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From administrative staff to gastroenterologists, our Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center team is here to help your child thrive and live their best life.

Dr. Prathima Nandivada, attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains what Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis is and how it’s treated.

Dr. Prathima Nandivada, attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains what long-segment Hirschsprung’s disease is and how it differs from short-segment Hirschsprung’s disease.

Dr. Prathima Nandivada, attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery, explains what Hirschsprung’s disease is and how it’s treated at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Experts in the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center explain the differences between laxatives and stool softeners, and when each is typically used when treating patients with colorectal and pelvic malformations.

Nurse practitioner Cassandra Morrill, in the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, helps identify the differences between enemas, an appendicostomy, and a cecostomy.

Boston Children’s Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center nurse practitioners Amelia Henaghan and Paula Cruz share details of what bowel management can look like for children.

Dr. Erin McNamara, associate director in the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center at Boston Children’s, answers questions about children who have bladder dysfunction, and why urodynamics testing is performed.

Our experts in the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center answer the most common questions families have when their child needs surgery.

Nurse practitioner Amelia Henaghan, in the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, describes what a sacral nerve modulation is and how a patient qualifies to use this...