Coxhealth Pediatric Specialties

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Pediatrics

A pediatrician who treats children having developmental delays or learning disorders including those associated with visual and hearing impairment, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, autism and other chronic neurologic conditions. This specialist provides medical consultation and education and assumes leadership in the interdisciplinary management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. They may also focus on the early identification and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disabilities in infants and young children as well as on changes that occur as the child with developmental disabilities grows.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Coxhealth Pediatric Specialties is a Pediatric Endocrinology practice in Springfield, MO with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in treating childhood endocrine, metabolism, and hormonal disorders. Pediatric Endocrinologists at Coxhealth Pediatric Specialties perform medical diagnosis, prevention, assessment, and treatment of glandular disorders in children. Pediatric Endocrinology is a specialty of medicine that deals with preventing, diagnosing, and treating children's conditions affecting the adrenals, thyroid, pancreas, and other glands. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatric Endocrinology practices include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, childhood obesity, parathyroidism, developmental disorders, diabetes, and glandular cancers. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Endocrinology practices include hormone and thyroid level testing, urine and blood testing, childhood nutrition education, diabetes treatment, bariatric surgery assessment, radioactive iodine treatment, adrenal and thyroid surgery, and intensive insulin therapy.

A pediatrician who provides expert care to infants, children and adolescents who have diseases that result from an abnormality in the endocrine glands (glands which secrete hormones). These diseases include diabetes mellitus, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, the genital region and disorders of the thyroid, the adrenal and pituitary glands.

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Coxhealth Pediatric Specialties is a Pediatric Gastroenterology practice in Springfield, MO with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in detecting, treating and testing for childhood digestive system disorders. Pediatric Gastroenterologists at Coxhealth Pediatric Specialties perform medical diagnosis and treatment of conditions like lactose intolerance, childhood weight problems, food allergies, gastrointestinal bleeding, acid reflux, liver disease, and pancreas disorders. Pediatric Gastroenterology is a specialty of internal medicine that deals with disorders of children's digestive systems. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatric Gastroenterology practices include pancreatitis, childhood obesity, lactose intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, food intolerance, nausea and vomiting, chronic diarrhea, nutritional problems, and feeding disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Gastroenterology practices include abdominal ultrasound, colonoscopy, gastrointestinal endoscopy, MRI, and CT scan, barium enema, gastric banding, organ biopsy, and upper gastrointestinal series.

A pediatrician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive systems of infants, children and adolescents. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using lighted scopes to see internal organs.

Pediatric Sleep Medicine

A Pediatrician who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.