Donald F. Kirby, MD
In these videos, Donald F. Kirby, MD, FACP, FACN, FACG, AGAF, FASPEN, CNSC, CPNS, director of Center for Human Nutrition, medical director of Intestinal Transplant Program and professor of medicine at Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute at Cleveland Clinic discussed:
- what providers, including gastroenterologists and primary care providers, should know about short bowel syndrome;
- how short bowel syndrome is diagnosed;
- available treatments and treatments in the pipeline;
- potential complications that can develop for patients with short bowel syndrome and how they are dealt with;
- how pediatric and adult patients are handled differently; and
- where he would like to see future research into short bowel syndrome focus.