| Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
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| Appointments: | (504) 896-9534 | | Office Hours: | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday | | Locations: | Children's Hospital, Main Campus
Children's Hospital, Metairie Center
Children's Hospital Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge |
Physicians:
Paul Hyman, MD, Director
Raynorda Brown, MD
Allan J. Rosenberg, MD, MPH
Brent Keith, MD
R Adam Noel, MD Javier Monagas, MD
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The Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition team at Children’s Hospital specializes in treating infants, toddlers, school-age children and adolescents with problems related to the gastrointestinal system. These include liver disease, feeding disorders, metabolic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, motility disorders, stomach problems and diarrhea.
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures include:
- esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- colonoscopy
- flexible sigmoidoscopy
- percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for placement of feeding tubes and buttons
- foreign body removal
- esophageal varices therapy
- polypectomy
- esophageal, antroduodenal, colonic and anorectal manometry
- 24-hour pH-probe monitoring
- gastrojejunal tube placement
- breath hydrogen testing
- liver biopsy
- nutritional support
Our interdisciplinary team, consisting of physicians, dietitians, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, and social workers, works closely together to coordinate the most effective treatment plan for each child.
 | Paul Hyman, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Director of Gastroenterology Department, Children's Hospital
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Specialty Training:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles
Special Interests:
GI Motility
|  | Raynorda Brown, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Adolescent gastroenterology, constipation, gastroesophageal reflux, special nutritional supplementation and hypercholesterolemia |  | Allan J. Rosenberg, MD, MPH
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children's Hospital
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
Specialty Training:
LSU Medical Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
GI Motility
|  | Brent Keith, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Professional School:
Ross Medical School
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
General pediatric GI
|  | R. Adam Noel, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School: Emory University School of Medicine
Special Interests: Biliary dyskinesia, Steatohepatitis
|  | Javier Monagas, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
Universisdad Central de Venezuela, Jose Maria Vargas School of Medicine
Specialty Training:Driscoll Children's Hospital - Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, Texas LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Special Interests: Obesity and Interventional Endoscopic Procedures |
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