This research study is being conducted by Dr. Robbyn Sockolow, MD, the director of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCM) and Komansky Children’s Hospital, and Dr. David Artis, PhD, the director of the Jill Roberts Institute for IBD at WCM. Their teams are looking for pediatric patients who are undergoing a colonoscopy or intestinal surgery.
Why is the study being done?
We are learning about the factors underlying inflammatory bowel disease with the hope that we may improve the care of pediatric patients.