Previous Trainees/Scholars

Mathew Buendia, MD

Title: Instructor in Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2023
Mentor/s: Girish Hiremath, MD, MPH (CEGIR Mentor), Yash Choksi, MD (Primary Mentor)

Caitlin Burke, MD

Title: Assistant in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
CURED Foundation Research Scholar, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Affiliation: Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2023
Mentor/s: Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD

Salvatore Oliva, MD, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Affiliation: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Maternal and Child Health Department, Sapienza University of Rome
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2023
Mentor/s: Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD, Seema Aceves, MD, PhD

Amiko Uchida, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Utah
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2023
Mentor/s: Kathryn Peterson, MD, MSCI

Joy Chang, MD

Title: Clinical Lecturer of Internal Medicine
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2020
Mentor/s:

Melanie Ruffner, MD, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2020
Mentor/s: Jonathan Spergel

Justin T. Schwartz, MD, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2020
Mentor/s: Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD

Benjamin Wright, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2020
Mentor/s: Glenn Furuta

Dominique D. Bailey, MD, MSEd

Title: Instructor in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Affiliation: Columbia University
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2018
Mentor/s: Dr. Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD

Thomas Greuter, MD

Title: Senior Associate Consultant in Gastroenterology
Affiliation: Swiss EoE Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2018
Mentor/s: David A. Katzka, MD; Ikuo Hirano, MD

Quan M. Nhu, MD, PhD

Title: KL2 Clinical Scholar, Gastroenterology
Affiliation: Scripps Clinic & Scripps Research Institute; University of California, San Diego
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2018
Mentor/s: Seema Aceves, MD, PhD

Pooja Mehta, MD, MSCS

Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Mentor/s: Glenn T. Furuta, MD

Paroma Bose, MD

Title: Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow
Affiliation: Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine
Mentor/s: Dr. Sandeep Gupta

Joshua Wechsler, MD

Title: Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2016
Mentor/s: Barry K. Wershil, MD; Bruce Bochner, MD; Ikuo Hirano, MD; Paul Bryce, PhD

Patricia C. Fulkerson, MD, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2015
Mentor/s: Dr. Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD

Girish Hiremath, MD

Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2015
Mentor/s: Evan Dellon, MD MPH; Pablo Abonia, MD

Amanda B. Muir, MD

Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Affiliation: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2015
Mentor/s: Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD; Hiro Nakagawa, MD, PhD

Robert Pesek, MD

Title: Assistant Professor of Allergy and Immunology
Affiliation: Arkansas Children’s Hospital & University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Year entered into CEGIR training program: 2015
Mentor/s: Evan Dellon, MD, MPH