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Our faculty is one of our greatest resources. To support them on the paths to successful, fulfilling careers, we make faculty development a priority.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Dr. Greenberg is the Division Head for Pediatric Hospital Medicine (Lurie Children's Campus) and the Chief Administrative Officer for the Department of Pediatrics. His interests include leadership, innovative systems for providing inpatient care, and medical informatics.
Professor of Pediatrics (Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care)
I am interested in diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal infections, especially using new molecular diagnostic methods; injury prevention; and medical education. I frequently help residents identify, design, and complete research projects.
Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
My laboratory has a longstanding interest in mast cell and eosinophil biology. We have developed specific and novel in vivo approaches for the analysis of mast cell function in experimental gastrointestinal inflammatory and allergic reactions. We can apply this model to determine the precise influence of mast cells and mast cell-derived cytokines/chemokines in gastrointestinal inflammation. My clinical research interest is eosinophilic esophagitis and involves efforts to improve the diagnostic and treatment options for patients
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Dr. Tan is Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending; Medical Director of the International Patient Services Program (IPS); co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and Director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Tan received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed her resid...
Professor of Pediatrics (Allergy and Immunology)
Dr. Kumar has worked as an academic allergist at Lurie Children's for over 17 years. He has a number of research interests. Most prominently he is interested in the early life exposures and genetic / ancestry related factors which are associated with the development of early childhood wheezing, and asthma. He also is interested in the determinants of lung function from childhood into later adulthood.
Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) and Medical Social Sciences
My primary research interest is in health outcomes following pediatric liver transplantation and acute liver failure. I lead a research group that studies all aspects of outcomes from survival to health related quality of life (HRQOL). Our research group has extensive experience examining HRQOL and cognitive outcomes in pediatric liver transplant survivors, long term complications related to immunosuppressive medications and the causes and treatment of acute liver failure. Our group has also actively involved in new trials of immunosuppression withdrawal in liver transplant recipients. I am al...
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
My primary clinical and research interest is IBD (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)where we are working to understand and develop a non-invasive marker of disease activity/prognosis examing nail fold caprilloscopy. I am also interested in understanding the relationship of the intestinal immune system to GI symptoms in rheumatologic disorders, specifically Juvenile Dermatomyositis.As the clinical director of the IBD program, we are involved in the international Improve Care Now network and a participating site in 3 clinical trials.
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology-Immunology
A major pediatric research priority and the long-term goal of my laboratory is the identification of the etiology and pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease (KD), the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed nations. KD can result in coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) formation with resultant myocardial infarction and/or sudden death. Clinical and epidemiologic data are consistent with an infectious cause of KD, but the etiologic agent remains unknown.We hypothesize that a "new" virus enters through the respiratory tract and infects bronchial epithelium, traveling in macrophages ...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
My primary clinical interests include general pediatric gastroenterology, short bowel syndrome, therapeutic endoscopy, and obesity.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
After joining the department of pediatrics in 2013, I have been involved in a variety of activities outside of the clinical work in seeing injured or ill children in the emergency department. My time is spent doing clinical research, educating trainees of all levels, working in the hospital on various process improvement projects and advocating outside our hospital for the health of all children.
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