UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Andrew Ebanks, MD
Andrew Ebanks, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Specialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
Locations
- Chicago - Comer Children's Hospital
- Tinley Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Andrew Ebanks, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist who cares for children with a wide range of digestive concerns. Dr. Ebanks has special expertise in stomach and digestive issues — such as difficulty swallowing, gastroesophageal reflux, feeding difficulties, weight-gain concerns and irritable bowel syndrome — and he also focuses on eosinophilic disorders, including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a condition that affects the esophagus.
Taking a family-centered approach, he tailors nutritional and medication-based care for EoE and other conditions. To support his patients, he uses advanced tools like EndoFLIP to evaluate how the esophagus is working and to guide treatments, including esophageal dilation.
Dr. Ebanks is dedicated to creating a care experience that is thoughtful, comforting and focused on each child’s unique needs. He understands how stressful it can be when a child is having trouble eating or with digestive health. He takes time to explain each step clearly and works closely with families to develop care plans that are practical and reassuring.
In addition to his clinical care, Dr. Ebanks’ current research is evaluating food reintroduction strategies for children with EoE and creating programs to help other doctors use EndoFLIP.
Taking a family-centered approach, he tailors nutritional and medication-based care for EoE and other conditions. To support his patients, he uses advanced tools like EndoFLIP to evaluate how the esophagus is working and to guide treatments, including esophageal dilation.
Dr. Ebanks is dedicated to creating a care experience that is thoughtful, comforting and focused on each child’s unique needs. He understands how stressful it can be when a child is having trouble eating or with digestive health. He takes time to explain each step clearly and works closely with families to develop care plans that are practical and reassuring.
In addition to his clinical care, Dr. Ebanks’ current research is evaluating food reintroduction strategies for children with EoE and creating programs to help other doctors use EndoFLIP.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children
- Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Pediatric Feeding Problems
Board Certifications
- Pediatrics
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center
Internship
- LAC+USC Medical Center
Residency
- LAC + USC Medical Center
Fellowship
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital
Memberships & Medical Societies
- North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.