Gastroenterology

Exceptional Gastrointestinal Specialty Care

Our Arkansas Children’s gastroenterologists specialize in treating children and their unique needs for a variety of gastrointestinal conditions.

Conditions We Treat

• Abdominal migraine
• Allergic colitis
• Anemia-iron deficiency
• Biliary Dyskinesia
• Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity
• Chronic abdominal pain
• Chronic constipation
• Cow's milk allergy
• Crohn’s disease
• Cyclical vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Difficulty swallowing – Dysphagia
• Dysmotility
• Dysphagia
• Elevated liver enzymes
• Encopresis or leakage/soiling/accidents
• EOE – Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Fatty liver disease and obesity
• Feeding difficulty
• Food aversion
• Gastroparesis
• GERD/acid reflux disease
• G-tube patients
• Heartburn
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Irritable bowel disorder
• Leaky gut and dysbiosis
• Motility disorders
• SIBO-Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
• Ulcerative colitis
• Ulcers and helicobacter pylori gastritis

Related endoscopic and other procedures are performed in the Gastroenterology Laboratory. 

Advanced Endoscopies Available at Arkansas Children’s

Arkansas Children’s provides advanced endoscopies to facilitate shorter hospital stays, hasten recovery times and improve patient outcomes.

Advanced endoscopic procedures available include:

• Transnasal endoscopies
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
• SpyGlass cholangioscopies
• Video capsule endoscopies
• Electrohydraulic lithotripsies
• Endoscopic balloon dilations
• Gastrointestinal sphincter botulinum toxin injections
• Push and single balloon enteroscopy