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Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

 

  • Meet the Team

    The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is home to specialists with a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. As a team, this diversity makes us better prepared to care for your child’s unique needs. Learn more about our faculty and staff.

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    Director

    Mitchell Cohen is the Director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

    Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
    Vice-Chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs

    513-636-3008

    mitchell.cohen@cchmc.org

    Mitchell Cohen is the Director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
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    Mitchell B. Cohen, MD

    Vice-Chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs

    Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Professor, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine

    Phone: 513-636-3008

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: mitchell.cohen@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Diarrheal disorders; inflammatory bowel disease; celiac disease

    Research Interests

    Intestinal secretion; diarrheal disease; developmental biology

    Visit the Cohen-Steinbrecher Lab.

    Biography

    Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, completed his pediatric training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and entered the public health service where he served at the Keams Canyon Indian Hospital on the Hopi Reservation in northeast Arizona. Subsequently, he completed a pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

    Dr. Cohen has had a long-standing interest in the pathophysiology of diarrheal diseases and continues to direct basic science and clinical research programs related to intestinal secretion and infection. These programs include studies of the guanylin family of intestinal peptides, epidemiology and pathogenesis of diarrheagenic E. coli and studies of human cholera and typhoid fever vaccines.

    Dr. Cohen is the director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's. He is also vice-chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs, associate director of the NIDDK-funded Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (DDRCC) entitled Digestive Health Center (DHC): Bench-to-Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease and the director of the NIH-funded Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology.

    Dr. Cohen has served as president of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and chair of the section on Growth Development and Aging of the American Gastroenterological Association. He is a member of the Clinical Research Committee of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFFTI), and has served as permanent and ad hoc member on a number of NIH study sections and the National Commission on Digestive Diseases.

    Education and Training

    MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1977.

    Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1977 to 1980.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, 1983 to 1986; Research Scholar, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, 1986 to 1987.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1981; Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1990, 1997, 2004.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Digestive Health Center:  Bench to Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease. Program Director; Director, Administrative Core. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2007 - May 2012. #P30 DK 0789392. 

    Evaluation of control measures against human infectious diseases other than AIDS. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Nov 2007 - Oct 2012. #N01-AI25459.

    Faculty

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    William F. Balistreri, MD
    Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center

    513-636-4594

    william.balistreri@cchmc.org

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    William F. Balistreri, MD

    Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center

    Associate Chair for Subspecialty Training, Department of Pediatrics

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4594

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: william.balistreri@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Liver disease (cholestasis, hepatisis, metabolic liver disease); inflammatory bowel disease
     

    Biography

    William F. Balistreri, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center and Associate Chair for Subspecialty Training, Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, received the 2001 Outstanding Pediatrician award from the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The award is given annually to a pediatrician who is a member of the Ohio Chapter of the AAP for distinguished achievements in pediatric care and in the education of patients and physicians.

    "I believe that his award reflects the respect of our colleagues for the entire Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center community rather than any one individual," says Balistreri. "Nevertheless, I am honored to be singled out among all of the outstanding pediatricians in the state of Ohio."

    Balistreri is one of the world's foremost authorities on pediatric gastroenterology and liver disease. He is medical director of Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Liver Care Center and Pediatric Liver Transplantation Program.

    Through more than 440 publications, including original articles, editorials, reviews and book chapters, Balistreri has helped to clarify the understanding of many aspects of pediatric hepatology -- the branch of medicine concerned with the liver and its diseases. These include bile acid metabolism, neonatal cholestasis (stoppage or suppression of the flow of bile), hepatitis and liver transplantation.

    Balistreri has been editor of The Journal of Pediatrics since 1995. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and co-editor, associate editor, guest editor, reviewer and member of numerous editorial boards of several journals and periodicals. These include seminars in Liver Disease, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is co-editor of the prestigious text Liver Disease in Children.

    In 2000, Balistreri became the first pediatrician to serve as president of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. He is or has been president or a member of numerous prestigious scholarly societies, including the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

    Balistreri has also served as a member of the board of directors of the American Board of Pediatrics, American Liver Foundation, Institute for Pediatric Medical Education, and the Society for Pediatric Research.

    Balistreri has received awards from various societies. These include the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America in 1995, the Andrew Sass-Kortsak Memorial Award from the Canadian Liver Foundation and the Canadian Association for the Study of Liver in 1998, the Murray Davidson Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 1999, and the prestigious Shwachman Award for 1999 from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

    Balistreri earned a medical degree at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1970. He was a pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children's from 1971 to 1972 and a post-doctoral fellow from 1972 to 1974. He did a research fellowship in the division of Gastroenterology at the Mayo Foundation, Mayo Clinic, before being appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1976.

    Balistreri joined Cincinnati Children's in 1978, when he also was named Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. In 1984, Balistreri was named Dorothy M. Kersten Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. In 1991, he was appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Balistreri has been listed multiple times in Best Doctors in America.

