Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition | Meet Our 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
Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center 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
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
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
Richard J. Grand, MD
Director Emeritus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Director Emeritus, Clinical and Translational Study Unit Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Amit Grover, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program Instructor, Harvard Medical School
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
Leslie M. Higuchi, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Bridget Hron, MD, MMSc
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Hubbard, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Instructor 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
Maureen M. Jonas, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director, Hepatology; Director, Center for Childhood Liver Disease Professor 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
Christine K. Lee, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program; Medical Director, Multivisceral and Intestine Transplant Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd
Clinical Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Chief Medical Education Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital Associate 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
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
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 Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Munir Mobassaleh, MD
Director, Gastroenterology Satellites; Medical Director, Waltham Infusion Unit; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Claudio Morera, MD
Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Peter Ngo, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 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 Instructor in Pediatrics, 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
Jocelyn Silvester, MD, PhD
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
Erin Syverson, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Margot Newburger Tang, MD
Pediatrician, Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC) Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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
Menno Verhave, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director, Gastroenterology Assistant Professor 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
Anne A. Wolf, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Gastroenterology Inpatient Service; Director, Gastroenterology Resident Rotation Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jessica Yasuda, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Lori Zimmerman, MD
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 SchoolPhysician Assistant
Alexandra Griffith, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and NutritionNurse Practitioners
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
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
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 NutritionSocial 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
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 NutritionPsychologists
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 Clinical Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
