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Navigating Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreaticobiliary Stones

Navigating Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreaticobiliary Stones: Evidence-Based Management Strategies November 21, 2025 8PM ET Join us for this collaborative NASPGHAN APSPGHAN webinar, bringing together leading experts to discuss the latest advances in diagnosis and management of pancreatic diseases. This 90-minute session will feature concise, clinically focused talks covering key aspects of acute pancreatitis care –

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Webinar! Managing a Child with Chronic Belly Pain: Interdisciplinary Approach to Functional Abdominal Pain

Managing a Child with Chronic Belly Pain: Interdisciplinary Approach to Functional Abdominal Pain Wednesday November 12, 2025 8PM EST Functional abdominal pain disorders are a group of disorders of the gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) and affect up to 25% of children worldwide. Children with FAPDs have an impaired quality of life along with significant risk of

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Dr Samuel Nurko

NASPGHAN Celebrates Dr. Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH

Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Center for Motility and Functional Bowel Disorders at Boston Children’s Hospital. He was born and raised in Mexico City, where he completed his medical education at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He moved to the U.S. in

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National Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month

NASPGHAN Recognizes National Hispanic-Latine/x Heritage Month

NASPGHAN is proud to recognize National Hispanic-Latine/x Heritage Month from September 15th to October 15th and acknowledge the contributions of our members with Hispanic-Latine/x heritage. The 2020 U.S. census identified 62.1 (18.7%) million Hispanic and/or Latino people in the U.S. This was based on self-reports of those who identify as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or

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Malnutrition Awareness Week, September 8-12

September 8-12, 2025 is malnutrition awareness week. This is a great opportunity to engage your healthcare teams and your patients and their families on malnutrition. This week, set a goal to achieve one of the following: Empower your colleagues in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition to screen for, identify, and diagnose malnutrition. Review new updates

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Water Beads Safety Standard

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has released a new safety standard consistent with NASPGHAN Advocacy priorities for water bead toys, aimed at preventing intestinal blockages when H2O beads are ingested. Ingested water beads will not appear in X-rays, requiring vigilance when ingestion is suspected. Preventing hazardous foreign body ingestions is a top NASPGHAN priority

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Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow

An expansion of Teaching and Tomorrow, this program will name up to ten Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow scholars among interested 1st and 2nd year pediatric residents and 4th year medical students. Scholars will be chosen on their unique qualities. In addition to networking with other participants, scholarship awardees will be matched with a NASPGHAN

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Advanced Fellowship Grants

NASPGHAN Foundation Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Endoscopy The NASPGHAN Foundation Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Endoscopy will provide up to $75,000 in direct funding to support one year of advanced training in pediatric endoscopy for a member of NASPGHAN in good standing. The primary objective of the fellowship is to catalyze and increase the number

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