    Education and Training

    BA: State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, 1966.

    MD: University of Buffalo School of Medicine, NY, 1970.

    Internship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (University of Cincinnati School of Medicine), Cincinnati, OH, 1970 to 1972.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (University of Cincinnati School of Medicine), Cincinnati, OH, 1971 to 1972.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1973 to 1974.

    Research Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Mayo Foundation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1973 to 1975.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1975 (renewed 1992); Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1990 (renewed 1997 and 2004).

    Publications

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    Jorge A. Bezerra, MD

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7851

    Email: jorge.bezerra@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Biography

    Jorge A. Bezerra, MD, joined the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in 1990, when he began his fellowship training in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition and graduated in 1993.

    From 1992-1994, Dr. Bezerra was a research scholar in the Division of Basic Sciences. He was appointed to the division in 1994 as an assistant professor of pediatrics.

    Dr. Bezerra completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

    Dr. Bezerra has an active research career with his primary interests in molecular control of liver regeneration, biliary atresia, and genetic basis of intrahepatic cholestasis.

    In addition to his research work, Dr. Bezerra is an active clinician for the outpatient GI clinical service and the inpatient liver service.

    Education and Training

    MD: Federal University Rio Grande Norte, Natal, Brazil, 1984
     

    Residency: University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, 1989

    Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1994

    Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

    Publications

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    Bezerra JA. Biliary atresia in Brazil: where we are and where we are going. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2010 Nov-Dec;86(6):445-7. 

    Moyer K, Kaimal V, Pacheco C, Mourya R, Xu H, Shivakumar P, Chakraborty R, Rao M, Magee JC, Bove K, Aronow BJ, Jegga AG, Bezerra JA. Staging of biliary atresia at diagnosis by molecular profiling of the liver. Genome Med. 2010 May 13;2(5):33.

    Kumar Mohanty S, Ivantes CA, Mourya R, Pacheco C, Bezerra JA. Macrophages are targeted by rotavirus in experimental biliary atresia and induce neutrophil chemotaxis via Mip2/Cxcl2. Pediatr Res. 2010 Jan 6.

    Shivakumar P, Sabla GE, Whitington P, Chougnet CA, Bezerra JA. Neonatal NK cells target the mouse duct epithelium via Nkg2d and drive tissue-specific injury in experimental biliary atresia. J Clin Invest. 2009 Aug;119(8):2281-90. 

    Shanmukhappa K, Matte U, Degen JL, Bezerra JA. Plasmin-mediated proteolysis is required for hepatocyte growth factor activation during liver repair. J Biol Chem. 2009 May 8;284(19):12917-23. 

    Erickson N, Mohanty SK, Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Chakraborty R, Bezerra JA. Temporal-spatial activation of apoptosis and epithelial injury in murine experimental biliary atresia. Hepatology. 2008 May;47(5):1567-77. 

    Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Mohanty S, McNeal M, Ward R, Stringer K, Caldwell C, Chougnet C, Bezerra JA. Effector role of neonatal hepatic CD8+ lymphocytes in epithelial injury and autoimmunity in experimental biliary atresia.Gastroenterology. 2007 Jul;133(1):268-77. 

    Liu C, Aronow BJ, Jegga AG, Wang N, Miethke A, Mourya R, Bezerra JA. Novel resequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with inherited syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis. Gastroenterology. 2007 Jan;132(1):119-26. 

    Campbell KM, Arya G, Ryckman FC, Alonso M, Tiao G, Balistreri WF, Bezerra JA. High prevalence of alpha-1-antitrypsin heterozygosity in children with chronic liver disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007 Jan;44(1):99-103. 

    Shanmukhappa K, Sabla GE, Degen JL, Bezerra JA. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator supports liver repair independent of its cellular receptor. BMC Gastroenterol. 2006 Nov 29;6:40. 

    Grants

    The plasminogen system and liver repair. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. 2000 - 2011. #R01 DK 55710.

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    John C. Bucuvalas, MD
    Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center

    513-636-4415

    john.bucuvalas@cchmc.org

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    John C. Bucuvalas, MD

    Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: john.bucuvalas@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Liver disease; transplantation; outcomes research; improving the quality of health care delivery.

    Visit the Bucuvalas Lab.

    Biography

    John Bucuvalas, MD, came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1982 as a fellow in gastroenterology. He joined the faculty in 1986. He graduated from Harvard College in 1974 and Harvard Medical School in 1978. He completed a pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and served there as Chief Resident from 1981 to 1982.

    Over the last 10 years, the focus his patient care and research efforts have been outcomes research and improving the care delivery system for children with chronic liver disease who then may undergo liver transplantation. He has focused on integration of research into patient care and improving the care delivery system. Along the way, he has gained significant content knowledge through traditional research but additionally have learned how to improve processes, understand the system that is academic medicine, interpret variation and recognize the role of leadership both for research and clinical efforts. Dr. Bucuvalas has made significant contributions in the clinical and research arenas towards improving care, enhancing the delivery care and optimizing the outcome of children with chronic liver disease and pediatric liver transplant recipients.

