Treatment for Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
SLUCare pediatric gastroenterologists and hepatologists are the leading providers of pediatric GI services in the greater St. Louis region. Our award-winning team is based at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, where we offer the latest treatments for kids with gastrointestinal and liver diseases, as well as opportunities to participate in research studies.
SLUCare Specialists Offer Deep Expertise
When choosing a specialist for your child, experience matters. Each year, our pediatric GI and liver specialists oversee:
- 7,000 outpatient visits
- 3,000 inpatient hospital days
- 1,400+ endoscopic procedures
- 250+ patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
In addition, SLUCare pediatric gastroenterologists and hepatologists participate in a highly successful liver transplant program for infants and children with chronic liver disease, as well as for the treatment of acute fulminant liver failure. We have performed more than 75 liver transplants over the past 20 years with outcomes at or above national benchmarks. Our physicians perform many small bowel transplants, as well.
Team Approach Assures Complete Care for Kids
As part of an academic medical practice, our specialists collaborate with other pediatric experts to provide comprehensive care for GI-related conditions, including:
- Working with dietitians in our pediatric weight management program for overweight and obese children and adolescents
- Teaming with allergy experts on the evaluation and management of food allergies and eosinophilic GI disease
- Working with pulmonary experts to treat GERD that contributes to asthma and respiratory disease
- Collaborating with neonatologists on issues such as infantile feeding, liver dysfunction and GERD
Pediatric GI and liver conditions treated
- Birth defects of the GI tract
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Chronic constipation
- Chronic liver dysfunction
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhea
- Failure to thrive
- Feeding difficulty
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Genetic diseases involving the GI tract
- Hepatitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Metabolic diseases
- Motility
- Nutritional disorders
- Pediatric obesity
- Short bowel syndrome
- Ulcerative colitis
SLUCare Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Locations
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital 1465 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63104 314-268-4010 Show MapSSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatrics (South) 13000 Butler Crest Drive
St. Louis, MO 63128 314-842-3535 Show Map SSM Health Medical Group - Pediatrics (North)
3878 Pershall Road
Ferguson, MO 63135
314-839-7500
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SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – Lake St. Louis 400 Medical Plaza Dr. St. Charles, MO 63367 636-755-3400 Show Map
St. Luke's Medical Center 224 S. Woods Mill Road, Suite 640 Chesterfield, MO 63017 314-205-6596 Show Map
Anderson Hospital 2133 Vadalabene Drive Maryville, IL 62062 618-288-5606 Show Map