Samuel A. Kocoshis, MD
Title
Medical Director, Pediatric Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center; Medical Director, Small Bowel Transplantation Program
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone
513-636-4415
Fax
513-636-7805
Bio
Samuel Kocoshis, MD, is an expert in the management of complex intestinal and liver disease at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Kocoshis is the director of the Pediatric Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center in the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Division, and is also the medical director of the Small Intestinal Transplantation Program. In addition, he is professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Dr. Kocoshis' long-standing research interest has been altered bile acid metabolism in gastrointestinal disease. His current clinical research program focuses upon intestinal adaptation following massive small intestinal resection, as well as the immunology of intestinal transplantation.
Prior to joining Cincinnati Children's, Dr. Kocoshis was chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and co-director of the Intestinal Care Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Kocoshis earned his bachelor's degree from DePauw University and his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed an internship in pediatrics at the West Virginia University Medical Center; a residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; and a clinical fellowship in gastroenterology at Yale University School of Medicine.
Credentials
BS: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.
MD: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Awards and Honors
Research
- Altered bile acid metabolism in gastrointestinal disease
- Small bowel transplantation
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Short bowel syndrome
Special Interests
- Management of complex intestinal and liver disease
- Small bowel transplantation
- General disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
Related Areas
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