Team
Our team includes board-certified pediatric gastroenterologists, nurse practitioners, a physician assistant, and clinical and research staff members.
Physicians
David Brent Polk, M.D., Division Chief; Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics and professor of pediatrics, UC San Diego
Soma Kumar, M.D., Interim Clinical Director; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Laura Bauman, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Lars Bode, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego; Director of LRF MoMI CoRE; Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Chair of Collaborative Human Milk Research
Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research, UC San Diego; Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, UC San Diego
Daniela Castano, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Lillian J. Choi, M.D., Director of Endoscopy; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Ranjan Dohil, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Ariel E. Feldstein, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Mary Abigail S. Garcia, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Nidhi Goyal, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Amy Hemperly, D.O., Assistant Physician, UC San Diego
Amber Hildreth, D.O., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Xenia B. Hom, M.D. , Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Jeannie S. Huang, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Director of Continuing Medical Education, Rady Children’s; Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Kimberly P. Newton, M.D., Director, Celiac Disease Center and Interim Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Paulina Ordonez, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Kathleen Schwarz, M.D., Associate Physician Diplomate, UC San Diego
Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Director, Fatty Liver Clinic and the Weight and Wellness Center; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Mamata Sivagnanam, M.D., Director, Medical Student and Resident Education and Co-Director, Fellowship Program; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Elizabeth Yu, M.D., Fellowship Program Co-Director; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistant
Daniel Awad, N.P.
Rhys David, N.P.
Kristen Ginger, N.P.
Laurette Mouat, N.P.
Fellows
Farhana Ali, M.D.
Moo Cho, M.D.
Angela Chu, M.D.
Phillipp Hartmann, M.D.
Williamson Prerana, M.D.
Jocelyn A. Young, M.D.