    Dr. Bucuvalas has been recognized as a leader in the field of pediatric hepatology and liver transplantation at a local, regional and national level.

    Education and Training

    AB: Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1974.

    MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1978.

    Residency: Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1978 to 1981.

    Chief Residency: Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1981 to 1982.

    Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1982 to 85.

    Research Scholar: Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 1985 to 86.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1983; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1990; recertified, 1997, 2004.

    Publications

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    Kathleen M. Campbell, MD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: kathleen.campbell@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Diagnosis and management of pediatric liver disease, particularly biliary atresia and other forms of neonatal cholestasis; liver transplantation and post-transplant renal dysfunction.

    Research Interests

    Clinical and genetic determinants of calcineurin inhibitor induced post-transplant nephrotoxicity; disease modifiers in biliary atresia

    Biography

    Kathleen M. Campbell, MD, joined the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition as a fellow in 2000, after completing her Pediatric Residency Training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Following the completion of her fellowship, she pursued an additional year of training in Pediatric Hepatology under the mentoring of Dr. William Balistreri and the physicians and surgeons of the Pediatric Liver Care Center, becoming one of the first in her specialty to obtain focused training in this field.

    In 2004, Dr. Campbell was appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center. Her clinical and translational research interests include post-transplant renal dysfunction and genetic modifiers of disease in biliary atresia.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, 1997.

    Residency: Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003.

    Advanced Fellowship: Pediatric Hepatology, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2004.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2000; Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2003.

    Publications

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    Mitchell Cohen is the Director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

    Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
    Vice-Chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs

    513-636-3008

    mitchell.cohen@cchmc.org

    Mitchell Cohen is the Director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
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    Mitchell B. Cohen, MD

    Vice-Chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs

    Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Professor, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine

    Phone: 513-636-3008

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: mitchell.cohen@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Diarrheal disorders; inflammatory bowel disease; celiac disease

    Research Interests

    Intestinal secretion; diarrheal disease; developmental biology

    Visit the Cohen-Steinbrecher Lab.

    Biography

    Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, completed his pediatric training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and entered the public health service where he served at the Keams Canyon Indian Hospital on the Hopi Reservation in northeast Arizona. Subsequently, he completed a pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

    Dr. Cohen has had a long-standing interest in the pathophysiology of diarrheal diseases and continues to direct basic science and clinical research programs related to intestinal secretion and infection. These programs include studies of the guanylin family of intestinal peptides, epidemiology and pathogenesis of diarrheagenic E. coli and studies of human cholera and typhoid fever vaccines.

    Dr. Cohen is the director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's. He is also vice-chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs, associate director of the NIDDK-funded Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (DDRCC) entitled Digestive Health Center (DHC): Bench-to-Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease and the director of the NIH-funded Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology.

    Dr. Cohen has served as president of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and chair of the section on Growth Development and Aging of the American Gastroenterological Association. He is a member of the Clinical Research Committee of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFFTI), and has served as permanent and ad hoc member on a number of NIH study sections and the National Commission on Digestive Diseases.

    Education and Training

    MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1977.

    Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1977 to 1980.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, 1983 to 1986; Research Scholar, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, 1986 to 1987.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1981; Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1990, 1997, 2004.

    Publications

    View PubMed Publications

    Grants

    Digestive Health Center:  Bench to Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease. Program Director; Director, Administrative Core. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2007 - May 2012. #P30 DK 0789392. 

    Evaluation of control measures against human infectious diseases other than AIDS. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Nov 2007 - Oct 2012. #N01-AI25459.

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    Conrad R. Cole, MD, MPH, MSc

    Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: conrad.cole@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Intestinal failure; short bowel syndrome; growth failure; failure to thrive malabsorption disorders; micronutrient malnutrition

    Research Interests

    Nutritional and developmental outcomes of infants with intestinal failure and short bowel syndrome; nutritional epidemiology of micronutrient malnutrition in preschool children 

    Biography

    Conrad Cole, MD, is an expert in the management of infants with intestinal failure and short bowel syndrome. He is an Associate Director of the Pediatric Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center in the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Division. In addition, he is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

    Dr. Cole's research interest is in the epidemiologyy of intestinal failure and it's complications especially in identifying risk factors associated with worsening prognosis. He is also interested in micronutrient malnutrition specifically zinc and iron and how they impact other micronutrients in preschool children especially from low income minority populations.

    Prior to joining Cincinnati Children's, Dr. Cole was at Emory University's Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Cole earned his medical degree from the University of Ibadan, and also completed graduate degrees in public health from Ohio State University and clinical research from Emory University. He received training in nutrition under the mentorship of Fima Lifshitz MD at Maimonides Medical Center and Miami Children's Hospital prior to completing an internship and residency in Pediatrics at the Miami Children's Hospital; and a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Ibadan

    MPH: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

    MSc: Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    Resdency: Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

    Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology

    Publications

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    Lee A. Denson, MD
    Medical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

    513-636-7575

    lee.denson@cchmc.org

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    Lee A. Denson, MD

    Medical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

    Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-7575

    Email: lee.denson@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Inflammatory bowel disease; growth failure; celiac disease

    Visit the Denson Lab.
     

    Biography

    The primary focus of Dr. Lee A. Denson's laboratory is to determine the molecular basis for alterations in growth hormone signaling in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

    Normal growth and development are dependent upon the ability of growth hormone to regulate IGF-1 expression. Evidence from studies in children with IBD and mouse models of colitis indicates that inflammatory cytokines which are up regulated in this setting may cause an acquired GH resistance. Consequences may include growth failure, altered body composition and impaired mucosal healing.

    We are using complementary experimental and patient-based approaches to investigate regulation of growth hormone signaling in mouse models of colitis and in children with Crohn's disease. These include down regulation of the growth hormone receptor and up regulation of a family of post-receptor inhibitory proteins, the Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS). These studies should lead to the development of more effective therapies for children with IBD and other chronic inflammatory conditions.

    Education and Training

    MD: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1993

    Residency:  Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1993-96.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1996 & 2002.

    Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1996-99.

    Publications

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    Michael K. Farrell, MD

    Chief-of-Staff

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: michael.farrell@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Gastroesophageal reflux; pancreatitis; inflammatory bowel disease; abdominal pain; pediatric nutrition
     

    Education and Training

    MD: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 1970.

    Internship: Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, 1970 to 1971.

    Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1974 to 1976.

    Fellowship: Ambulatory Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1976 to 1977.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1977 to 1979.

    Publications

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    James P. Franciosi, MD, MS, MSCE

    Physician

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-9069

    Email: james.franciosi@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases; inflammatory bowel diseases; gastroesophageal reflux; celiac disease; general disorders of the gastrointestinal tract 

    Research Interests

    Outcome measures in eosinophilic esophagitis; eosinophilic esophagitis epidemiology; eosinophilic esophagitis clinical trials; inflammatory bowel disease clinical trials

    Education and Training

    MD: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2001.

    Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

    Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

    MS: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1999.

    MSCE: The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008 

    Publications

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    Jose M. Garza, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: gastro@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Neurogastroenterology and motility; gastroesophageal reflux; constipation; fecal incontinence; gastroparesis; intestinal pseudobstruction; Hirschsprung’s disease

    Education and Training

    MD: Universidad Anahuac, Mexico City, 2002.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. 2007.
     
    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. 2010.

    MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 2010.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2007.

    Publications

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    Xiaonan Han, PhD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-7592

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: xiaonan.han@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(IBD); gut barrier dysfunction in IBD; drug development in the therapy of IBD

    Education and Training

    PhD: Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China, 2000.

    Post-doctoral: University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003.

    Publications

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    James E. Heubi, MD
    Director, Clinical Translational Research Center

    513-636-4415

    james.heubi@cchmc.org

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    James E. Heubi, MD

    Director, Clinical Translational Research Center

    Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training

    Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-4695

    Email: james.heubi@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Inflammatory bowel disease; cholestatic liver disease; malabsorption

    Research Interests

    Cholesterol absorption; cholesterol metabolism; inborn errors of bile acid metabolism; bone metabolism in health and disease; TPN-related cholestestasis and its treatment

    Biography

    James E. Heubi, MD, has been a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist since 1979, when he joined the staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

    Dr. Heubi's practice includes the treatment of all disorders affecting the gastrointestinal tract, liver and biliary tract and pancreas.

    Dr. Heubi's areas of practice interests include liver disease and complications related to end-stage liver disease and liver transplantation and the management of patients with "short gut" or compromised gut function requiring prolonged enteral or parenteral nutritional support.

    Dr. Heubi is the Director of General Clinical Research Center at Cincinnati Children's and is the Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.

    Education and Training

    MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1973.

    Residency: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 1973 to 1975.

    Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1975 to 1978.

    Certification: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1990.

    Publications

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    Ajay Kaul, MBBS, MD.
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    Ajay Kaul, MBBS, MD

    Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: ajay.kaul@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Motility disorders; feeding disorders; GI problems in children with special needs
     

    Education and Training

    MD: Rani Durgawati University Medical School, Jabalpur, India, 1986.

    Residency: New Castle General Hospital, Tyne & Wear, UK / Children's Hospital/State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1995.

    Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-1998. 

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1995; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1999.

    Publications

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    Samuel A. Kocoshis, MD
    Medical Director, Pediatric Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center

    513-636-4415

    samuel.kocoshis@cchmc.org

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    Samuel A. Kocoshis, MD

    Medical Director, Pediatric Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center

    Medical Director, Small Bowel Transplantation Program

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: samuel.kocoshis@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Management of complex intestinal and liver disease; small bowel transplantation; general disorders of the gastrointestinal tract

    Research Interests

    Altered bile acid metabolism in gastrointestinal disease; small bowel transplantation; inflammatory bowel disease; short bowel syndrome

    Biography

    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.

    Education and Training

    BS: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.

    MD: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. 

    Residency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 

    Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

    Publications

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    Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS
    Attending Physician

    513-636-8948

    rohit.kohli@cchmc.org

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    Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS

    Attending Physician

    Co-Director, Steatohepatitis Center

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-8948

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: rohit.kohli@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; liver transplantation; mitochondrial hepatopathies

    Research Interests

    Obesity related fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)

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    Biography

    Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS, is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine and the Co-Director of the Cincinnati Children's Steatohepatitis Center.

    Dr. Kohli received his medical degree from the Armed Forces Medical College, India in 1999 and his MS in Clinical Investigation from Northwestern University in 2006. While at Northwestern he first spent three years as a Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellow and then subsequently as a Transplant Hepatology trainee before relocating to the University of Cincinnati in 2007.

    His research work has focused on the pathogenesis of obesity related fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In particular, he has focused upon the role of reactive oxygen stress in the generation and regulation of the extreme stage of this disease; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Dr. Kohli's laboratory currently focuses on the role of fructose in triggering above mentioned oxidative injury and fibrosis within the liver. He also works with Drs. Randy Seeley and Stephen Woods at the Metabolic Diseases Institute at the University of Cincinnati to understand the mechanism and impact of bariatric surgical procedures on NASH and other co-morbidities of obesity.

    He has published many peer-reviewed articles including articles in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Hepatology, Journal of Pediatrics, and The American Journal of Physiology. He is the author of many book chapters and review articles. He also is the recipient of the 2007 George Ferry Young Investigator Award from the Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation and a Fellowship award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. His clinical efforts are focused within the Steatohepatitis Center and Liver Care Center at the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

    Education and Training

    MS: Clinical Investigation, School of Public Health, Northwestern University, IL. 2004-2006.

    MBBS: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune University, India.1993-1999.

    Residency: Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College, NY. 2000-2003.

    Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, IL. 2003-2006.

    Fellowship: Transplant Hepatology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, IL. 2006-2007.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2004; Transplant Hepatology, 2010; Gastroenterology, 2009.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Role of Ileum in Reducing Obesity Related Comorbidities. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Sep 2009 - Aug 2013. #1K08DK084310.

    Ethicon Enhanced Assay Development. Co-investigator. University of Cincinnati. Jan 2009 - Jan 2014.

    Clinical Research Network in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH CRN). Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2009 - Apr 2014. #U01DK061732.

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    Mike A. Leonis, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: mike.leonis@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Pediatric hepatology, especially acute liver failure; inflammatory disease processes of the liver; hepatoblastoma; mechanisms of hepatic tumor formation

    Education and Training

    MD: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1996.

    PhD: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1996.

    Procter Scholar: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2002-2005.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's, 1999-2002.

    Residency: Primary Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 1996-1999.

    Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1999; Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2003.

    Publications

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    Tom K. Lin, MD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: tom.lin@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Pancreaticobiliary disorders in children; interventional/therapeutic endoscopy; general pediatric gastrointestinal disorders

    Biography

    Tom K. Lin, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.  His greatest clinical interest is in taking care of children with pancreaticobiliary disorders, including children with diseases of the pancreas.  He completed a formal advanced endoscopy fellowship in 2010 with specific training in ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. 

    Education and Training

    MD: Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 2001.

    Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004.

    Fellowship: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2007.

    Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship (ERCP): Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2010.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2006; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2007.

    Publications

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    Adam G. Mezoff, MD, CPE, AGAF

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: adam.mezoff@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Short bowel syndrome; technology dependant children; general disorders of the GI tract; nutritional support

    Biography

    Dr. Mezoff’s undergraduate work was at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island; however, he received all his medical training in Cincinnati. He was a medical student and pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center from 1977-1984.  After three years of active duty in the Air Force, Dr. Mezoff returned to Cincinnati to complete a pediatric GI fellowship from 1987-1990.

    Dr. Mezoff re-joined the GI division as an attending physician and professor of pediatrics after 18 years of leading the creation and development of the pediatric gastroenterology program at Dayton Children's Hospital.

    Dr. Mezoffs specialty work is with Dr. Kocoshis in the Pediatric Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center where he is the associate director. He maintains an active general GI practice at the Liberty township satellite office.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, June, 1981.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, June, 1984.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, June, 1990.

    Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics, June 22, 1986; Subspecialty Certification - Pediatric; Gastroenterology, November 2, 1990; Recertification - Pediatric Gastroenterology, May 24, 1997; Recertification - Pediatric Gastroenterology, April, 2004; Certified Physician Executive (CPE); Certifying Commission in Medical Management, October, 2005.

    Publications

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    Alexander G. Miethke, MD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-8948

    Email: alexander.miethke@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Pediatric liver disease including biliary atresia, inherited liver diseases, autoimmune hepatitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis; gastrointestinal problems in children with bone marrow failure syndromes

    Research Interests

    Immune mediated liver injury, specifically the role of regulatory T cells in biliary atresia and primary sclerosing cholangitis; genetic basis for intrahepatic cholestasis in children; acute liver failure in infants with mitochondrial disorders

    Biography

    Alexander G. Miethke , MD, joined the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition as a fellow in 2005, after completing his Pediatric Residency Training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Following the completion of his fellowship, he pursued an additional year of training in pediatric transplant hepatology under the mentorship of Dr. William Balistreri and the physicians and surgeons of the Pediatric Liver Care Center.

    In 2009, Dr. Miethke was appointed assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center. His basic science research interests include the role of regulatory T cells in biliary atresia and other immune mediated liver diseases and the genetic basis of chronic cholestasis syndromes.

    Education and Training

    MD: Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany, 2000.

    R    esidency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2002-2004.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2005-2007.

    Advanced Fellowship: Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2009.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2005; Pediatric Gastroenterology 2009; Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, 2010.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Regulatory T cells and the pathogenesis of biliary atresia. Principal Investigator. American Liver Foundation. Jul 2009 - Jun 2012.

    Clinical center for cholestatic liver disease in children. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Jul 2009 - Jul 2014. #RFA-DK-08-005.
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    Sean R. Moore, MS, MD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4464

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: sean.moore@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    General gastroenterology; inflammatory bowel diseases

    Research Interests

    Diarrheal diseases; glutamine; global health

    Biography

    The Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition laboratory is broadly interested in the reciprocal cycle of childhood diarrhea and malnutrition, with a current focus on the mechanisms of a promising glutamine-based oral rehydration and nutrition therapy. Using cellular and molecular techniques in both cell culture and an infant mouse model of undernutrition, we study the role of EGFR—a key regulator of intestinal homeostasis—in glutamine’s benefits for intestinal health.

    In addition, we participate in epidemiologic studies of early childhood diarrhea and undernutrition with colleagues at the Federal University of Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil and the University of Virginia.

    Education and Training

    BA: Chemistry & Biology, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY.

    MS: Epidemiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

    MD: Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2003.

    Residency: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2006.

    Fellowship: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2009.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2006.

    Publications

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    Joseph J. Palermo, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: joseph.palermo@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    General gastroenterology and hepatology

    Research Interests

    Cholestatic liver disease; biliary atresia; cystic fibrosis liver disease

    Biography

    Joseph J. Palermo, MD, PhD, is obtained his MD and PhD at the University of Cincinnati. He completed his Pediatric Residency and Gastroenterology Fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University, St. Louis. While at Washington University, his research focused on the role of bacterial infections in the development of chronic liver disease.

    His additional clinical interests involve the diagnosis and management of cholestatic liver disease, including biliary atresia and cystic fibrosis liver disease. He was the local leader for the National Institutes of Health funded cystic fibrosis liver disease research consortium at Washington University and has assumed the same role at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1997.

    PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1997.

    Residency: Pediatrics, St. Louis Children’s Hopsital and Washington University, St. Louis MO.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

    Certivication: Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2001.

    Grants

    Bacterial Survival in the Mammalian Urothelium. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. 2006 - 2011. #K08 DK068359-02.

    Longitudinal study of Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease (PUSH). Site Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. 2010 - 2013.

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    Scott P. Pentiuk, MD
    Pediatric Gastroenterologist

    513-636-4415

    scott.pentiuk@cchmc.org

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    Scott P. Pentiuk, MD

    Pediatric Gastroenterologist

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: scott.pentiuk@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Feeding disorders, medical education

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2002.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008.

    Publications

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    Philip E. Putnam, MD
    Director, Endoscopy Services

    513-636-4415

    philip.putnam@cchmc.org

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    Philip E. Putnam, MD

    Director, Endoscopy Services

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: philip.putnam@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Eosinophilic enteritis; abdominal pain; gastroesophageal reflux; complex nutrition related to the GI tract; GI bleeding; inflammatory bowel disease; diarrhea and failure to thrive

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984.

    Residency: University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984-1987.

    Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988-1991.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1988; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1995.

