Current Environment:

The Boston Children’s Hospital Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) and Therapeutics Program team consist of pediatric experts who are trained in performing the latest FMT methods in kids. Many of our clinicians are also leading and/or contributing to important pediatric research efforts.

These findings are shedding new light on how to use FMT to cure a range of serious and or potentially life-threatening conditions.

Directors

Stacy A. Kahn, MD

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

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sonia Arora Ballal, MD

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

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Program Nurses

Christine Gangi, RN

Registered Nurse, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Research

Abby Kaplan

Research Coordinator, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Therapeutics Program