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
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Menno Verhave, MD
Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Sonia Aurora Ballal, MD
Associate Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Beate Beinvogl, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Elana M. Bern, MD, MPH
Co-Director, ARFID Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Silvana Bonilla, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Timothy Buie, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Alexandra Carey, MD
Director, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Denis Chang, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Paul Crowley, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Nirav Desai, MD
Affiliate Staff, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Daniel Duncan, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Aerodigestive Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Laurie Fishman, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Sarah Fleet, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Alejandro Flores, MD
Director and Chair, Ambulatory Community Services; Associate Physician, Motility and Gastrointestinal Disorders
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Victor L. Fox, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Director, Pediatric Polyposis Program; Medical Director, Gastroenterology Procedure Unit; Co-Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Richard J. Grand, MD
Director Emeritus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Director Emeritus, Clinical and Translational Study Unit
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Meghan Gibson, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Amit Grover, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Elizabeth Hait, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Medical Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID) Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Leslie Higuchi, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Bridget Hron, MD, MMSc
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Director, Center for Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Susanna Y. Huh, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Lissette Jimenez, MD, MPH
Co-Director Congenital Enteropathy Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Stacy A. Kahn, MD
Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Daniel S. Kamin, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd
Chief Education Officer; Director of the Department of Education, Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Wayne I. Lencer, MD
Harry Schwachman Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Lisa Mahoney, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Michael Manfredi, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Ishrat Mansuri, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Maireade McSweeney, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Director, Enteral Tube Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Claudio Morera, MD
Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Peter Ngo, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; Director, Functional Abdominal Pain Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Jodie Ouahed, MD, MMSc
Attending Physician, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Randi G. Pleskow, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Brian Regan, DO
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Camilla Richmond, MD, MA
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Medical Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Aerodigestive Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Eitan Rubinstein, MD
Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director of Gastroenterology, Waltham Satellite
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Sabina Sabharwal, MD, MPH
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Jared Silverstein, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Dennis Spencer, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Erin Syverson, MD
Associate Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Margot Newburger Tang, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Jay Thiagarajah, MD, PhD
Co-Director Congenital Enteropathy Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Amy Turner, MD, MSHPEd
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Jon A. Vanderhoof, MD
Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Andrew Wehrman, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Dascha Weir, MD
Associate Director, The Celiac Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about 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
Learn more about Allison Wu, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Jessica Yasuda, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Yanjia Zhang, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Lori Zimmerman, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Naamah Zitomersky, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Physician Assistant
Learn more about Alexandra Griffith, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Nurse Practitioners
Learn more about Kathryn Broyles, FNP
Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program
Learn more about Elizabeth Burch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Coordinator, Functional Abdominal Pain Program
Learn more about Kathleen Carr, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Growth and Nutrition Program
Learn more about Zoe Chin, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Sarah Connearney, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Caitlin Dolan, MS, RN, APRN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Susan Dybowski, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Nancy Goldberg, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Lisa Hester, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Aerodigestive Program; Clinical Coordinator, Aerodigestive Center
Learn more about Rachel Hoch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Barbara Marinaccio, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Jennifer McClelland, BSN, MS, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program
Learn more about Shelby Mudarri, MS, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Kimberli O'Malley, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Fiona Paul, RN, PhD, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nurse Coordinator, Colorectal Program
Learn more about Carolyn Ward, MSN, RN, APRN, PNP-PC/AC
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Social Workers
Learn more about Janis Arnold, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Hannah Brewer, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Melissa Getz, MSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Jahna Goldmore, LICSW
Clinica Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Ali Henry, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Yoshiko Okazaki, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Eileen Polasky, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learn more about Sarah Salazar, LICSW
Social Worker, ARFID and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Psychologists
Learn more about Julia Carmody, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Ryan Davidson, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Amy Hale, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about Julie Snyder, PsyD
Director, GI Psychology Service
Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Data Analyst
Learn more about Matt Mixdorf, BS
Quality Improvement Data Analyst, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR)