Hayat Mousa, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Lustgarten Motility Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director ; GI Motility Education Series, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of GI
3500 Civic Center Blvd, Hub 6 #6551
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of GI
3500 Civic Center Blvd, Hub 6 #6551
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-913-3906
Fax: 215-590-3606
Lab: 215-913-3906
Fax: 215-590-3606
Lab: 215-913-3906
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
America's Top Doctors
Director Frontier “Center for Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Pediatric Motility Disorders”
Press Release NASPGHAN “Bowelsounds session on Pediatric Intestinal Pseudoobstruction. “PIPO”
Search PubMed for articles
America's Top Doctors
Director Frontier “Center for Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Pediatric Motility Disorders”
Press Release NASPGHAN “Bowelsounds session on Pediatric Intestinal Pseudoobstruction. “PIPO”
Education:
BS (Medical Science)
Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, 1979.
MD
Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, 1982.
Permanent linkBS (Medical Science)
Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, 1979.
MD
Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, 1982.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Expertise in Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback from the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA). BCIA CertificateExpertise in pediatric pseudoobstruction: NASPGHAN sponsored Podcast on pseudoobstruction:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hayat-mousa-pediatric-intestinal-pseudo-obstruction/id1479342168?i=1000555433650
CME sponsored webinar:
Bowel Sounds: The Pediatric GI Podcast
https://learnonline.naspghan.org/products/bowel-sounds-hayat-mousa-pediatric-intestinal-pseudo-obstruction-cme-available
Description of Other Expertise
Expertise in Body Surface Gastric mapping in Children;Body Surface Gastric Mapping Delineates Specific Patient Phenotypes in Adolescents With Functional Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2025 Jun;37(6):e70018. doi: 10.1111/nmo.70018. Epub 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40106804; PMCID: PMC12075902.
Neuropathic Gastroduodenal Disorders Can Be Diagnosed by Non-Invasive Body Surface Gastric Mapping: A Comparison With Antroduodenal Manometry. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2025 Jun 2:e70087. doi: 10.1111/nmo.70087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40456684.
Description of Research Expertise
https://www.chop.edu/news/qa-hayat-mousa-mdBody Surface gastric Mapping (BSGM) in children with gastroparesis
https://twitter.com/Lifeishayat/status/1426673645657657352
ANMS rewards our work using Endoflip in children with EOE and achalasia and comparing LES DI to compliance to overcome the lack of normal values in pediatrics.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hayat-Mousa-3
Selected Publications
Xu B, Benitez A, Sadaka C, Roshkovan L, Orians C, Chintalapalli S, Maxwell N, Humphrey G, Gharibans A, Gervirtz R, Mousa H: Lower Gut Symptoms are Highly Associated with Upper Gut Symptoms for Pediatric Patients with Gastric Functional Disorders. Poster presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2025.Xu B, Sadaka C, Roshkovan L, Orians C, Benitez A, Humphrey G, Gharibans A, Mousa H: Explore the Association Between Gastric Emptying Study and Body Surface Gastric Mapping in Pediatrics. Poster presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2025.
Xu, B, Orians C, Sadaka C, Roshkovan L, Mcwilliams T, Humphrey G, Gharibans A, Benitez A, Mousa H: Intrapyloric Botox Injection Improves Symptoms for Pediatric Patients with Gastroparesis. Poster presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2025.
Kapavarapu P, Roshkovan L, Orians C, Konka K, Benitez A, Mousa H: Radio-Opaque Marker Study: Re-Defining the Colonic Transit Time in Pediatrics. Poster presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2025.
Humphrey G, Law M, Gharibans A, Calder S, Xu B, Andrews C, Benitez A, Mousa H, O'Grady G: Co-Development, Feasibility, and Preliminary Validity of a digital Gastric Symptom and Wellbeing Diary for Adolescents with Gastroduodenal DGBIS.Poster presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2025.
Sadaka C, Xu B, Benitez A, Orians C, Pearlstein H. Mousa H: The healthcare burden imposed by children with gastroparesis and the shift imposed by COVID-19. Front Pediatr July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1622205.
Sadaka C, Xu B, Benitez AJ, Orians CM, Bowerman C, Dourlain J, Skaggs B, Konka KG, Roshkovan L, Humphrey G, Calder S, Schamberg G, O'Grady G, Gharibans AA, Mousa H. : Neuropathic Gastroduodenal Disorders Can Be Diagnosed by Non-Invasive Body Surface Gastric Mapping: A Comparison With Antroduodenal Manometry. Neurogastroenterol & Motility 2025 Jun Drs. Magnus Simren, Gary Mawe and Jim Galligan, Associate Editor(s): Kirsteen Browning and Arjan Bredenoord (eds.). Wiley, Page: Epub ahead of print June 2025.
Humphrey G, Keane C, Schamberg G, Benitez A, Calder S, Binghong X, Sadaka C, Andrews CN, O'Grady G, Gharibans A, Mousa H. 2025 Jun;37(6):e70018. doi: 10.1111/nmo.70018. Epub 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40106804; PMCID: PMC12075902.: Body Surface Gastric Mapping Delineates Specific Patient Phenotypes in Adolescents With Functional Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis. Neurogastroenterol & Motility. Drs. Magnus Simren, Gary Mawe and Jim Galligan, Associate Editor(s): Kirsteen Browning and Arjan Bredenoord (eds.). Wiley, 37(6): e70018, June 2025.
Alexandra M. Golik , MA1,2 Anne E. Chuning, MA1,2,3 Hide Okuno2 Taylor B. Harris, BA 1,2,4 Anna Wallisch, PhD, OTR/L2 E Zhang, PhD 2,3 Kelsey Dean, MS, RD, LD, CCRP2,3 Dana Bakula, PhD4 Megan Olalde, MS, RD3 Sarah T. Edwards, DO4 Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH5 Ryan T. Pitman, MD6 Devendra Mehta, MD7 Julia Anderson, MD, MSCI8 Carolina Cerezo, MD9 Hayat Mousa, MD10 Amanda Bruce, PhD2,3 Ann M. Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP2,3 1 University of Kansas, Department of Clinical Child Psychology 2 University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics 3 Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition 4 Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics 5 Boston Children’s Hospital 6 Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health 7 Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children 8 Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt 9 Hasbro Children’s/Rhode Island Hospital 10 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 11 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine 12 University of North Carolina School of Medicine : Parental Health-Related Quality of Life in Response to Child Health Conditions: A Potential Key Factor in Pediatric Tube-Weaning Engagement. PAS 2025 meeting abstract April 2025.
Gordon M, de Geus A, Banasiuk M, Benninga MA, Borrelli O, Boruta M, Darbari A, Dore-Stites D, Gould M, Hawa J, Jones KB, Khlevner J, Kilgore A, Mousa H, Nurko S, Sinopoulou V, Tabbers M, Thapar N. : ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN 2024 protocol for paediatric functional constipation treatment guidelines (standard operating procedure). BMJ Paediatr Open. Professor Shanti Raman, MBBS, MAE, PhD, FRACP University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-3231 (eds.). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 9(1): e003161, February 2025.