pulmonologists