Bradley Alan Barth, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Division Director at Children's Health
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Bradley Barth, M.D. is the Division Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Children’s Health℠. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern.
Dr. Barth earned his medical degree from the University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio. He completed his internship and residency at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, and did fellowship training in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.
Dr. Barth’s clinical and research interests include advanced and therapeutic pediatric endoscopy, pancreatic and biliary diseases, endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding and treatment of complex esophageal strictures.
Since joining Children’s Health in 2004, Dr. Barth has helped build a nationally recognized division that includes more than 20 gastroenterologists and hepatologists. The Children’s Health GI program is one of the most advanced and busiest in the nation, delivering care for more than 24,000 patients a year through 17 disease-specific programs.
He also led Children’s Health in creating an advanced and therapeutic endoscopy program. The program is one of a few in the country offering advanced endoscopy procedures for children. Dr. Barth and his colleagues perform around 85 ERCP procedures and 50 endoscopic ultrasounds each year.
Dr. Barth has won the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Endoscopy Prize multiple times, and is a fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
In his spare time, Dr. Barth enjoys playing basketball, grilling and sous vide cooking, travelling with his family and fishing for redfish off the Texas Gulf Coast.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas HSC at San Antonio (1998)
- Internship
- New England Medical Center (1999), Pediatrics
- Residency
- New England Medical Center (2001), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Boston Children's Hospital (2004), Pediatric GI/Nutrition
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Conditions
- Abdominal migraines
- Achalasia
- Celiac disease
- Chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
- Colic
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer (CRC)
- Constipation
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulitis
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
- Encopresis
- Esophageal stricture
- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)
- Failure to thrive (FTT)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Fecal incontinence
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- Functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose intolerance
- Malabsorption
- Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Pancreas disease
- Pancreatic fluid collections
- Pancreatic malignancy/trauma
- Pancreatitis
- Pediatric H. pylori infection
- Peptic ulcer
- Rumination syndrome (merycism)
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Acute, Chronic and Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children
- Enteroscopy in Children
- Therapeutic Endoscopy in Children
- Therapeutic Interventions for Complex Childhood Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders
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Publications
Publications
- Diabetes Mellitus in Children with Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Data From the INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort. Bellin MD, Lowe M, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin S, Troendle DM, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Pohl JF, Perito E, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Freedman SD, Fishman DS, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Uc A, J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2019 Nov 69 5 599-606
- IV Ibuprofen for Prevention of Post-Ercp Pancreatitis in Children: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Feasibility Study. Troendle DM, Gurram B, Huang R, Barth BA, J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2019 Oct
- More Is Less: The Advantages of Performing Concurrent Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography for Pediatric Choledocholithiasis. Gee KM, Jones RE, Casson C, Barth B, Troendle D, Beres AL, J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2019 Sep
- Risk Factors for Rapid Progression From Acute Recurrent to Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: Report From INSPPIRE. Liu QY, Abu-El-Haija M, Husain SZ, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Lin TK, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman MB, Lowe ME, Uc A, J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2019 May
- Chronic Pancreatitis: Pediatric and Adult Cohorts Show Similarities in Disease Progress Despite Different Risk Factors. Schwarzenberg SJ, Uc A, Zimmerman B, Wilschanski M, Wilcox CM, Whitcomb DC, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Tang G, Slivka A, Singh VK, Sherman S, Shah U, Sandhu BS, Romagnuolo J, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Muniraj T, Morinville VD, McFerron B, Mascarenhas M, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Lewis M, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Guda N, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gelrud A, Gariepy CE, Gardner TB, Freedman SD, Forsmark CE, Fishman DS, Cote GA, Conwell D, Brand RE, Bellin M, Barth B, Banks PA, Anderson MA, Amann ST, Alkaade S, Abu-El-Haija M, Abberbock JN, Lowe ME, Yadav D, J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2019 Apr 68 4 566-573
Books
- Small Intestinal Bleeding. In Pohl J, Jolley C, Gelfond D, eds. Pediatric Gastroenterology: A Color Handbook. Troendle D, Barth BA. (2014). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
- Capsule Endoscopy and Small Bowel Enteroscopy. In Wyllie R, Hyams JS, Kay M, eds. Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 5th ed. Barth B, Troendle D. (2016). Philadelphia: Elsevier; 740-747.
- Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, and Developmental Anomalies of the Pancreas. In Feldman M, Friedman L, Brandt L, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Barth BA, Burdick S. (2010). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
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Professional Activities
- American Gastroenterology Association (2001)
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2002)
- North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (2001)
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Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America (2018)
- Fellow, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) (2012)
- Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas - D Magazine (2010-2018)
- Endoscopy Prize, NASPGHAN (2006, 2013)
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