Jenifer Lightdale | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
Jenifer Lightdale | Education
Undergraduate School
Princeton University
1991, Princeton, NJ
Medical School
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1995, New York, NY
Internship
Pediatrics
University of California at San Francisco
1996, San Francisco, CA
Residency
Pediatrics
University of California at San Francisco
1998, San Fransisco, CA
Fellowship
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Harvard Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
2001, Boston, MA
Graduate School
Harvard School of Public Health
2004, Boston, MA
Jenifer Lightdale | Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Jenifer Lightdale | Professional History
Dr. Lightdale is the Associate Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Boston Children’s Hospital. She was previously the Division Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center, where she also served as Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. She is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY, and completed her residency at the University of California in San Francisco, a post-graduate fellowship at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, and fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Health Services Research at Harvard University. Dr. Lightdale received her Master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Lightdale specializes in evaluating and treating infants and children with a broad range of gastrointestinal disorders, especially feeding difficulties, abdominal pain, constipation, GERD and food allergies. She also has advanced expertise in endoscopy. She has received funding from the NIH and other organizations to investigate patient safety and pediatric sedation.