Dr. Bruno Chumpitazi, an assistant professor of pediatric gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine and clinical director of Texas Children’s Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program, recently received the Baylor College of Medicine Rising Star Clinician Award.
This annual award recognizes outstanding up and coming clinicians for their exemplary contributions to clinical excellence and expertise, consistent high level of patient care, commendable leadership skills and continuous exemplary service to the Baylor community.
Chumpitazi’s contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, particularly in the area of gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders, have received numerous accolades from his Texas Children’s and Baylor colleagues.
“As director of a cutting edge, productive, and nationally recognized clinical program, Dr. Chumpitazi has truly been a rising star within our department and within the College,” said Dr. Mark W. Kline, Texas Children’s physician-in-chief and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor. “He successfully introduced procedures such as anorectal manometry, colonic manometry, antroduodental manometry and esophageal manometry at Texas Children’s. He also introduced pH/impedance testing, the current gold standard of gastric esophageal reflux testing.”
Texas Children’s Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program is on the cutting edge of clinical care and research for children with gastrointestinal functional and motility disorders. Individuals within the program work with others throughout Baylor and Texas Children’s to offer several multidisciplinary programs (including an esophageal achalasia program, neurostimulation program, and rumination program); gastrointestinal motility evaluations (including wireless capsule manometry); and therapies (including guided imagery).
Chumpitazi has worked with child life specialists and multi-sensory distraction devices to make procedures as pediatric friendly as possible. In addition to the previously mentioned efforts, Chumpitazi has created a multidisciplinary program with our physical therapy colleagues for children with defecation disorders amenable to therapy. Each of these programs are highly specialized, were created to address a pressing clinical need, and are not available in the vast majority of pediatric gastroenterology programs throughout the country.
The Motility program’s success can be measured in part by the high volume of national, regional and local consultation requests for the program’s clinical expertise and the high volume of specialized procedures completed.
“I’m extremely humbled by this award and want to emphasize that I’m just one individual within a fantastic team environment,” Chumpitazi said. “It’s been a pleasure working with other like-minded individuals throughout Baylor and Texas Children’s to improve the health of the children that we see.”
“Dr. Chumpitazi is an excellent example of a rising star clinician,” said Dr. Benjamin Shneider, chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Texas Children’s. “He is a true triple threat, with tremendous skills as a clinician, educator and investigator. I am certain he will continue to represent Baylor and Texas Children’s as a national leader within his field and I am grateful he is part of our team.”
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