{"id":2133,"date":"2022-08-24T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T00:12:47","slug":"the-colorectal-and-pelvic-reconstruction-service-leadership-and-innovation-for-children-with-complex-colorectal-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/2022\/08\/24\/the-colorectal-and-pelvic-reconstruction-service-leadership-and-innovation-for-children-with-complex-colorectal-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service: Leadership and innovation for children with complex colorectal conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/744057366?h=9f4388ae13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service was created in 2019 to provide world-class care for children and families affected by complex colorectal conditions. Through the combined support of the RCH Foundation, the Victorian Government and the Federal Government, the service acts as a national leader for children born with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung disease, and children affected by chronic constipation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Associate Professor Sebastian King<\/strong> established\u00a0the Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service at RCH. Following his PhD at the University of Melbourne, which focused upon the motility patterns of children affected by slow transit constipation, Sebastian completed his paediatric surgical training at RCH and the\u00a0Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian\u2019s clinical role is focused upon children born with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung disease, and those affected by chronic constipation. His ongoing research is supported by The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation, the MRFF, the NHMRC\u00a0and the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms Jessica Taranto<\/strong> has been one of the two Clinical Nurse Consultants within the Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service since 2019.\u00a0Jessica&#8217;s professional interests include family centred care, shared decision making, diversity and inclusion. Jessica is currently completing her PhD part-time through the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, where she will investigate the parent experience of performing anal dilatations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Kim-Michelle Gilson <\/strong>is the Senior Clinical Psychologist in the\u00a0Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service.\u00a0Since finishing her PhD ten years ago, she has\u00a0worked on supporting the mental health of children with complex medical conditions and their families through both\u00a0clinical and research roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Hannah Evans-Barns<\/strong> is a junior doctor and PhD student at RCH \/ MCRI. Her research focusses upon understanding gastrointestinal motility in children following surgical correction of congenital colorectal conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service was created in 2019 to provide world-class care for children and families affected by complex colorectal conditions. Through the combined support of the RCH Foundation, the Victorian Government and the Federal Government, the service acts as a national leader for children born with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung disease, and children affected by chronic constipation.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[466,7930,7949,12664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clinical","category-general-interest","category-paediatrics","category-surgery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/grandrounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}