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    Shehzad Ahmed Saeed, MD, FAAP, AGAF, FABHP
    Clinical Director, Schubert–Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

    513-636-4415

    shehzad.saeed@cchmc.org

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    Shehzad Ahmed Saeed, MD, FAAP, AGAF, FABHP

    Clinical Director, Schubert–Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

    Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: shehzad.saeed@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Epidemiology and outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); multi-center efforts to study the natural history of
    newly diagnosed IBD, genetics of pediatric IBD, and improvement of care for pediatric IBD

    Biography

    Shehzad Saeed, MD is interested in the epidemiology of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Specifically, he studies the genetic and phenotypic correlations as well as risk stratification for surgery in children with IBD. Additionally, Dr. Saeed is also involved in outcomes research of patients with IBD. 

    Dr. Saeed completed his medical education at Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, and then served his pediatric residency at University of Chicago Children’s Hospital. He then completed subspecialty training in pediatric gastroenterology at Floating Hospital for Children, New England Medical Center, and Tufts University, Boston. His focus of interest was inflammatory bowel diseases under the mentorship of Richard J Grand, MD. He has subsequently served as fellowship director and division director of the division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Sciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham. He currently serves as the Clinical Director of the Schubert-Martin Pediatric IBD Center, and is associate professor of pediatrics at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

    Education and Training

    MD: Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

    Residencies: Pediatrics, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan; Pediatrics, University of Chicago Children’s Hospital (formerly known as Wyler Children’s Hospital).

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Floating Hospital for Children, New England Medical Center, Tufts University.

    Publications

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    Noah F. Shroyer, PhD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-0129

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: noah.shroyer@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Intestinal epithelial development; colon cancer; inflammatory bowel disease.

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    Education and Training

    BS: Microbiology and Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1995.

    PhD: Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2001.

    Postdoctoral: Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2001-2005.

    Publications

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    Grants

    The role of ATOH1 as a tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer. Primary Investigator. National Cancer Institute. Jan 2010 - Dec 2014. #R01 CA142826.
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    Kris A. Steinbrecher, PhD

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: kris.steinbrecher@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Inflammatory bowel disease; innate immunity; epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation 

    Visit the Cohen-Steinbrecher Lab.
     

    Education and Training

    PhD: Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2001.

    Postdoctoral Fellowship: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001-2005.

    Publications

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    Cynthia C. Wetzel, PhD
    Program Manager, Digestive Health Center

    513-636-9605

    cynthia.wetzel@cchmc.org

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    Cynthia C. Wetzel, PhD

    Program Manager, Digestive Health Center

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-9605

    Fax: 513-636-5581

    Email: cynthia.wetzel@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Dr. Wetzel is the Program Manager for the Digestive Health Center.

    Education and Training

    BS: Biology, College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994.

    PhD: Biomedical Research/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1999.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999-2002.

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    Stavra A. Xanthakos, MD, MS
    Medical Director, Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens

    513-636-4415

    stavra.xanthakos@cchmc.org

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    Stavra A. Xanthakos, MD, MS

    Medical Director, Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens

    Co-Director, Steatohepatitis Center

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: stavra.xanthakos@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Research Interests

    Prevalence, determinants and outcome of pediatric obesity-related liver disease (Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis); bariatric medicine; pediatric obesity and nutrition

    Clinical Interests

    Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis; pediatric obesity; bariatric surgery; nutrition

    Biography

    Stavra A. Xanthakos, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the co-director of the Cincinnati Children’s Steatohepatitis Center, the medical director of the Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens, and an attending physician in the Gastroenterology Division. She also partners with physicians and staff in Cincinnati Children’s Center for Better Health and Nutrition in the evaluation and management of pediatric patients suffering from severe pediatric obesity and related complications.

    Dr. Xanthakos received her medical degree from Duke University in 1997 and a Master of Science degree in Molecular Epidemology from the University of Cincinnati in 2006. Her post-doctoral training, including residency, chief residency and fellowship were completed at Cincinnati Children's and she joined the faculty in 2005. During her fellowship, Dr. Xanthakos investigated the prevalence and outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in young adult women as her master’s thesis in molecular epidemiology. Her current clinical and translational research is focused on identify the predictors and outcome of obesity-related liver disease (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis), in obese adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery. She is also a co-investigator in the NIH sponsored Teen LABS, a multicenter consortium investigating bariatric surgery in adolescents and in the NIH-sponsored NASH Clinical Research Network. Additional research interests of Dr. Xanthakos include the treatment and prevention of pediatric obesity, outcomes of bariatric surgery in adolescents, malnutrition in pediatric obesity, as well as identifying genetic and environmental risk factors for pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to enable better evaluation and treatment options. She also leads clinical quality improvement initiatives in the Steatohepatitis Center, which are aligned with divisional and institutional initiatives to achieve measurable improvements in children’s health and disease outcomes.

    Dr. Xanthakos has published extensively in the field of pediatric obesity, bariatric medicine and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. She regularly is invited to speak about pediatric obesity evaluation and management, particularly bariatric medicine, and pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Education and Training

    MD: Duke University, Durham, NC, 1997.

    MS: Molecular Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati, 2006.

    Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1997-2000.

    Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-01.

