This department offers
- Bowel management program
- Medical and surgical treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
- Ostomy care
- Pediatric behavioral health
- Pediatric gynecology
- Pediatric nutrition
- Pelvic health physical therapy
Complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) program
The Complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) program at Primary Children’s Hospital is one of the only multidisciplinary pediatric IBD programs in the country. We care for children, teens, and young adults with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and related conditions by combining medical and surgical expertise in one place.
Our clinic was founded in 2018 to meet a growing need for coordinated care. Today, we care for hundreds of young patients each year.
By streamlining visits and bringing all specialists together, we help families focus less on managing appointments and more on helping their child thrive.
At the Complex IBD Clinic, families meet with multiple specialists during a single visit. This team-based approach means fewer appointments, shared decision-making between families and providers, and personalized care plans created in real time.
For many children, remission can be achieved with medications and nutrition support. If surgery becomes necessary, our expert pediatric colorectal surgeons provide safe, specialized treatment.
“They help me manage medical care, surgical interventions, dietary concerns, and social work if needed… I feel like the team not only cares about me as a patient, but as a person.”
Conditions we treat
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
Indeterminate colitis
Very early onset IBD
Familial adenomatous polyposis
Perianal Abscess/Fistula
Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis (IPAA)
J-pouch management
Pouchitis
Treatments and services
We provide a variety of services, including:
- Intestinal ultrasound
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy
- Ileoscopy
- Capsule endoscopy
- Colostomy
- Ileostomy
- Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis
- Abscess incision and drainage
- Ileocecectomy
- Bowel management
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation and physical therapy
National recognition
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's best children's hospitals in 11 of 11 pediatric specialties, including gastroenterology and GI surgery.
Why families choose our expert team
Pediatric specialists
Our pediatric gastroenterologists, surgeons, and care teams treat and support kids with complex inflammatory bowel disease.
Nationally recognized
Nationally recognized for gastroenterology and GI surgery, we offer one of the few complex pediatric IBD programs in the nation.
State-of-the-art care
We offer advanced endoscopy, in-office intestinal US, expert surgery and team-based care with in-person and virtual clinic visits.
Meet our team
Our multidisciplinary team consists of pediatric gastroenterologists, pediatric colorectal surgeons, pediatric gynecologists, nurse practitioners, expert IBD nurses, social workers, psychologists, pelvic floor specific physical therapists, dietitians, wound care nurses, and child life specialists dedicated to the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
