Adolescent Medicine
Airway Program
Allergy
LADDERS Program
Metabolic Disorders Unit
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Motility Program
Intestinal Rehabilitation
Transplant Surgery
Radiology / Imaging
Related MGH Services
Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology
Transplant Center
Weight Center
Abdominal Pain
Diarrhea Admission and Discharge Instructions
Diarrhea Brief Version
Diarrhea, Antibiotic-Associated
Diarrhea: Breast-fed Infants
Diarrhea: Children (age 3 and older)
Diarrhea: Formula-fed Infants
Diarrhea: Toddler
Digestive System: Illustration
Eating Disorders: Resource List
Encopresis (Soiling) from Constipation (for Toilet-Trained Child)
Encopresis (Soiling) from Stool Holding (for Children Not Toilet Trained)
Encopresis (Soiling) without Constipation
Encopresis (Soiling): Note to School Staff
Encopresis: Note to Child
Food Allergies
Food Allergy Testing
Food Allergy: Sending Your Child to School
Gastrointestinal Diseases: Resource List
Nutrition Facts Label: Illustration
Nutrition: Resource List
Stomachache Brief Version
Stool, Unusual Color
Vomiting
Vomiting Brief Version
Vomiting Diary
Vomiting Diary: Chart
Adolescent Health A-Z
Body Mass Index
Compliance
Growth and Development
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Suite 6B
Phone: 617-726-8705 | Fax: 617-726-9250
The Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit at MassGeneral Hospital for Children provides multidisciplinary care for children with gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic, and nutritional disorders.
Comprehensive Care
Patients receive comprehensive care from a sixteen-member physician faculty as well as a staff that includes seven nurse practitioners with advanced expertise in pediatric gastroenterology and three masters-level licensed dietitians.
A Location Near You
Our pediatric gastroenterologists and child nutrition specialists practice at seventeen locations around eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire including Boston; Newton; Salem; Waltham; Brockton; Concord; Fall River; Forestdale; Lawrence; Leominster; Lowell; Newburyport; North Dartmouth; Taunton; and Manchester, New Hampshire.
Specialized services including upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, video capsule endoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography are available at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, MassGeneral for Children at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and MassGeneral for Children at NSMC North Shore Children’s.
The Pediatric Gastrointestinal Laboratory offers specialized testing including:
- Neurotransmitter studies (for Hirschsprung’s disease and intestinal neuronal dysplasia)
- Anti-epithelial cell antibodies (for autoimmune enteropathy)
- Specific activity of lactase, sucrase and maltase in the intestine (for evaluation of malabsorption)
Other Pediatric Gastroenterology & Child Nutrition programs:
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
- Clinical trials of new medications
- Family programs in conjunction with the adult gastroenterology unit
- Genetics consultation
- Nutrition evaluation
- Liver-Small Bowel Transplantation
- Weight Center
- Pediatric Airway Program
- Intestinal Rehabilitation
- Pediatric Gastrointestinal Motility Program
At MassGeneral Hospital for Children, we know that the time of your child’s diagnosis and treatment is a very stressful one and we strive to provide an open, welcoming environment. We believe that no one knows a child as well as the parent does: parents, along with primary care providers, become our partners in a child's care and have an active voice in all treatment plans.
