Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology

Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology

Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology

Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology Welcome to Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology
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Our physicians are Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterologists

Our physicians are Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterologists

Our physicians are Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterologists

Our practice specializes in the digestive health and nutrition of children from birth until the age of twenty one.( eighteen years old for new patients), 

We are offering telemedicine visits

Our physicians are Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterologists

Our physicians are Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterologists

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We are here to diagnose and treat a wide variety of gastrointestinal & liver problems

We are here to diagnose and treat a wide variety of gastrointestinal & liver problems

We are here to diagnose and treat a wide variety of gastrointestinal & liver problems

Whether its abdominal pain, nausea, reflux, constipation, diarrhea, inadequate weight gain, or any number of g.i./liver diseases such as GERD, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac Disease, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, autoimmune hepatitis, H. pylori -           We can help. 

A Personal Approach

We are here to diagnose and treat a wide variety of gastrointestinal & liver problems

We are here to diagnose and treat a wide variety of gastrointestinal & liver problems

Our goal is to improve and maintain your child's health and to empower you with an understanding of their condition and wellness plan.  

Lawrence M. Adams , M.D.

Lawrence M. Adams , M.D.

Lawrence M. Adams , M.D.

Dr. Adams is the first Pediatric Gastroenterologist to call Palm Beach County home.  He is the father of four children. Prior to coming to Florida he received his general pediatric training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Newark as well as Schneider Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He c

Dr. Adams is the first Pediatric Gastroenterologist to call Palm Beach County home.  He is the father of four children. Prior to coming to Florida he received his general pediatric training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Newark as well as Schneider Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He continued on and completed his pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at Schneider Children's Hospital.

Since coming to Florida he has been quite involved in advocating for the  pediatric gastroenterology  needs of South Florida's children. He has served as chairman of the local chapter medical advisory committee of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.  He has been pediatric advisor to the local South Florida Celiac Support Group. At St. Mary's Medical Center he has been Chief of Pediatrics, member of the Medical Executive Committee and Chairman of the hospital's Credential Committee.

He is locally and nationally renowned, having been repeatedly listed in numerous publications of the best physicians. Such listings include South Florida Magazine's " South Florida's Top Doctors", Miami Metro's "Top Doc, the Best physicians in South Florida", The Consumer Research Council of America's " Guide to America's Top Physicians, Best Doctors, " The Best Doctors in America", Castle Connolly's " Top Doctors"

Dr. Adams practices in our West Palm Beach and Boca Raton locations.

John E. Stephens, M.D.

Lawrence M. Adams , M.D.

Lawrence M. Adams , M.D.

 Dr. Stephens was originally certified in pediatrics in 2002 and is a board certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist. He did his initial medical training here in Florida at the University of South Florida. Specialization in pediatric gastroenterology took place at Baylor College of Medicine's, Texas Children's Hospital, one of the highest r

 Dr. Stephens was originally certified in pediatrics in 2002 and is a board certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist. He did his initial medical training here in Florida at the University of South Florida. Specialization in pediatric gastroenterology took place at Baylor College of Medicine's, Texas Children's Hospital, one of the highest ranked and largest children's hospitals in the nation. 

During his fellowship program at Baylor College of Medicine, he was awarded the competitive National Institutes of Health's Gastroenterology Research Training Grant. While there, he worked diligently on his research and was an author in 4 peer reviewed journal articles and 5 abstracts based on this fellowship research.  All this hard work during his fellowship years accumulated with him being awarded the top fellowship research award at Baylor College of Medicine, for his work on the effects of intravenous nutrition on small intestinal blood flow. 

Upon leaving fellowship, Dr. Stephens joined Palm Beach Pediatric Gastroenterology in 2005. Since he has been here, he has devoted all his knowledge and energy to the full time care of his patients. He is a caring and compassionate person whom his patients have come to love. Since joining his partner, Dr. Adams, he has been awarded several community awards, including being noted as one of America’s top pediatricians by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, and he has become a staple in the local pediatric gastroenterology field in West Palm Beach.


Dr Stephens practices at our West Palm Beach and Palm City offices

 

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PARTICIPATING INSURANCES

  

Aetna 

Aetna Select (require authorization number)

Aetna Better Health

Avmed

BlueCross/Blue Shield 

Blue Cross/Blue Shield with Prefix YMYH OR VMAH (require authorization number)

Cigna 

Coventry

First Health 

Florida Medicaid

GEHA

Great West 

Golden Rule 

Humana except Medicaid and Humana Hmo X 

Meritain 

Miami Childrens Medicaid

Molina 

Neighborhood Health

Oxford

Simply HealthCare

Sunshine

Tricare only Standard (not Prime) 

United Healthcare except Medicaid

UMR

Wellcare (Staywell & Healthease)

  • With Periodic Changes please call the office if you have questions on any other Insurance Carriers. 

Downloads

New patients, or if any changes: Please download, fill out, and bring with you to our office.

Patient Demographic Form (pdf)Download
Patient History Form (pdf)Download
Medical Records Release Form (pdf)Download

Where we see hospitalized patients and perform Procedures:

Palm Beach Childrens Hospital

Palm Beach Childrens Hospital

Palm Beach Childrens Hospital

 Palm Beach Childrens Hospital at St. Mary's Medical Center is where our inpatient volume is the highest.

Link to PB Childrens Hospital

West Boca Medical Center

Palm Beach Childrens Hospital

Palm Beach Childrens Hospital

We are on staff and provide our services at West Boca Medical Center on U.S. 441 in West Boca Raton

Link to West Boca Medical Center

Outpatient Surgicenter

Palm Beach Childrens Hospital

Outpatient Surgicenter

Some of our endoscopies and colonoscopies are done at the Boca Raton Outpatient Surgery and Laser Center

Link to Boca Raton Outpatient Surgery & Laser Center

Useful websites

Information on digestive disorders in children:

https://www.gikids.org/ - information about many digestive disorders affecting children.


Sites with information about Inflammatory Bowel Diseases:

 http://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/ - a non profit organization supporting patients and their families, while funding research to find a cure for Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.


https://remistart-patient-uat.trialcard.com/#/app/home - potential savings for private pay or commercially insured patients on Remicade.


https://www.humira.com/humira-complete - Learn about Humira, and about possible ways to Save.

Sites with information about Celiac disease:

https://celiac.org/

Information about Eosinophilic Disorders

https://apfed.org/about-ead/egids/eoe/

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