Faculty

Andrew P. Feranchak, M.D.
Associate Professor, Division Director
Interests: Cholestatic liver disease, cystic fibrosis, hepatobiliary transport, mechanisms of bile formation, and purinergic regulation of biliary secretion

Michele J. Alkalay, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Celiac disease; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis; eosinophilic esophagitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); fatty liver disease; functional gastrointestinal disorders and abdominal pain; irritable bowel sydnrome (IBS); constipation; encopresis

John Andersen, M.D.
Professor
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease, cyclic vomiting syndrome, and treatment of gastrointestinal strictures/narrowing

Amal A. Aqul, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Niemann-Pick type C disease; lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (Wolman's disease); cholesterol metabolism

Bradley A. Barth, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Director, Gastroenterology Endoscopy Unit, Children’s Medical Center
Interests: Therapeutic endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, pancreatic and biliary tract disease, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, and balloon enteroscopy

Lillienne Chan, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease, transitioning adolescents with chronic disease to adultcare, general gastroenterology and hepatology, research in IBD genetics 

Nandini Channabasappa, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Intestinal failure and rehabilitation, and therapeutic endoscopy

Edaire Cheng, M.D.
Instructor
Interests: Eotaxin-3 expression in Eosinophilic Esophagitis and GERD; tissue remodeling and fibrosis in Eosinophilic Esophagitis; therapeutic agents for Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Amal Dutta, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Mechanisms of biliary secretion and bile formation, functional characterization and regulation of ion channels in the liver, purinergic signaling pathways, and mechanosensitive and Ca2+ -activated channels in epithelial functions

Aakash Goyal, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease and its complications, liver diseases, growth and malabsorption, and feeding disorders

Koorosh Kooros, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Therapeutic endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastroesophageal reflux

Qin Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Interests: FIC-1 and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), and biliary secretion

Ashish Patel, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease, Celiac disease, and nutrition

Charina M. Ramirez, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Fatty liver disease, Celiac disease, and Niemann-Pick type C disease

Norberto Rodriguez-Baez, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Interests: Viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, steatohepatitis, liver failure, and esophageal structures

Isabel C. Rojas, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric gastroenterology, liver diseases

Rinarani M. Sanghavi, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Pediatric neuro-gastroenterology
Interests: Pediatric motility disorders and neuro-gastroenterology

Meghana N. Sathe, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric gastroenterology, nutrition, and cystic fibrosis

M. Gaith S. Semrin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease