Pediatric Gastroenterologists Dr. Catherine Brigman and Dr. Maan Khatib care for infants, children and adolescents with digestive system, liver, and nutritional problems.

They specialize in the following procedures and conditions:

Procedures:

  • Endoscopy & capsule endoscopy
  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Therapeutic endoscopy: esophageal dilatation; control of variceal bleeding (sclerotherapy, banding); polypectomy; foreign body removal
  • ERCP
  • Intraesophageal pH monitoring
  • Intestinal motility
  • Impedance testing
  • Rectal suction biopsy
  • Percutaneous liver biopsy

Conditions:

  • Chronic diarrhea/malabsorption syndromes
  • Feeding problems and swallowing disorders(with & without feeding tubes)
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Constipation
  • Inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis
  • Chronic abdominal pain
  • Celiac disease
  • Polyp syndromes
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • Food allergies
  • Acute and chronic hepatitis
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • Failure to thrive
  • Jaundice