Our Pediatric Pancreas Center is recognized as a center of excellence by the National Pancreas Foundation for the care and treatment of pancreatitis. We are also a contributing member of INSPPIRE (INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In search for a cuRE project), an NIH-funded research project comprised of 26 pediatric centers around the world focused on children with pancreatitis.
We are committed to providing comprehensive, compassionate and family-centric care for children with pancreas diseases.
Our expert staff includes gastroenterologists, nutritionists, nurses and social workers who specialize in diagnosing and treating an array of pancreatic conditions, including acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis.
We work in close collaboration with pediatric experts in surgery, pain management, anesthesiology, endocrinology and radiology to offer complete medical, endoscopic and surgical care for your child.
Cystic fibrosis is an example of a medical condition associated with hereditary pancreatitis. Learn more at the Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center.
Our Team
Director
Kenneth Ng, D.O.
Medical Director, Pediatric Pancreas Center
Co-Medical Director, Pediatric Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto Transplantation Program (TPIAT)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Faculty
Douglas Bradford Mogul, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Ann O'Shea Scheimann, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Darla Roye Shores, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Conditions We Treat
The Pediatric Pancreas Center provides comprehensive disease management for a wide range of pancreatic conditions, including:
- Acute, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis
- Annular pancreas
- Autoimmune pancreatitis
- Ampullary obstruction
- Hereditary pancreatitis (genetic causes)
- Pancreatic cysts/pseudocysts
- Pancreas divisum
- Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
- Pancreatic mass
- Pancreatic stones/sludge
- Pancreatic trauma
Contact and Locations
Contact Information for Patients
Appointments: 443-997-5437 (KIDS)
Office: 410-955-8769
Fax: 410-955-1464
After-Hours Emergency Contact
To reach the on-call physician for emergencies after 5 p.m. and weekends, please call the paging operator at 410-955-6070 and ask to speak to the pediatric GI fellow on call.
For Health Care Providers
Emergency consultative services (physician-to-physician) are available 24 hours a day. Call the Hopkins Access Line (HAL) at 1-800-765-5447 or 410-955-9444 in Baltimore and ask to speak to the pediatric GI fellow on call.
Locations
We see patients in the pediatric specialty clinic at the David M. Rubenstein Child Health Building at the main Johns Hopkins Hospital campus, and at multiple satellite locations throughout Maryland.