In the this episode, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Neha Santucci, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of the Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction Program at Cincinnati Children's. They discuss how to identify and manage functional abdominal pain in children with pre-existing organic GI disorders. Learning Objectives: Learning how
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In the this episode, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jenn Lee talk to Dr. Lisa McMahon, Chair of Surgery at Phoenix Children's, and Dr. Michael Rosen, Director of the Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease. They discuss managing and counseling a pediatric patient with ulcerative colitis and their family who may
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In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Muhammad Khan about the cutting edge of pediatric endoscopy. We discuss his career path, use of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for children with achalasia and gastroparesis, advances in bariatric endoscopy that may be coming our way, and finally what he sees in
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We kick off Season 5 (!) of our little podcast with another host episode! Hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat, Jennifer Lee, Peter Lu, and Jason Silverman talk about podcast updates, our new merch store, and answer your questions from #NASPGHAN23 in sunny San Diego. And a huge thank you to all of our guests, our producer
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In our FIRST collaboration with the Nutrition Pearls podcast from the Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals (CPNP), hosts Dr. Peter Lu and dietitian Jennifer Smith talk to our guests Dr. Bruno Chumpitazi and dietitian Kirsten Jones about dietary treatment of children with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) — specifically about using the low-FODMAP diet in children.
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Drs. Jennifer Lee and Temara Hajjat talked to Dr. Mercedes Martinez, a Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist from Columbia University, about diagnosing and managing pediatric patients with portal hypertension and esophageal varices. Learning Objectives: Learn the clinical and diagnostic signs of portal hypertension and varices in pediatric patients. Learn the management of
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In our third international episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Looi Ee about completing the challenging colonoscopy. Dr. Ee is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, and leads the endoscopy and intestinal rehabilitation programs there. She is also the sole pediatric representative on the Conjoint Committee
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In this episode, Dr. Temara Hajjat and Dr. Jenn Lee discuss with Dr. Roberto Gugig from Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital the indications, techniques, and potential complications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in pediatric patients. Dr. Gugig is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor of Pediatrics who specializes in advanced endoscopy including
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In this special JPGN episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to pediatric surgeon Dr. Jaimie Nathan about surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis in children. Dr. Nathan is the first author of a recent NASPGHAN position paper on the role of surgical management in chronic pancreatitis. Dr. Nathan is the Chief of Pediatric
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In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Ankur Chugh about personal finance for the pediatric gastroenterologist, covering everything from managing student loans to retirement planning. We also discuss his transition from a career in finance to becoming a physician. Dr. Chugh is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Wisconsin and
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