Department of Pediatrics
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Faculty Spotlight
Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
My interests are focused on diagnosis and treatment of children with Gastrointestinal and Liver disease. Specifically, I focus on gastrointestinal endoscopy, both for diagnostic purposes but also for new modalities of therapy and diagnostics including treatment of GI bleeding, complex polyposis syndromes, Gastrointestinal Strictures, treatment of Portal Hypertension, capsule endoscopy, Single Balloon Enteroscopy and new techniques such as Trans-nasal Endoscopy. I have an interest in cholestatic liver disease and participate in the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (CHiLD...
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Neuroscience, Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
Children's Research Fund Endowed Professorship in Neurobiology
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
I am an internist and a pediatrician with a research focus on the health of fathers and paternal contributions to the health of families.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Dr. Lever is an academic pediatric hospitalist. She is a member of the Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators (FAME), an honor society recognizing outstanding teaching. She has also completed the Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence (APEX) program, a national faculty development course for pediatric hospitalist educators.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care)
Kristin Kan, MD MPH Msc, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, a health services researcher, and a practicing primary care pediatrician with a passion for the care of children with asthma and other special health care needs. Specifically. Dr. Kan is focused on scientifically improving our health care delivery models and addressing system- and community-level barriers to high-quality care for pediatric patients.Dr. Kan’s NIH-sponsored research leverages a user-centered design approach and implementation science to refine a digitally-supported model of care for pediatric ast...
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child Psychology), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Pediatrics
Dr. Chen is a pediatric psychologist within the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Director of Behavioral Health for the Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She is also founding psychologist of Lurie Children's Gender Development Program and Supportive Program for a Range of Urogenital Traits (SPROUT). Clinically, Dr. Chen provides consultation, assessment, and therapeutic services to transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse children, adolescents, and young adults and to children, ...
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child Psychology), Pediatrics
Preschooler's behavior problems; Psychological interventions in pediatric primary careNot presently accepting students to work in this lab
Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
My primary clinical interest is pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) with a goal to improve outcomes in patients with these diseases. My research overlaps with this clinical interest through participation in ImproveCareNow, a collaborative chronic care network that focuses on improving care and health of children with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, and in several clinical studies that will advance understanding of these complex diseases and better direct clinical care. In addition to this clinical focus, I have a passion for medical trainee an...
Professor, Surgery (Organ Transplantation), Microbiology-Immunology, Pediatrics
Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD is the Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine. He is an adult and pediatric multiorgan transplant surgeon and Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Microbiology/Immunonology, and Pediatrics. He currently serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center and Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery. Dr Nadig directs the NIH-funded Comprehensive Transplant Immunobiology Laboratory and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in immunology from Oxford. He has served as a national and international visiting ...
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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