Dr. William J. Cochran M.D.
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
100 N Academy Ave Danville PA, 17822About
Dr. William Cochran is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Danville, PA. Dr. Cochran specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Education and Training
Penn State
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Gastroenterology- 1990
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gastroesophageal reflux contributing to chronic sinus disease in children: a prospective analysis.
- Conversion from continuous to intermittent feedings.
- Treatment of adolescent obesity comparing self-guided and group lifestyle modification programs: a potential model for primary care.
- Intestinal strictures presenting with gastrointestinal blood loss.
- Reliability of fat-free mass estimates derived from total-body electrical conductivity measurements as influenced by changes in extracellular fluid volume.
- Total body water estimated by measuring total-body electrical conductivity.
- Proximal muscle weakness and selenium deficiency associated with long term parenteral nutrition.
- In vivo isotope-fractionation factors and the measurement of deuterium- and oxygen-18-dilution spaces from plasma, urine, saliva, respiratory water vapor, and carbon dioxide.
- Graft-versus-host disease: gastrointestinal involvement with a rectovaginal fistula.
- Body fat in normal adults estimated by oxygen-18- and deuterium-dilution and by anthropometry: a comparison.
- Total body electrical conductivity measurements: effects of body composition and geometry.
- The bioelectrical measurement of body composition during infancy.
- Fat-free mass and total body water of infants estimated from total body electrical conductivity measurements.
- Total body electrical conductivity used to determine body composition in infants.
- Chylous ascites in infants and children: a case report and literature review.
Treatments
- Crohn's Disease
- Acid Reflux
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Gastritis
- Malnutrition
- Pain
Fellowships
- Strong Memorial Hospital , Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1983
- Baylor College of Medicine , Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1984
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