Scientific Committee

 

Yaron Avitzur, MD

Staff Physician

Medical Director, Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation

Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Christina Belza, MN, ACNP, PhD Candidate

Nurse Practitioner, Group for Improvement of Intestinal Function and Treatment (GIFT)

Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Geoffrey Bond, MD, FRACS

Co-Director, Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center (ICARE)

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery, Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Transplantation

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Simon Horslen, MB, ChB

Director of Pediatric Hepatology

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Kishore Iyer, MBBS

Professor of Surgery/Pediatrics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Director, Intestine Rehab &Transplant

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

 

Tomoaki Kato, MD

Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation

Executive Director of the Columbia Transplant Initiative

Clinical Director of Transplant Services at NYP/CUIMC

 

Beverly Kosmach-Park DNP, RN, FAAN

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Pediatric Transplant Surgery

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

 

Alexander Kroemer, MD

Georgetown University

 

George Mazariegos, MD, FACS

Chief, Pediatric Transplantation

Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 

Professor of Surgery and Critical Care

Department of Surgery, Critical Care and Anesthesiology 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

David Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS (C), FACS

Professor of Surgery, Transplant

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

 

Anita Nucci, PhD, MPH, RD, LD

Associate Dean of Academics and Professor of Nutrition

Department of Nutrition

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

 

Stephanie Bachi de Castro Oliveira, MD, CNSC

Associate Medical Director, Intestinal Rehabilitation Program, Intestinal Care Center

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children’s

 

Muralidhar Premkumar, MBBS, DCH,DNB,MRCPCH, MS

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Neonatology

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

 

Jeffrey Rudolph, MD

Director, Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center (ICARE)

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Paul W. Wales, MD, MSc

Surgical Director, Intestinal Rehabilitation

Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children’s

 

Dawn Wilkerson, BSN, MSN, CCTC, CPTC

Assistant Vice President Transplant Services

WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance

 

 

Planning Committee

 

Christina Belza, MN, ACNP, PhD Candidate

Nurse Practitioner, Group for Improvement of Intestinal Function and Treatment (GIFT)

Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Geoffrey Bond, MD, FRACS

Co-Director, Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center (ICARE)

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery, Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Transplantation

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Simon Horslen MB ChB 

Director of Pediatric Hepatology

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Beverly Kosmach-Park DNP, RN, FAAN

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Pediatric Transplant Surgery

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 

 

George Mazariegos, MD, FACS

Chief, Pediatric Transplantation

Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 

Professor of Surgery and Critical Care

Department of Surgery, Critical Care and Anesthesiology 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

David Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS (C), FACS

Professor of Surgery, Transplant

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

 

Anita Nucci, PhD, MPH, RD, LD

Associate Dean of Academics and Professor of Nutrition

Department of Nutrition

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

 

Jill M. Povondra

Clinical Research Manager

Department of Surgery

University of Nebraska Medical Center

 

Jeffrey Rudolph, MD

Director, Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center (ICARE)

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Joyce Sivens

Administrative Assistant – Senior

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh