Arkansas Children’s offers multiple subspecialty GI programs, including an aerodigestive clinic, an eosinophilic disorders clinic, a neurogastroenterology and motility program and a pancreas clinic. All clinics use a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to deliver exceptional, compassionate GI care.  

Arkansas Children’s hospitals and clinics deliver child-friendly, specialized care for digestive disorders. Our pediatric gastroenterologists can help your child with healthy weight gain and feeding, screen for possible conditions like Crohn’s or celiac disease, and provide guidance for living with chronic digestive issues.

Talk to your pediatrician about a referral if any of these digestive issues are a concern for you and your child:

• Abdominal migraine
• Achalasia
• Acid reflux disease or GERD
• Acute Pancreatitis (chronic or recurrent)
• Allergic colitis
• Anemia-iron deficiency
• Biliary Dyskinesia
• Blood in stool
• Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity
• Choking and gagging with feeds
• Chronic abdominal pain
• Chronic constipation
• Cow's milk allergy
• Crohn’s disease
• Cyclical vomiting syndrome
• Diarrhea
• Difficulty swallowing- Dysphagia
• Dysmotility
• Dyspepsia
• Elevated liver enzymes
• Encopresis
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EOE)
• Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
• Fatty liver disease and obesity
• Feeding difficulty
• Food aversion
• Functional abdominal pain disorders
• Functional constipation
• G-tube patients
• Gastroparesis
• Helicobacter pylori gastritis
• Heartburn
• Hirschsprung disease
• Hyperlipasemia
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
• Intestinal pseuro-obstruction
• Irritable Bowel Disorder (IBS)
• Leaky gut and dysbiosis
• Malnutrition
• Nausea and vomiting
• No-burp syndrome (retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction)
• Reflux hypersensitivity
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
• Ulcerative colitis
• Ulcers
• Weight loss

With locations across the state, Arkansas Children’s saves you a long drive for health care while still giving you access to the knowledge and expertise of pediatric gastroenterology specialists.