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Our team of over 45 highly specialized doctors and over 60 clinicians includes social workers, dietitians and psychologists who are devoted to treating the whole child, and who work alongside our incredibly dedicated nurses every step of the way. This expertise and teamwork allows us to give your child a more specific diagnosis and an exceptional level of personalized care and treatment here at Boston Children’s Hospital.  

We are a dedicated group of smart, compassionate and driven people who understand that being the best means focusing on what matters most: the lives and spirits of the kids we see every single day.

Physicians

Scott B. Snapper, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jenifer Lightdale, MD, MPH

Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Menno Verhave, MD

Clinical Director (Emeritus), Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Hait, MD, MPH

Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sonia Arora Ballal, MD

Divisional Wellness Officer; Associate Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Beate Beinvogl, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Elana M. Bern, MD, MPH

Co-Director, ARFID Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Silvana Bonilla, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Timothy Buie, MD

Co-Director, GI-Autism Clinic; Senior Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alexandra Carey, MD

Director, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Denis Chang, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lauren Collen, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Paul Crowley, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nirav Desai, MD

Affiliate Staff, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Michael J. Docktor, MD

Attending , Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director of Innovation; Director, Clinical Mobile Solutions

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nan Du, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH

Senior Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Center for Nutrition; Medical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation

Meltzer Professor of Pediatrics in the Field of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School; Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Daniel Duncan, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Aerodigestive Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Scott A. Elisofon, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director, Center for Childhood Liver Disease; Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Laurie Fishman, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sarah Fleet, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alejandro Flores, MD

Director and Chair, Ambulatory Community Services; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Victor L. Fox, MD

Director Emeritus, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Meghan Gibson, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Amit Grover, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Leslie Higuchi, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Suzanna Hirsch, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Bridget Hron, MD, MMSc

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Director, Center for Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lissette Jimenez, MD, MPH

Co-Director Congenital Enteropathy Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Stacy A. Kahn, MD

Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Daniel S. Kamin, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christine K. Lee, MD

Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program; Medical Director, Multivisceral and Intestine Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd

Chief Education Officer; Director of the Department of Education, Boston Children’s Hospital; Director Emeritus, Celiac Disease Program

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Wayne I. Lencer, MD

Longwood Chair in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Director, Harvard Digestive Disease Center

Lisa Mahoney, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ishrat Mansuri, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School

Maireade McSweeney, MD, MPH

Director, Gastroenterology Quality Improvement & Patient Safety; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Director, Enteral Tube Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Munir Mobassaleh, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Part-time), Harvard Medical School

Claudio Morera, MD

Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Melissa Musser, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Silvia Nastasio, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Peter Ngo, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; Director, Functional Abdominal Pain Program

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jodie Ouahed, MD, MMSc

Director, VEOIBD Clinic; Attending Physician, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Randi G. Pleskow, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Brian Regan, DO

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Camilla Richmond, MD, MA

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Aerodigestive Center

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sara Rosenbaum, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Eitan Rubinstein, MD

Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Gastroenterology Inpatient Consult Service; Director, Transnasal Endoscopy Unit

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jared Silverstein, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dennis Spencer, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Program Director, Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Katherine Sweeny, MD

Associate Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Erin Syverson, MD

GI Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Margot Newburger Tang, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Paul A. Rufo, MD, MMSc

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sabina Sabharwal, MD, MPH

Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD

Medical Director, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jocelyn Silvester, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Celiac Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kate Templeton, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jay Thiagarajah, MD, PhD

Co-Director Congenital Enteropathy Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Michaela Tracy, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Amy Turner, MD, MSHPEd

Associate Director, Inpatient Services; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jon A. Vanderhoof, MD

Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Andrew Wehrman, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dascha Weir, MD

Co-Director, Celiac Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Anne A. Wolf, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Gastroenterology Inpatient Service; Director, Gastroenterology Resident Rotation

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lianna Wood, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Allison Wu, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jessica Yasuda, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Lori Zimmerman, MD

Interim Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Naamah Zitomersky, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistant

Alexandra Griffith, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Nurse Practitioners

Kathryn Broyles, FNP

Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program

Elizabeth Burch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Coordinator, Functional Abdominal Pain Program

Kathleen Carr, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Growth and Nutrition Program

Zoe Chin, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Sarah Connearney, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Caitlin Dolan, MS, RN, APRN, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Susan Dybowski, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Nancy Goldberg, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC​

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Audrie Grigun, MSN, RN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Lisa Hester, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Aerodigestive Program; Clinical Coordinator, Aerodigestive Center

Rachel Hoch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Barbara Marinaccio, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jennifer McClelland, BSN, MS, RN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program

Kimberli O'Malley, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Fiona Paul, RN, PhD, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nurse Coordinator, Colorectal Program

Arielle Starr, NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Carolyn Ward, MSN, RN, APRN, PNP-PC/AC

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Clinical Social Workers

Janis Arnold, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Hannah Brewer, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Melissa DeCelle, MSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Jahna Goldmore, LICSW

Clinica Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Ali Henry, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Yoshiko Okazaki, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Eileen Polasky, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Anna Rouse, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Sarah Salazar, LICSW

Social Worker, ARFID and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Amanda Vispo, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jacqueline Wehrli, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker II, Vascular Anomalies Center

Psychologists

Julia Carmody, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Ryan Davidson, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Laura Distel, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Amy Hale, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Rebecca Kramer, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Julie Snyder, PsyD

Director, GI Psychology Service

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Manuela Villa, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center; Clinical Lead, Comfort Ability Program

Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Data Analyst

Matt Mixdorf, BS

Quality Improvement Data Analyst, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR)

Coordinators

Dorelyn Calixte

Patient Administrative Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

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