This is PEDYCAST.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to Pediacast.

It's a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It is episode 287 for May 21st, 2014.

We're calling this one Hirshbrung Disease.

I want to welcome everyone to the program.

So I have a feeling that this episode of PDACast is going to end up being one of our most popular shows.

And I'll even step out on the ledge and make a prediction here.

The day will come probably sooner rather than later when this particular show will be one of our most listened to episodes of the program.

Now, most of my regular listeners, you're probably

scratching your heads right now and asking yourselves, what in the world is Hirshprung

disease? I've never heard of it. And why is this episode going to be so popular? I mean,

is it as a common condition? Not particularly so. About 1,000 kids affected, not nearly as common as other diseases that we've covered on the program.

So what gives? Well, the reason I see this episode heading into the PDACast Hall of Fame is because of our guest.

Dr. Mark Levitt is an international star of sorts in the world of pediatric colorectal surgery. And when he talks, people listen.

So I know once we tag this episode with the topic and our guest, he'll be off to the races.

This show will be off to the races. Of course, this begs the question for my faithful followers.

In other words, those of you who listen every week and weren't necessarily lured in by doing a Google search for the topic or the guest, begs the question, what exactly are Dr. Levitt's credentials?

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