Current Environment:

Director

Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd

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

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Physicians

Jocelyn Silvester, MD, PhD

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

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dascha Weir, MD

Clinical Director, Celiac Disease 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

Nan Du, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Randi G. Pleskow, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nurses

Alyssa Lavoie

Staff Nurse

Dietitians

Shayna Bedingfield

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II

Tara McCarthy, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Supervisor, Nutrition Center

Jaclyn Quinlan, MPH, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Sharon Weston, MS, RD, CSP, LDN

Senior Clinical Nutrition Specialist; Lead RD Optimal Wellness for Life Clinic, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Social Workers

Janis Arnold, 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

Education

Vanessa Weisbrod

Director, Education & Community Engagement, Celiac Disease Program

Francie Kelley

Executive Director, Celiac Kids Connection

Administrative

Erin Newton

Patient Administrative Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition