Type of Healthcare Professional
Physician-- indicate board certification and specialty under
Area(s) of Interest
Clinical nutrition, Home parenteral nutrition, Intestinal failure, Research, Transplantation--intestinal, multivisceral
Population Focus
Adult, Adolescent, Geriatric
Practice Setting
University
Are you part of a multidisciplinary team?
Yes Comment:
UIC/UI Health Intes
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
If physician, indicate board certification and specialty:
Gastroenterology - Board Certified
Disciplines on your team:
Dietitian, Interventional radiologist, Nurse, Pharmacist, Physician, Psychologist, Social worker, Surgeon
If you/your team manage home parenteral nutrition patients, how many patients (on average) managed annually?
20+ Patients
Years you/your team have been managing home parenteral nutrition patients:
20+ Years
If you/your team manage home enteral nutrition patients, how many patients (on average) managed annually?
NA Patients
Years you/your team have been managing home enteral nutrition patients:
Years
Additional Details
The Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Center at the University of Illinois Hospital is prominently recognized as one of only a handful of comprehensive intestinal rehabilitation and transplant centers in the western hemisphere. Our physicians are on the forefront of establishing the standard of care for patients with intestinal failure, and patients that may require intestinal transplant.
The Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Center optimizes existing clinical strategies, while developing new approaches through clinical and basic scientific research. Our multidisciplinary, integrated approach combines; medical (including hormonal therapy), surgical (including gut-lengthening/tapering procedures, ostomy revision, and intestinal/multivisceral transplantation - including living donor intestinal transplantation), lifestyle and nutritional strategies to reduce or eliminate PN dependency and specific instruction on proper catheter care.
Means of referral
Doctor referral, Patient may contact directly
