Pediatric Gastroenterology

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This course offers an excellent clinical and endoscopic exposure in the field of pediatric gastroenterology with significant opportunity for one to one interaction with the pediatric GI faculty. The students spend time both in the inpatient and outpatient settings part of this elective rotation. Interested students are given more exposure to the endoscopy procedures including upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, gastrostomy tube placement and liver biopsy. For more information, please call Dr. Venkat 9196658017 or Ms. Lesley Stanford at 919-668-4390 for questions. Please report to Children's Health Center, 3rd Floor, GI clinic at Duke University Hospital (2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710) at 9 AM on the start day of the rotation where you will be given orientation and clinic schedule. Credit: 3-4. Enrollment max: 1. Note: Students that have previously taken the two-week selective, PEDS 228C, are not eligible to enroll in PEDS 402C. Narayanan Venkatasubramani, MD/MRCPH/ MBBS; Victoria Wells, MD