Treating Gastro Intestinal ProblemsFrom bowel movements that smell like vomit - to pain suffered during swallowing, many children with autism have bowel problems. Some might be obvious, some might be hidden from caretakers as a result of the autistic individual’s difficulties expressing (or even "processing") their pain. It is important for those close to autistic individuals to be educated on what to look for, and that testing for gastrointestinal problems might make a difference for that person’s daily comfort.
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ThoughtfulHouse.orgDr. Andrew Wakefield, MB BS FRCS FRCPath
Dr. Andrew Wakefield is an academic gastroenterologist. He graduated in Medicine from St. Mary’s Hospital, part of the University of London, in 1981, and pursued a career in gastrointestinal surgery with a specific interest in inflammatory bowel disease. He qualified as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985, and in 1996 he was awarded a Wellcome Trust Traveling Fellowship to study small intestinal transplantation in Toronto, Canada.
The main focus of Dr. Wakefield’s research is an investigation of the immunologic, metabolic, and pathologic changes occurring in inflammatory bowel diseases such as autistic enterocolitis, links between intestinal disease and neurologic injury in children, and the potential relationship of these conditions to environmental causes, such as childhood vaccines.
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Arthur Krigsman, MD
Dr. Arthur Krigsman holds dual board certification in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology. He has extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of gastrointestinal pathology common in children with autistic spectrum disorder, and has detailed the symtomatology and endoscopic/histopathologic character of this disease. Dr. Krigsman directed the division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at New York's Beth Israel Medical Center where he oversaw the pediatric GI clinic and consultation services. He currently maintains an independent private practice in pediatric gastroenterolgy in New York, and is also a principal member of Thoughtful House of Austin, Texas.
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Federico Balzola, MD
Dr. Balzola holds board certification in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy in 1994 in Italy at the Modena University School of Medicine. He attended medical school in the Turin University School of Medicine, graduated in 1989, where he then completed his gastroenterological residency. He was awarded a training from 1994 to 1995 at Royal Free Hospital in London on measles implication in inflammatory bowel disease, as well as from 1995 to 1998 at the Clinical Nutrition Department of the Molinette Hospital of Turin on the small bowel syndrome management. Following his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition at the Molinette Hospital in Turin, he has been a consultant in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department directed by Prof. Rizzetto since 1998, where he oversaw the gastrointestinal clinic and consultation service with a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease and liver/bowel transplantation. He is currently working in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Intensive Care Unit. He has numerous scientific publications in international medical journals, and he presented his research results in several international meetings. He is a member of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE) and editor for the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitor journal. At present, he maintains his practice in gastroenterological fields with a special research interest on autistic patients. He is driving several clinical research projects in Italy on the identification and treatment of the autistic enterocolitis with dietetic and pharmacological approaches. He lives in Turin with his wife, Paola, and two daughters, Beatrice and Margherita.
Parts 1 through 3 of this interview were conducted by AutismOne Radio's Teri Small. Parts 4 and 5 were conducted by Larry Kaplan, PhD. of the U.S. Autism & Asperger Association.
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Timothy Buie, MD
Dr. Buie is a board certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist. He attended medical school at the Unviersity of Missouri at Kansas City. Dr. Buie practices at Massachusetts General Hospital, and serves as a clinician and consultant at Massachusetts General Hospital's Ladders Program for Children with Autism. Dr. Buie is also an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an assistant clinical professor in Pediatrics at Tufts University.
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Dr. Andrew Wakefield, MB BS FRCS FRCPath
Dr. Andrew Wakefield is an academic gastroenterologist. He graduated in Medicine from St. Mary’s Hospital, part of the University of London, in 1981, and pursued a career in gastrointestinal surgery with a specific interest in inflammatory bowel disease. He qualified as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985, and in 1996 he was awarded a Wellcome Trust Traveling Fellowship to study small intestinal transplantation in Toronto, Canada.
The main focus of Dr. Wakefield’s research is an investigation of the immunologic, metabolic, and pathologic changes occurring in inflammatory bowel diseases such as autistic enterocolitis, links between intestinal disease and neurologic injury in children, and the potential relationship of these conditions to environmental causes, such as childhood vaccines.
