U.S. News & World Report in 2012 ranked Gastroenterology care at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital among the nation's best, and best in Minnesota.

If your child has stomach problems, this is where you want your doctor to send your child for care.

We evaluate and treat a variety of conditions

If you have a child with newborn jaundice, complications of Cystic Fibrosis or chronic pancreatitis, put your child in our hands. Also among our programs and services are transplant options to treat gastrointestinal conditions.

Our outpatient clinics include a team of dietitians and psychology professionals who provide their opinion when it will help make a better care plan for your child. All test and treatments that will be more comfortable for your child if he or she is asleep are done in a child-friendly environment.

Pediatric providers at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital are experts in evaluating and treating a variety of conditions your child may have including:

Abdominal pain Celiac disease Chronic and acute pancreatitis Chronic diarrhea Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction Constipation and encopresis Crohn’s disease Disease of the liver Biliary atresia Hepatitis Metabolic-liver disease Neonatal cholestasis Eosinophilic esophagitis Esophageal atresia

Failure to thrive and malnutrition issues Gastrointestinal complications of chronic diseases Autism Childhood cancer Congenital cardiac disease Cystic fibrosis Esophageal atresia Inflammatory bowel disease Liver disease Newborn jaundice Short-bowel syndrome Swallowing disorders Vomiting, nausea and gastroesophageal reflux disease Ulcerative colitis

Our expertise extends to many programs and services

• Solid organ transplant evaluation and management
  • Intestinal
  • Liver
  • Total Pancreatactomy and Islet Auto Transplantation
• Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, a member of Improve Care Now
• Esophageal, intestinal and rectal motility evaluation and management
• Endoscopic and other gastrointestinal procedures