Paul E. Hyman, MD - Pediatric Gastroenterology
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Dr. Hyman is a Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. He chaired the Pediatric Rome Working Team, charged with developing symptom-based diagnoses for the childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders.
He serves as chairman of the medical advisory board of the American Pseudo-Obstruction & Hirschprung's Disease Society, and as a member of the advisory board of International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, and the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association. Dr. Hyman is an advisory panel member with the USDA Pharmacopoeia for gastrointestinal drugs.
Dr. Hyman is an accomplished author, reviewer, and speaker. He has written several books and numerous articles for peer reviewed journals.
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics — 1982
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology — 1995
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
- Hirschprung's Disease
Education
- MD: University of Connecticut - 1975
- Residency in Pediatrics, New York University Bellevue Hospital Medical Center - 1975-1977
- Staff Fellow, Digestive Disease Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolic and Digestive Diseases, NIH - 1977-1979
- Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, UCLA School of Medicine -1979-1981
Academic Appointments
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine - 1981-1982
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center - 1982-1989
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA - 1989-1994
- Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harbor-UCLA and King Drew Medical Centers - 1991-1994
- Co-Director UCLA Affiliates Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - 1991-1994
- Director, Pediatric Gastrointestinal Motility Center, Children's Hospital of Orange County - 1995 - Present
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA - 1995-Present
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC Irvine - 1996-Present
Professional Affiliations
- American Gastroenterological Association North American
- North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology
- American Motility Society
- Society for Pediatric Research
- Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
- Functional Brain-Gut Research Group
Selected Publications
- P.E. Hyman (ed.), "Why Won't Baby Eat?" The Journal of Pediatrics, Suppl., Mosby, St. Louis, December 1994.
- P.E. Hyman (ed.), Gastroenterology Image Collection: Pediatric GI Problems, Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia, 1997.
- P.E. Hyman (ed.), Pediatric Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Academy Professional Information Services, New York, November 1999.
- C.D. Guze, P.E. Hyman, and V.J. Payne, "Family studies of infantile visceral myopathy: a congenital myopathic pseudo-obstruction syndrome," American Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol. 82, 1999, pp. 114-122.
Financial Disclosure
This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.
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