Posts by Dr. Tim Buie
Dr. Tim Buie is Appointed Co-Director of the GI-Autism Clinic
Boston Children’s Hospital recently appointed me as Co-Director of the GI-Autism Clinic. This is a major step forward in supporting the work of our talented team of GI physicians, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, psychologists, and others who provide medical care to individuals with autism. I am excited to work with my fellow co-director, GI specialist…
Read More“Managing Medical Issues in Autism” Video Courses
Managing Medical Issues in Autism is a series of five independent video courses that explores the relationship between autism and gastroenterology/nutrition, and the challenges of communicating pain and illness for individuals with autism. As the developer and course director of this video series, I am also one of the presenters. I am joined by four…
Read MoreHarvard Medical School’s Adult Autism Health Resources Website
In honor of Autism Awareness Month, the Office for External Education at Harvard Medical School has introduced a valuable resource for the adult autism community: Adult Autism Health Resources www.adult-autism.health.harvard.edu. I am so pleased to be featured on the home page of this resource website in a two-minute video talking about the important role caregivers…
Read MoreLargest Published Endoscopy Study in Patients with Autism
I am so pleased to let everyone know about a recent article in the Journal of Pediatrics featuring the largest published endoscopy study in autism and a comparative review of its findings. Comparing Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Findings in Children with Autism, Developmental Delay or Typical Development is a study performed at Boston Children’s Hospital, which evaluated…
Read MoreRecommendations for the Management of Diarrhea with Trofinetide use in Rett Syndrome provided by medical specialists
Recommendations for the Management of Diarrhea with Trofinetide use in Rett Syndrome” was recently published in the journal Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs, and I was pleased to participate as one of the authors. The paper focuses on patients with Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder with no previously approved therapy, who were taking Trofinetide,…
Read MoreNew Study Supports BRAVO pH Probe Testing in Children with Autism
My thanks to Leonel Rodriguez, chief of pediatric gastroenterology, Yale Medicine, for shepherding this paper on Evaluation of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Study Evaluating the Tolerance and Utility of the BRAVO Wireless pH Monitoring to publication in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Although the paper includes the…
Read MoreGI Issues in Autism and Related Behaviors Detailed in New Paper
Similar to developing appropriate methods to identify and measure autism features, there has been a need for well-designed and validated testing process to identify GI issues in the autism community. Standard questionnaires currently used are not focused on behavioral presentations that may represent GI distress. Calliope Holingue champions this issue with a major outcome, a…
Read MoreThe Harsh Realities Healthcare Workers Face After COVID
We are over 2 years deep into COVID-19 and the pandemic effects include ongoing illness and grieving the loss of loved ones. Watching and living with the strange realities of these past 2 years, I have seen children trying to tolerate Zoom classes at home, months or years of lost therapies, loss of activity, and…
Read MoreGrace
This image is entitled “Grace” and was drawn by Ben Buie when he was 15, while we were still living through the worst of the pandemic. As we progress through the years and COVID-19 becomes just another chapter, we must always remember the healthcare professionals, teachers and the many frontline workers who exhibited such grace…
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