Paul E. Hyman, MD - Pediatric Gastroenterology

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.

American Board of Pediatrics — 1982

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology — 1995

Hirschprung's Disease

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

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

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

1. P.E. Hyman (ed.), "Why Won't Baby Eat?" The Journal of Pediatrics, Suppl., Mosby, St. Louis, December 1994.
2. P.E. Hyman (ed.), Gastroenterology Image Collection: Pediatric GI Problems, Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia, 1997.
3. P.E. Hyman (ed.), Pediatric Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Academy Professional Information Services, New York, November 1999.
4. 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.

This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.