    Clinical Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's , Cincinnati, OH, 2001-2004.

    Research Fellowship: Molecular Epidemiology in Children's Environmental Health, Masters of Science, 2002-2005.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2008; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2005.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Adolescent Bariatrics: Assessing Health Benefits and Risks. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. July 2006 - April 2011. #U01DK072493.

    Coenzyme Q as a Novel Biomarker for the Severity of Steatohepatitis. Co-Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Jun 2010 - May 2011. #P30DK078392.

    Biological Determinants of Steatohepatitis after Adolescent Bariatric Surgery. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. July 2008 - June 2013. #1K23DK080888.

    Clinical Research Network in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH CRN). Site Principal investigator. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2009 - Apr 2014. #U01DK061732.


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    Nada Yazigi, MD
    Pediatric Gastroenterologist

    513-636-4415

    nada.yzigi@cchmc.org

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    Nada Yazigi, MD

    Pediatric Gastroenterologist

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Fax: 513-636-7805

    Email: nada.yzigi@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Chronic liver disorders; liver transplantation; acute liver failure; inflammatory bowel disorders
     

    Biography

    Nada Yazigi, MD, completed her pediatric training at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. She subsequently finished a Pediatric Gastroenterology fellowship with focus on liver disease and liver transplantation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. She then entered the public health service where she served at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

    Dr Yazigi's long term interest has been in liver disorders and transplantation, currently the focus of her clinical practice at Cincinnati Children's. Her research interests are inflammatory mechanisms and novel treatment modalities for children with acute liver failure.

    Dr Yazigi directs the GI elective rotations for residents and students. She is also actively involved in the hospital wide Process Improvement Project, as team leader on the inpatient Clinical System Improvement.

    Education and Training

    MD: Saint Joseph University Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon, 1987.

    Residency: Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1993.

    Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1993-1997.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1993; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1997.

    Publications

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    Nurse Practitioners

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    Kimberly Sue Bailey, MSN, CNP
    Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

    513-636-2750

    kim.bailey@cchmc.org

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    Kimberly Sue Bailey, MSN, CNP

    Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

    Phone: 513-636-2750

    Email: kim.bailey@cchmc.org

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    Education and Training

    BSN: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1989.

    MSN: Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, 2011.

    Certification: CNP, Ohio Board of Nursing, 2011.

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    Elissa Dinsmore, MS, FNP
    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    513-803-1384

    elissa.dinsmore@cchmc.org

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    Elissa Dinsmore, MS, FNP

    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-803-1384

    Email: elissa.dinsmore@cchmc.org


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    Laura Hatcher, NP
    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    513-636-4415

    laura.hatcher@cchmc.org

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    Laura Hatcher, NP

    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: laura.hatcher@cchmc.org

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    Julie D. Knapp, MS, CNP
    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    513-636-7393

    julie.knapp@cchmc.org

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    Julie D. Knapp, MS, CNP

    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    Phone: 513-636-7393

    Email: julie.knapp@cchmc.org

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    Biography

    Julie D. Knapp, RN, MS, FNP received her BSN from Capital University in 1992. She worked as an RN on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Arthur G. James Cancer Institute at Ohio State University. She proceeded to work at Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, as an RN in the emergency room ICU and the outpatient surgery center. In 1999 she moved to obtain her Masters of Science and Family Nurse Practitioner degrees at D'Youville College.

    During that time, Julie continued to work as a pediatric RN in the Neonatal ICU at Sister's Hospital in Buffalo, New York. She graduated with honors from D'Youville College in 2001.

    Prior to accepting a position at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Julie worked as a Nurse Practitioner with emotionally and behaviorally challenged children in the Buffalo school system. She also worked for Buffalo Rheumatology and for Digestive Diseases and Nutrition at Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo. Julie is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) since 2003.

    Education and Training

    RN: Capital University, 1992.

    MS / FNP: D'Youville College, 2001.

    American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2003.

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    Allison Mack, MSN, CNP
    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    513-636-4415

    allison.mack@cchmc.org

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    Allison Mack, MSN, CNP

    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: allison.mack@cchmc.org

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    Susan Miller, MSN, CNP, PNP-BC
    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    513-803-0223

    susan.miller@cchmc.org

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    Susan Miller, MSN, CNP, PNP-BC

    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-803-0223

    Email: susan.miller@cchmc.org


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    Brooke Schmelzle, NP
    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    513-636-4415

    brooke.schmelzle@cchmc.org

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    Brooke Schmelzle, NP

    Nurse Practitioner, Gastroenterology

    UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4415

    Email: brooke.schmelzle@cchmc.org

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    Registered Nurse, Gastroenterology

    513-803-0442

    rhonda.fecher@cchmc.org

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    Registered Nurse, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

    513-636-0205

    jo.ford@cchmc.org


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    Customer Service Representative, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

    513-803-2635

    rachel.digman@cchmc.org

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