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Clinical Pearls in Pediatric Gastroenterology for the Primary Care Provider
December 6, 2025
Get ready to advance your knowledge and confidence in managing common pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatic issues!
Join us for an engaging journey through the essentials of pediatric GI care, where we'll delve deep into the diagnosis and initial management of the most frequently encountered GI problems seen by primary caregivers. Additionally, each session concludes with dynamic question-and-answer periods led by our faculty. Don't miss this opportunity to boost your expertise and passion for pediatric care!
 | This activity is brought to you by the Comer Children's Hospital. Learn more by visiting their website. |
Target Audience
This activity is designed for primary care clinicians and other healthcare professionals treating gastrointestinal and hepatic conditions in pediatric patients.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Explain the bi-directional relationship between the brain and gut to support understanding of how stress and emotional factors influence pediatric GI symptoms.
- Classify failure to thrive (FTT) using current pediatric growth standards and diagnostic terminology.
- Differentiate common pediatric hepatic conditions that require initial primary care management versus specialist evaluation.
- Appraise the evidence supporting the use of probiotics and micronutrient supplements in common pediatric gastrointestinal presentations.
- Apply age-specific, evidence-based strategies for managing pediatric reflux and determining appropriate referral to pediatric gastroenterology.
- Integrate evidence-informed guidelines into clinical decision-making for common pediatric gastrointestinal complaints encountered in primary or urgent care settings.
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| Time | Session | Faculty |
| 9:00 AM | Introduction & Welcome | Ritu Verma, MD |
| 9:05 AM | The Weight of the Matter: A Gastroenterologist’s Take on Failure to Thrive | Shruti Sakhuja, MD |
| 9:45 AM | Micronutrients and Microbes: Evidence-Based Insights into Probiotics and Supplements | Joseph Chapman, MD |
| 10:25 AM | Break | — |
| 10:30 AM | Reflux and Chill Out: When to Refer to a Peds Gastroenterologist | Andrew Ebanks, MD |
| 11:10 AM | Thinking With Our Guts: Primary Care Pearls for the Brain-Gut Connection | Margaret Clark, PhD |
| 11:50 AM | Panel Discussion | All Presenters |
| 12:30 PM | Adjourn | — |
The agenda is subject to change.
Webinar
Chicago, IL
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit the University of Chicago pediatric gastroenterology website! For questions about the program, contact Brooke Hernandez via email.
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTOR
Ritu Verma, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Medical Director, Celiac Disease Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Medical Director, Celiac Disease Center
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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