Gastroenterology

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Though Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are rare disorders in young people, our Gastroenterology Center cares for hundreds of patients. This means our care is efficient, timely, and effective. It means we've encountered difficult problems and worked out solutions to those problems.

Greater than 80% of our patients are in remission. So, while we care for hundreds of patients, we do everything we can to assure every individual patient achieves these three goals:

  1. no symptoms
  2. no side effects from medicines, and
  3. normal growth and development.

To do this, we constantly track our remission rates: that means we make sure we know of every single patient that is doing well, and every single patient that is struggling.

What Sets Us Apart

Care Coordination  

From disease flares, to managing medications, interacting with insurance companies, navigating medical testing, assisting with appointments, even interacting with schools, our nurse coordinator is an expert. She's coordinated care for families for more than 15 years and done so for families in Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, all over Utah, and beyond the Mountain West. Simply put, it means when patients or their families call with a problem, they have an expert who is accountable for the problem on the other end of the phone line. 

State-of-the-Art Care 

Care for children and teenagers with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis has improved dramatically over the last decade. With these improvements have come new medicines, new diagnostic methods, and new standards of care. Our physicians have expertise in all of these. We participate in study groups, such as the PRO-KIIDS Network, to constantly improve the care of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. 

Multidisciplinary Team 

We collaborate with other expert physicians. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients frequently require the input from other physicians. Pediatric pathologists may need to interpret biopsies. Pediatric radiologists are needed for imaging studies. Sometimes consultation with a pediatric surgeon is needed. Our physician collaborators are also experts in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children and teenagers. Ultimately, it means that families have the peace of mind that many experts are focusing on the best care for their child.