What do you do in your practice when presented with a colicky baby? How do you tease out the various causes of fussiness and colic?

A specialist in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Michael J. Wilsey, MD provides insights for managing a baby with colic, fussiness, or a suspected cow’s milk protein allergy. He touches on strategies for identifying the root causes of colic and fussiness, the role of the immune system in early feeding, and how to navigate feeding decisions in real time.

Dr. Wilsey shares his latest research on the role of hypoallergenic formulas with probiotics in short-term symptom relief in infants with colic, fussiness, and symptoms of cow’s milk protein allergy.

This education is about:

• Addressing symptoms of infant colic
• Trailing various feeding modifications
• Feeding options for infants with cow’s milk protein allergy
• The impact of extensively hydrolyzed formula with LGG on allergic symptoms

• Bio

  Michael J. Wilsey, Jr., MD

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  Michael J. Wilsey, Jr, MD, is a clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida, associate professor of clinical pediatrics in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and vice chair in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, followed by fellowship training in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.

  Dr. Wilsey is an advanced therapeutic endoscopist specializing in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for infants and children. He is recognized as one of a select group of gastroenterologists with this expertise both in the United States and internationally, and he has developed and implemented multiple clinical innovations related to therapeutic endoscopy in pediatric patients.

  Dr. Wilsey has published more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles, consensus statements, and book chapters. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Transplantation and Nutrition, and Frontiers in Pediatrics.

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  Michael J. Wilsey, Jr., MD

  Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
  University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
  Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Vice Chair, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
  Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
  St. Petersburg, Florida

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