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Clinical Services:
Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation
The Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) at Children's Hospital Boston is one of the world's premier programs for the treatment of short bowel syndrome, a complex and often devastating disorder caused by the loss of part of the small bowel. Treatment options may include nutritional management, medical services or surgical services.
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In the Spotlight
Illustration of STEP procedure STEP Webcast
Watch surgeons at Children's Hospital Boston perform a serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) bowel lengthening and tapering procedure on a patient with short bowel syndrome (SBS) during a live webcast.
Expert Team
The program is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of specialists who come together to provide patients with comprehensive, expert care.

The team actively participates in research focused on the treatment and understanding of short bowel syndrome and has made major contributions to the field, including the development of an innovative surgical procedure.
The program is led by:
Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH, Medical Director
Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD, Surgical Director

Staff includes:

  • Physicians trained in surgery, gastroenterology and nutrition
  • Fellows in pediatric surgery and gastroenterology
  • Registered dietitian
  • Nurse practitioner
  • Nurse
  • Pharmacist
  • Social Worker
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Related topics:
Crohn Disease
Gastrojejunal (GJ) Tube Placement
Gastroschisis
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Patient's Story: Saving Alex
A month before he turned 2, Alex Malo became the first patient to have a STEP procedure, an innovative bowel-lengthening operation invented at Children's...
Useful Links
The Oley Foundation
North American Society
for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
The American Society for Clinical Nutrition
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