Hepatology Program

Hepatology Program
Meet the Team

Children's National's Hepatology Program provides specialized diagnostic, evaluation and treatment services for children with a variety of liver diseases. The program is coordinated through the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Our Providers

Our pediatric specialists provide personalized care for your child’s physical, mental and emotional health needs.

Meet the Team

Contact Information

For appointments, please call 1-888-884-BEAR (2327) and for information, call 202-476-3032.

Appointments Information

We emphasize a personal approach to care, and the program's pediatric gastroenterologists work closely with related specialists from the divisions of Radiology, Anesthesiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine to create an individual care plan for every child.

Our advanced services include radiologic studies, including sonograms, elastography, Magnetic Resonant Cholangiograms (MRCP) and sonogram guided liver biopsies. We collaborate with the Obesity Program to care for children with fatty liver.

Additionally, our Hepatology Program routinely follows patients who are listed for liver transplantation and have already received transplantation.

Conditions We Treat

Understanding your child's condition is an important step on your treatment journey. Learn more about causes, symptoms and diagnosis for a variety of conditions, as well as unique treatments and research being performed at Children's National.

Biliary Atresia

Fatty Liver

Hypertension

Infectious and Autoimmune Hepatitis

Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) have a wide range of clinical presentations. It can be mild, without symptoms, or it may cause chronic hepatitis leading to cirrhosis and liver cancer if untreated. They are transmitted during pregnancy or through IV drug use. We offer state-of-the-art treatments for these infections.

Autoimmune hepatitis is a liver disease of young children and adolescents which has no definable cause but if detected early can be treated successfully. We treat, monitor and follow up care for these patients.

Liver Transplantation

Newborn Jaundice

Locations

Main Hospital

111 Michigan Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20010

1-888-884-2327

Emergency Department Info

Specialty Care

Montgomery County

9850 Key West Avenue Rockville, Maryland 20850

301-765-5400

301-294-0897

Specialty Care

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia

3023 Hamaker Court Fairfax, Virginia 22031

703-876-2788

Specialty Care

All Hepatology Program Locations

Jared D.'s Story

Eighteen months after Christopher and Julie Dobry had their son Jared, they noticed something was not right. He was experiencing intense stomach discomfort and digestive issues that seemed to only worsen over time. For years afterward, they traveled from doctor to doctor trying to find the right diagnosis.

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Family Resources

Support Group

Hepatitis Foundation International periodic parent support group meetings are held at Children’s National Hospital and other convenient locations.

Research

The Hepatology Program participates in several multi-center, international, industry and NIH-sponsored studies involving treatment of hepatitis B, C and fatty liver. Patients enrolled in these studies are offered free treatment, visits and laboratory and other supports such as nutrition.

Helpful Websites

American Liver Foundation
National Institutes of Health (liver disease information)