Meet Our Team | Overview
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
Read 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
Read more about Jenifer Lightdale, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Menno Verhave, MD
Clinical Director (Emeritus), Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Elizabeth Hait, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Medical Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID) Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Sonia Arora Ballal, MD
Divisional Wellness Officer; Associate Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Beate Beinvogl, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Silvana Bonilla, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Timothy Buie, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Alexandra Carey, MD
Director, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Denis Chang, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Lauren Collen, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Paul Crowley, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Nirav Desai, MD
Affiliate Staff, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Nan Du, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Meltzer Professor of Pediatrics in the Field of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School; Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Read more about Daniel Duncan, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Aerodigestive Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Laurie Fishman, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Sarah Fleet, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Alejandro Flores, MD
Director and Chair, Ambulatory Community Services; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Victor L. Fox, MD
Director Emeritus, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Meghan Gibson, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Amit Grover, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Leslie Higuchi, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Suzanna Hirsch, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read 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
Read 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
Read more about Daniel S. Kamin, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read 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
Read more about Wayne I. Lencer, MD
Harry Schwachman Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Lisa Mahoney, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Ishrat Mansuri, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Maireade McSweeney, MD, MPH
Director, Gastroenterology Quality Improvement & Patient Safety; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Co-Director, Enteral Tube Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Munir Mobassaleh, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Part-time), Harvard Medical School
Read more about Claudio Morera, MD
Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Melissa Musser, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Peter Ngo, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Jodie Ouahed, MD, MMSc
Director, VEOIBD Clinic; Attending Physician, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Randi G. Pleskow, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Brian Regan, DO
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Aerodigestive Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Sara Rosenbaum, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Eitan Rubinstein, MD
Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Gastroenterology Inpatient Consult Service; Director, Transnasal Endoscopy Unit
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jared Silverstein, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Dennis Spencer, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Katherine Sweeny, MD
Associate Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Margot Newburger Tang, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Paul A. Rufo, MD, MMSc
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Sabina Sabharwal, MD, MPH
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jocelyn Silvester, MD, PhD
Research Director, Celiac Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Kate Templeton, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read 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
Read more about Michaela Tracy, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Amy Turner, MD, MSHPEd
Associate Director, Inpatient Services; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jon A. Vanderhoof, MD
Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Andrew Wehrman, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Dascha Weir, MD
Clinical Director, Celiac Disease Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about 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
Read more about Allison Wu, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jessica Yasuda, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Lori Zimmerman, MD
Interim Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Naamah Zitomersky, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Physician Assistant
Read more about Alexandra Griffith, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Nurse Practitioners
Read more about Kathryn Broyles, FNP
Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program
Read more about Elizabeth Burch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Coordinator, Functional Abdominal Pain Program
Read more about Kathleen Carr, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Growth and Nutrition Program
Read more about Zoe Chin, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Sarah Connearney, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Caitlin Dolan, MS, RN, APRN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Susan Dybowski, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Nancy Goldberg, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Audrie Grigun, MSN, RN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Lisa Hester, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Aerodigestive Program; Clinical Coordinator, Aerodigestive Center
Read more about Rachel Hoch, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Barbara Marinaccio, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Jennifer McClelland, BSN, MS, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program
Read more about Shelby Mudarri, MS, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Kimberli O'Malley, MSN, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Fiona Paul, RN, PhD, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nurse Coordinator, Colorectal Program
Read more about Carolyn Ward, MSN, RN, APRN, PNP-PC/AC
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Social Workers
Read more about Janis Arnold, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Hannah Brewer, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Melissa DeCelle, MSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Jahna Goldmore, LICSW
Clinica Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Ali Henry, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Yoshiko Okazaki, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read 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
Read more about Anna Rouse, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Sarah Salazar, LICSW
Social Worker, ARFID and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Jacqueline Wehrli, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker II, Vascular Anomalies Center
Psychologists
Read more about Julia Carmody, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Ryan Davidson, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Laura Distel, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Amy Hale, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Julie Snyder, PsyD
Director, GI Psychology Service
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Manuela Villa, PhD
Attending Psychologist , Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Data Analyst
Read more about Matt Mixdorf, BS
Quality Improvement Data Analyst, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR)
Coordinators
Dorelyn Calixte
Patient Administrative Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition