Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery Hospitals

Pediatric gastroenterology developed as a sub-specialty of pediatrics and gastroenterology. It is concerned with treating the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas of children from infancy until age eighteen. The major centers include those at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The principle diseases it is concerned with are acute diarrhea, persistent vomiting, gastritis, and problems with the development of the gastric tract.