In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Temara Hajjat talk to Dr. Tanaz Danialifar about diagnosing and treating disaccharidase deficiencies in children, including lactase deficiency and congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID). Dr. Danialifar is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where she is Associate Director of their Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, and an Assistant
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In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Stacy Kahn about fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in children with GI disorders. We discuss indications, contraindications, safety, methods of delivery, outcomes and controversies regarding using FMT to treat diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). She also explains how she
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In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Dr. Peter Lu and Dr. Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Martín G. Martín about infants with congenital diarrheas and enteropathies (CODEs). Dr. Martín is a Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA and Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Pediatric Diarrheal Diseases. We discuss how he developed an interest in
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In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Jennifer Lee and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Christopher Duggan about how we in the pediatric GI community can and should get involved in global health. In addition to his work as Director of the Center for Nutrition and Medical Director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal
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In a special episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Dr. Jenn Lee, Dr. Peter Lu, and Dr. Jason Silverman talk about COVID-19 and how this pandemic is impacting the world of pediatric gastroenterology. We review the latest research on how COVID-19 impacts our patients — specifically how it impacts children and the digestive tract. We also
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