Stacy A. Kahn | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Therapeutics Program
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Languages
- English
Stacy A. Kahn | Education
Medical School
New York University School of Medicine
2001, New York, MA
Residency
University of Chicago
2004, Chicago, IL
Fellowship
University of Chicago
2008, Chicago, IL
Stacy A. Kahn | Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Stacy A. Kahn | Professional History
Dr. Stacy Kahn completed her undergraduate degree in history at Washington University in St. Louis, and her post-baccalaureate premedical training at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She attended New York University School of Medicine and then went on to complete her pediatric residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Chicago. While at the University of Chicago, she also completed an ethics fellowship at the Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.
Clinically, Dr. Kahn’s interests have focused on the care of children with IBD, in particular she is interested in the care and management of teens and young adults with Crohn’s and colitis. While on the faculty at the University of Chicago, she founded and was the Director for the Transitional IBD Clinic. Dr. Kahn's other primary clinical focus is recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection. She is a national expert and leader in the field of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and performed the first colonoscopic FMT in a child.
Dr. Kahn's research interests include FMT for Clostridium difficile, FMT for inflammatory bowel disease, transition of care and self-management in IBD and research ethics. She is the director of the FMT research program at Boston Children’s Hospital and has led the development of the first national pediatric FMT registry.
Stacy A. Kahn | Media
Managing Medical Issues
Looking for Answers: The Microbiome in Autism