Dr. Michael Keith Pickens D.O.
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
315 Martin Luther King Jr Way Tacoma WA, 98405About
Dr. Michael Pickens is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Pickens 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.
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