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Appointments: |
(504) 896-9534 |
| Office Hours: |
9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Monday - Friday |
| Location: |
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 |
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. The Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease is part of a national consortium and the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network.
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 and anorectal manometry
- other procedures include 24-hour pH-probe monitoring
- breath hydrogen testing
- percutaneous liver biopsy
- nutritional support
Our interdisciplinary team, consisting of physicians, dietitians, nurses 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