2024 Faculty
Sabina A. Ali, MD
Clinical Professor
Co-Director UCSF Pediatric
Gastroenterology – Oakland
Director, Pediatric IBD Program – Oakland
Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals
Oakland, CA
Silvana Bonilla, MD
Attending Physician,
Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Tanaz Farzan Danialifar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
USC Keck School of Medicine
Divisional Director of Medical Student and Resident Education
Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Marla Dubinsky, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Co-director, Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Clinical Center
Director, Marie and Barry Lipman IBD Preconception and Pregnancy Clinic
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai New York
Chief, Division of Pediatric GI and Nutrition
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
New York, NY
Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Nutrition
Medical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation
Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Division of Nutrition
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Alessio Fasano, MD
W. Allan Walker Professor of Pediatrics MGB
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Vice Chair of Research – MGfC
Director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center and
The Center for Celiac Research and Treatment
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Rima Fawaz, MD
Medical Director of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Yale New Haven Hospital
Greenwich, CT
Praveen Goday, MD
Director, Nutrition and Feeding Programs
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Jeffrey Hyams, MD
Division Head, Gastroenterology
Director, The Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Center
Director, The Infusion Center
The Mandell-Braunstein Family-Endowed Chair for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Connecticut Children's Hospital
Hartford, CT
Katja Karrento, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Director of Motility and Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Programs
Medical College of Wisconsin
Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Ajay Kaul, MD
Director, Neurogastroenterology
and Motility Disorders Center
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Peter L. Lu, MD, MS
Research Director, GI Motility Center, Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition,
Department of Pediatrics,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH
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Calies Menard-Katcher, MD MSCS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology
Hepatology and Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic
Disease Program
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Veronique D. Morinville, MDCM, FRCPC, CAGF
Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Medical Director of Pancreas Care Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal, QC, Canada
Nikhil Pai, MD
Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics,
Member – Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute
Member – Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research (MODR)
McMaster Children’s Hospital
(McMaster University)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
John M. Rosen, MD
Section Chief General Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, LDN
For a Digestive Peace of Mind, LLC
Medway, MA
Catharine Walsh, MD
Educational Researcher, SickKids Learning Institute
Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute
Staff Pediatrician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Totronto
Toronto, Canada