Overview
Maria Clavell, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist. She treats children and adolescents for a variety of GI conditions, including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, blood in stools, gastric regurgitation, bloating, poor weight gain, weight loss, failure to thrive, elevated liver enzymes and feeding difficulties. She also sees pediatric patients with diagnoses for gastroesophageal reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, gastritis, ulcers, hepatitis, gastrointestinal polyposis syndromes, G tube dependence, gastroparesis, gastrointestinal bleeding, short bowel syndrome and pancreatitis. She has a clinical interest in nutrition.|Procedures Dr. Clavell performs include esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy with biopsies and polypectomies, foreign body retrieval, control of bleeding and esophageal dilation.|She’s most proud of establishing a successful G tube clinic at her previous employer in Pittsburgh.|“I want to help the children in Pennsylvania with gastrointestinal diseases get care closer to their home,” she says.|She earned her medical degree from The University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan. Dr. Clavell then completed a residency at Louisiana State University Affiliated Hospitals. She followed that with a fellowship at Tulane University in New Orleans.|“After my Pediatrics rotation I knew I wanted to work with children and adolescents,” she notes. “Gastroenterology is a field with very diverse conditions and gives the opportunity of performing procedures as well as consultations. There are always opportunities for new learning as well as teaching students and residents.”|Several articles written by Dr. Clavell have appeared in national medical publications. She’s also written and published several book chapters. And she’s an accomplished presenter.|Dr. Clavell speaks English and Spanish.|In her spare time, she enjoys travel, reading, cooking and shopping.
She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. Dr. Clavell is currently accepting new patients.
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Locations
5 Morgan Highway, Scranton, PA 18508
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822
Clinical Research
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