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Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition provides comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents with common and complex gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic and nutritional disorders. Common complaints are recurrent abdominal pain, constipation and complicated gastroesophageal reflux.
Conditions we treat include:
Biliary Atresia
Celiac Disease
Constipation
Crohn’s Disease
Diarrhea
Dysphagia
E. coli
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGIDs)
Encopresis
Failure to Thrive
Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER)
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B (HBV)
Hirschsprung Disease
Intestinal Duplication
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lactose Intolerance
Mucositis
Pyloric Stenosis
Roundworm Infections
Rumination Syndrome
Schwachman Diamond
Short Gut Syndrome
Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcers
Weight Management

Cathy Gross, NP
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County
Washington University Pediatric Specialty Care – North County
Washington University Pediatric Specialty Care – Memorial Hospital Shiloh

Lori R. Holtz, MD, MSPH
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Shannon M. Joerger, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

Danielle Kenner, NP
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

Katie M. Kiely, MSN, APRN
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County
Memorial Hospital Shiloh – Medical Office Building 1

Sakil S. Kulkarni, MD
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Kim Hung Ho Liss, MD
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Meryl K. Perlman, MD
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Washington University Pediatric Specialty Care – North County
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

David A. Rudnick, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Charles M. Samson, MD
Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County
Washington University Pediatric Specialty Care – Memorial Hospital Shiloh