Pediatric Gastroenterology
Sunday, July 14 - Saturday, July 20, 2002

Course Director: Chris Liacouras, M.D., CHOP


Seminar faculty and Topics

Chris A. Liacouras, MD;
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine;
Director, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy; Director, Pediatric Enteral Access Center,
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children
  • Issues in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy and Conscious Sedation
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux, Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Ulcers:
    Spectrum of Disease
  • Functional Constipation in Pediatrics: Pathophysiology and Treatment

Robert N. Baldassano, MD;
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine;
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical and Research Program
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Etiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Therapeutic Options and Management
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: New and Future Therapeutic Options and Management
  • Diarrhea, Malabsorption and Failure to Thrive in Children
  • Foreign Bodies of the GI Tract in Pediatrics: Management and Therapy

Kathleen Loomes, MD;
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition

  • Viral Hepatitis: A,B,C,D,E, etc.
  • Metabolic Liver Disease in Children
  • Neonatal Hepatitis and Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
  • Liver Failure: Pathophysiology and Therapy
  • Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis

Eduardo Ruchelli, MD;
Assistant Professor of Pathology,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Pathology of Liver Disease: Part 1
  • Pathology of Liver Disease: Part 2
  • Pathology of Cystic Liver Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology: Esophagus, Stomach, Duodenum
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology: Small Intestine, Colon

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