Pediatric Gastroenterology — Endoscopy — United States

Expert witnesses in Pediatric Gastroenterology Endoscopy provide opinions on diagnoses and treatments of gastrointestinal disorders and diseases in children. These endoscopists, gastroenterologists and non-gastroenterologists with expetise in pediatric gastroenterology endoscopy may opine on various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including endoscopy for foreign body ingestion; corrosive ingestion and stricture/stenosis endoscopic management; upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding; esophagogastroduodenoscopy and ileocolonoscopy; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); endoscopic ultrasonography; percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and endoscopy specific to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); and other endoscopic procedures.

These specialists may testify in matters of alleged improper performance of endoscopic procedures and diagnostic errors, such as colonoscopy errors and failed cancer diagnoses, failures to detect and diagnose gallstones, tumors, and scar tissue, as well as alleged errors to properly inform patients and communicate with other treating physicians. These Pediatric Endoscopy experts may also provide opinions on alleged failures to follow endoscopy guidelines, such as ESPGHAN and ESGE.