Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
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Co-Directors

Lee Denson

Lee A. Denson, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Faculty

A photo of Maisam Abu-El-Haija.

Maisam A. Abu-El-Haija, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Ana Catalina "Cata" Arce-Clachar, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Akihiro Asai, MD, PhD

Research Interests
Pediatric hepatology; genetic and molecular mechanism of liver development and pathophysiology
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Stephanie Oliveira

Stephanie Bachi de Castro Oliveira, MD, CNSC

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric nutrition
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William F. Balistreri, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Scott M. Bolton, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; novel endoscopic approaches to disease evaluation and monitoring; disease outcomes
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Julie Bonn, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement, medication adherence, quality of life, transitioning to adult care
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Kristin S. Bramlage, MD

Staff Physician II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
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Kathleen M. Campbell, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical and genetic determinants of calcineurin inhibitor induced post-transplant nephrotoxicity; disease modifiers in biliary atresia
Erica Depasquale

Erica DePasquale, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Bioinformatics; single-cell transcriptomics; liver biology.
Jasbir Dhaliwal

Jasbir Dhaliwal, MBBS, MRCPCH, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; predictive analytics; clinical decision support tool and social determinants of health
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Ajay Dixit, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Molecular and cellular processes underlying the protective and detrimental immune responses in acute and chronic pancreatitis; underlying factors...
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Khalil El-Chammas, MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric neuro-gastroenterology and motility disorders.
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Michael K. Farrell, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Peter R. Farrell, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Digital health delivery; clinical pancreatology
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Maria E. Fields (Moreno-Fernandez), PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immune regulation; inflammation; obesity; diabetes; liver disease; aging
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Chandrashekhar R. Gandhi, MSc, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Surgery
Research Interests
Mechanisms of liver injury, immunological tolerance and steatohepatitis
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Monique L. Goldschmidt, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Broad clinical research efforts focused on best possible outcomes for children with liver and small bowel disease by way of quality improvement...
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Kahleb Graham, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Yael Haberman Ziv, MD, PhD

Temara Hajjat.

Temara Hajjat, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Jenny Hellmann, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
C.difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
A photo of Stacey Huppert.

Stacey S. Huppert, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Hepatic cell plasticity, development and regeneration; reprogramming; three-dimensional hepatic architecture; Notch signaling; hepatobiliary disease
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AjayKaul

Ajay Kaul, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Achalasia; gastroparesis; intestinal pseudo-obstruction; hirschsprung disease; pediatric functional constipation
A photo of Samuel Kocoshis.

Samuel A. Kocoshis, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Altered bile acid metabolism in gastrointestinal disease; small bowel transplantation; inflammatory bowel disease; short bowel syndrome
A photo of Daniel Mallon.

Daniel Mallon, MD, MSHPEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Health professions education; celiac disease; primary care management of gastrointestinal problems; quality improvement
Alexander Miethke, MD

Alexander G. Miethke, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immune mediated liver injury, specifically the role of regulatory T cells in biliary atresia and primary sclerosing cholangitis; genetic basis for...
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Phillip Minar, MD, assistant professor with gastroenterology

Phillip Minar, MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Application of personalized medicine in the care of children and young adults with IBD through the discovery of surrogate biomarkers of intestinal...
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Sean R. Moore, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract in the context of childhood nutrition, growth, immunity, and host-microbe interactions
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Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric MASLD
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Vincent A. Mukkada, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; pediatric feeding problems
Kevin Murray

Kevin Murray, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Eosinophilic diseases of the GI tract; pediatric advocacy
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Alexander D. Nasr, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement
Sarah Orkin

Sarah H. Orkin, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Impact of social determinants of health on gastrointestinal illnesses
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Joseph J. Palermo, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Acute, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis; cystic fibrosis related liver disease
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Scott P. Pentiuk, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Anna L. Peters, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Liver transplant rejection and tolerance; liver transplant outcomes research
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Philip E. Putnam, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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James R. Rick, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Michael E. Rogers, DO, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Outcomes in pediatric liver and small bowel transplant
A photo of Michelle Saad.

Michelle Saad, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pancreatology
Neha Santucci

Neha R. Santucci, MBBS, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Garrett Sprague

Garrett J. Sprague, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric advanced endoscopy; outcomes and safety; pancreatitis
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Allison Ta, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Takanori Takebe.

Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Organoid; organogenesis; stem cell biology; transplantation; drug development Visit the Takebe Research Lab.
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Amy E. Taylor, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease including Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Autoimmune Sclerosing Cholangitis
A photo of Kelli VanDussen.

Kelli L. VanDussen, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Intestinal epithelium; inflammatory bowel disease; primary cell culture; basic research; translational research
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David S. Vitale, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric advanced endoscopy safety and outcomes; pediatric pancreatitis
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Yunguan Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Bioinformatics; spatial transcriptomics; single-cell transcriptomics
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Cynthia C. Wetzel, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Kaitlin Whaley.

Kaitlin Whaley, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement; pediatric IBD
A photo of Stavra Xanthakos.

Stavra A. Xanthakos, MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Prevalence, determinants and outcome of pediatric obesity-related liver disease (Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis); bariatric...
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Chunyue Yin, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Liver biology; cholestasis; molecular genetics of pediatric liver diseases
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Nicole Zeky, DO

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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