DHA Children's GI Research Network

How We Help Kids

In 2008 with support from IFFGD, six of the foremost pediatric Functional GI and Motility Disorders (FGIMDs) researchers came together for a single purpose: to improve the quality of life for children with FGIMDs through collaborative research studies.

As a result of this ongoing cooperative effort, a consensus pediatric FGIMD research agenda has been established that emphasizes research projects focused on improving diagnosis and treatment of childhood FGIMDs.

The DHA Children’s GI Research Network was formed to effectively carry out these research projects and advance scientific understanding of pediatric FGIMDs in an organized and systematic way. The Network currently consists of six clinical care sites across the country that treat patients, share data, and work towards the common goal of ending the childhood suffering caused by pediatric FGIMDs.

Your support is the engine that drives the effort to find cures for painful, disabling, and sometimes life-threatening childhood FGIMDs. Join the campaign to make children’s GI conditions a thing of the past.

Network Researchers

Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD
(Columbus, OH)
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics,
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH
(Boston, MA)
Chief, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders,
Children’s Hospital Boston
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School

Miguel Saps, MD
(Chicago, IL)
Director, Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Bowel Disorders Program,
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

Paul Hyman, MD
(New Orleans, LA)
Director, Gastroenterology Department,
Children’s Hospital
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology,
LSU Health Sciences Center

Manu Sood, MD
(Milwaukee, WI)
Director, Children’s Motility and Functional Bowel Disorders Program,
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Associate Professor,
Medical College of Wisconsin

Jeffrey Hyams, MD
(Hartford, CT)
Director, Gastroenterology Department,
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine