CHOP researchers have found that Enterococcus – an antibiotic-resistant, opportunistic pathogen – works together with C. difficile, reshaping and enhancing the metabolic environment in the gut so that C. difficile can thrive.

Get to know Dr. Joshua Eisenberg, our newest attending physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

If your child is complaining about regular belly pain, constipation, nausea or diarrhea, it’s time to talk to your pediatrician.

Research in the lab and at the bedside offer new hope for young patients with biliary atresia, Alagille syndrome and other chronic liver disorders.

Active research at the Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center.

Bench-to-bedside research supports GI innovation at CHOP.

Personalized therapeutic approaches for children with eosinophilic esophagitis are gaining ground at CHOP.

Game-changing treatments for pediatric IBD patients come after care is streamlined and new uses for existing medications is explored.

Case: A 7-month-old male presented to one of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s After-hours Urgent Care locations with vomiting, dry heaves, and lethargy. It was his third similar episode.

Kiyanna is a 9-year-old girl of mixed parentage (mother is Caucasian and father is African-American) who presented with abdominal pain, gas, headaches, and dizziness for the last 3 years of increasing severity and frequency, especially since March 2020.