Pediatric Digestive Diseases
Patient Appointments and Referrals: Physicians Office Center |
Gastroenterology
The WVU Pediatric Digestive Disease Department offers diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal, liver, and nutritional disorders for infants, children, and adolescents.
Common disorders we treat include:
- chronic abdominal pain
- diarrhea
- constipation
- vomiting
- gastroesophageal reflux disease
We also can help children with less common disorders including:
- gastrointestinal bleeding
- inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
- celiac disease
- gastrointestinal disorders (such as allergic bowel disease, parasitic infection, gastroenteritis)
- acute and chronic liver disease (including different types of hepatitis)
- biliary tract diseases
- short-bowel syndrome
- complex nutritional problems
Physicians and Staff
Uwe Blecker , MD, PHD FAAP
Dr. Uwe Blecker is a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist at WVU Hospitals. He earned his medical degree at the Free University of Brussels, and he also completed special training there, as well as in Philadelphia and in Chicago. Dr. Blecker’s special interests include liver diseases; nutritional disorders; inflammatory bowel disease; and ailments affecting the stomach, colon, small intestine, and pancreas.Stacey Gillespie, MSN, CPNP, BC
Stacey Gillespie is a pediatric nurse practitioner. She earned her BSN at Waynesburg University and master’s of science in nursing at WVU.
Directions
Location
Use the Physician Office Center entrance. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor, turn left, look for the overhead sign Pediatrics / Adolescent Medicine PAGP.
Driving Directions to the Physician Office Center