Faculty

Andrew P. Feranchak, MD
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, MD
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

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

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

Bradley A. Barth, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Director, Gastroenterology Endoscopy Unit, Children’s
Interests: Therapeutic endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, pancreatic and biliary tract disease, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, and balloon enteroscopy

Nandini Channabasappa, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Intestinal failure and rehabilitation, and therapeutic endoscopy

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

Amal Dutta, MBBS, PhD
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, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease and its complications, liver diseases, growth and malabsorption, and feeding disorders

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

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

Ashish Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease, Celiac disease, and nutrition

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

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

Michael Russo, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children’s Medical Center at Legacy
Interests: Therapeutic endoscopy/esophageal dilation, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal polyps, Celiac disease, and cystic fibrosis

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

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

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