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Meet the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Team

Our team of over 45 highly specialized doctors and over 60 clinicians includes social workers, dietitians and psychologists who are devoted to treating the whole child, and who work alongside our incredibly dedicated nurses every step of the way. This expertise and teamwork allows us to give your child a more specific diagnosis and an exceptional level of personalized care and treatment here at Boston Children’s Hospital.  

We are a dedicated group of smart, compassionate and driven people who understand that being the best means focusing on what matters most: the lives and spirits of the kids we see every single day.

Physicians

Scott B. Snapper, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jenifer Lightdale, MD, MPH

Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Menno Verhave, MD

Clinical Director (Emeritus), Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Hait, MD, MPH

Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Medical Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID) Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sonia Aurora Ballal, MD

Associate Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Beate Beinvogl, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Elana M. Bern, MD, MPH

Co-Director, ARFID Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Silvana Bonilla, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Timothy Buie, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alexandra Carey, MD

Director, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Denis Chang, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lauren Veit Collen, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Paul Crowley, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nirav Desai, MD

Affiliate Staff, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Michael J. Docktor, MD

Attending , Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director of Innovation; Director, Clinical Mobile Solutions

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH

Senior Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Center for Nutrition; Medical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Daniel Duncan, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Aerodigestive Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Scott A. Elisofon, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Director, Center for Childhood Liver Disease; Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Laurie Fishman, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sarah Fleet, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alejandro Flores, MD

Director and Chair, Ambulatory Community Services; Associate Physician, Motility and Gastrointestinal Disorders

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Victor L. Fox, MD

Director Emeritus, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Richard J. Grand, MD

Director Emeritus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Director Emeritus, Clinical and Translational Study Unit

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Meghan Gibson, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Amit Grover, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Leslie Higuchi, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Suzanna Hirsch, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Bridget Hron, MD, MMSc

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Director, Center for Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Susanna Y. Huh, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lissette Jimenez, MD, MPH

Co-Director Congenital Enteropathy Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Stacy A. Kahn, MD

Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Daniel S. Kamin, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Corie Klepper, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christine K. Lee, MD

Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program; Medical Director, Multivisceral and Intestine Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition;

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd

Chief Education Officer; Director of the Department of Education, Boston Children’s Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Wayne I. Lencer, MD

Harry Schwachman Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lisa Mahoney, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ishrat Mansuri, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School

Maireade McSweeney, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Director, Enteral Tube Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Munir Mobassaleh, MD

Director, Gastroenterology Satellites; Medical Director, Waltham Infusion Unit; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Part-time), Harvard Medical School

Claudio Morera, MD

Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Melissa Musser, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Peter Ngo, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; Director, Functional Abdominal Pain Program

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jodie Ouahed, MD, MMSc

Attending Physician, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Randi G. Pleskow, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Brian Regan, DO

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Camilla Richmond, MD, MA

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Medical Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Aerodigestive Center

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Eitan Rubinstein, MD

Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director of Gastroenterology, Waltham Satellite

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Paul A. Rufo, MD, MMSc

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Harvard Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sabina Sabharwal, MD, MPH

Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jared Silverstein, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dennis Spencer, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Katherine Sweeny, MD

Associate Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Associate Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Erin Syverson, MD

Associate Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Margot Newburger Tang, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Kate Templeton, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jay Thiagarajah, MD, PhD

Co-Director Congenital Enteropathy Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Amy Turner, MD, MSHPEd

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jon A. Vanderhoof, MD

Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Andrew Wehrman, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dascha Weir, MD

Associate Director, The Celiac Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH

Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center; Faculty Vice President for Faculty Development, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Allison Wu, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jessica Yasuda, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Yanjia Zhang, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Lori Zimmerman, MD

Interim Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Naamah Zitomersky, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistant

Alexandra Griffith, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Nurse Practitioners

Kathryn Broyles, FNP

Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program

Elizabeth Burch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Coordinator, Functional Abdominal Pain Program

Kathleen Carr, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Growth and Nutrition Program

Zoe Chin, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Sarah Connearney, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Caitlin Dolan, MS, RN, APRN, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Susan Dybowski, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Nancy Goldberg, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC​

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Lisa Hester, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Aerodigestive Program; Clinical Coordinator, Aerodigestive Center

Rachel Hoch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Barbara Marinaccio, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jennifer McClelland, BSN, MS, RN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program

Shelby Mudarri, MS, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC

Program Coordinator, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Kimberli O'Malley, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Fiona Paul, RN, PhD, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nurse Coordinator, Colorectal Program

Carolyn Ward, MSN, RN, APRN, PNP-PC/AC

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Social Workers

Janis Arnold, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Hannah Brewer, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Melissa Getz, MSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Jahna Goldmore, LICSW

Clinica Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Ali Henry, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Yoshiko Okazaki, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Eileen Polasky, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Sarah Salazar, LICSW

Social Worker, ARFID and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Psychologists

Julia Carmody, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Ryan Davidson, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Amy Hale, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Julie Snyder, PsyD

Director, GI Psychology Service

Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Data Analyst

Matt Mixdorf, BS

Quality Improvement Data Analyst, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR)