Advancing pediatric GI care: Children’s National at the 2025 NASPGHAN Conference
In early November, doctors, fellows and faculty from the division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children’s National Hospital attended the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) conference in Chicago.
The annual conference brings together experts from across the nation to discuss and learn about normal pediatric development and how pediatric gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders can disrupt it.
Presenters and topics from Children’s National included:
Receptions & Concurrent Sessions
- Diana Moya, MD, program director: Fellowship program reception
- Ian Leibowitz, MD: Show Me the Money! Unlocking Your Financial Potential. Mastering the Negotiation Game – Tactics for Success.
Poster Presentations
- Diana Jo, MD, Nathan Bryan, DO, Christopher Hayes, MD: Just around the bend: An elusive case of dysphagia lusoria in a young boy.
- Udeme Ekong, MBBS MD, Khalid Khan, MD, Kimberly Chapman, MD, Carolina Rumbo, MD, Nada Yazigi, MD: Long term risk for metabolic syndrome in pediatric liver transplant recipients with metabolic disorders: A retrospective clinical chart review.
- Brenna Hohl, DO, Migseg Sanchez, DO, Diana Moya, MD: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia in a pediatric patient with Crohn’s disease: A rare extra-intestinal manifestation.
- Catherine Raber, Shayna Coburn, PhD: Feasibility and acceptability of routine weekly at-home gluten immunogenic peptide testing in teens in a 6-week behavioral intervention for celiac disease.
- Catherine Raber, Vahe Badalyan, MD: Clinical outcomes of children with potential celiac disease in North America: A multicenter retrospective study.
- Christopher Hayes, MD: Therapeutic trial of Sucraid® (sacrosidase) for alleviating gastrointestinal symptoms in pediatric subjects stratified by duodenal sucrase activity levels.
- Migseg Sanchez, DO, Jyoti Mani, MD: Occult esophageal foreign body identified during evaluation of chronic vomiting in a toddler.
- Serena Haver, MD, Diana Jo, MD, Otto Louis-Jacques, MD: Evaluating the impact of swallowed topical steroids on growth in children with eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Nathan Bryan, DO, Kibileri Williams, MBBS, Diana Moya, MD, Christopher Hayes, MD: Predictors for readmission in newly diagnosed pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
- Vahe Badalyan, MD, Clarivet Torres, MD: Management of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS).
- Joi McLaughlin, MD, Christopher Hayes, MD: A rare case of diagnosis and endoscopic reduction of ileocecal intussusception secondary to Burkitt’s lymphoma.
- Guy Ozigre, Vahe Badalyan, MD: Endoscopic success: avoiding surgery in an autistic child with multiple magnet ingestions.
- Anil Darbari, MD, Ian Leibowitz, MD, Deepika Darbari, MD, Diana Jo, MD, Nathan Bryan, DO: Management considerations in patients with inflammatory bowel and sickle cell disease.
To learn more about the meeting, explore the NASPGHAN website for additional information.
