Pediatric Liver Diseases
We provide assessment, treatment and comprehensive follow-up care for a wide variety of disorders that impact normal liver function.
A child with liver disease requires skillful management by an experienced team that includes pediatric gastroenterologists with focus in hepatology, pediatric liver transplant surgeons, advanced practice nurses, transplant coordinators, nutritionists, social workers, child life specialists, and psychologists.
Liver Conditions Treated
- Acute and chronic hepatitis, including infectious (Hepatitis A, B, and C viruses), autoimmune and others
- Arterio-hepatic dysplasia (Alagille syndrome)
- Biliary and gallbladder disorders
- Biliary Atresia
- Cirrhosis
- Congenital bile duct malformations
- Congenital liver disease
- Cystic fibrosis liver disease
- End-stage liver disease
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Liver tumors and masses
- Metabolic disorders involving the liver (hemochromatosis, glycogen storage disease, Wilson's disease, etc.)
- Portal hypertension and esophageal varices
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Portal Hypertension