FACULTY

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

As a world leader in gastroenterology and hepatology science, AGA is committed to accelerate improvements in diagnosis and management of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Founded in 1987, AGA has grown to include over 16,000 members from around the globe who are involved in all aspects of the science, practice and advancement of gastroenterology.

AGA EOE Steering Committee

Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH (Chair)

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.

Seema S. Aceves, MD, PhD

University of California San Diego, Rady Children’s Hospital

Seema Sharma Aceves, MD, PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Immunology at the University of California, San Diego and directs the Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Clinic Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego.

Glenn T. Furuta, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Glenn T. Furuta, MD is the holder of the La Cache Gastrointestinal Allergic and Immunologic Diseases Endowed Chair from Children’s Hospital Colorado and Professor of Pediatrics with Tenure at University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Session Chairs

Dan Atkins, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Dr. Dan Atkins has been a practicing allergist for more than 30 years. He was the founding Chief of the Allergy and Immunology Section at Children’s Hospital Colorado from 2014-2109.

Margaret H. Collins, MD

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Margaret H. Collins, M.D. is board-certified in Anatomic Pathology and Pediatric Pathology. She is professor of pathology at University of Cincinnati and a staff pathologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where she specializes in pediatric gastrointestinal disease, especially eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID).

Paneez Khoury, MD

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Dr. Paneez Khoury is an investigator and a nationally known expert on eosinophilic disorders in the National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the NIH.

Chris A. Liacouras, MD

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Chris A. Liacouras is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Attending Gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Co-Director of the Center for Pediatric Eosinophilic Disorders and the Exton Specialty Center for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Amanda B. Muir, MD

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Ekaterina Safroneeva, PD, PhD

University of Bern

Dr. Safroneeva is currently a senior researcher at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern.

Presenters

Mirna Chehade, MD, MPH

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mirna Chehade, MD, MPH,is AssociateProfessor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New YorkCity and the founding director of the Mount Sinai Center for Eosinophilic Disorders.

Gary W. Falk, MD, MS

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Gary W. Falk, MD, MS, FACG, is currently a Professor of Medicine and Director, Esophageal Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Nirmala P. Gonsalves, MD

Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine

Dr. Gonsalves is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Northwestern Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Progam.

Ikuo Hirano, MD

Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine

Dr. Hirano is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dave A. Katzka, MD

Mayo Clinic

Dr. Dave Katza is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester and previously a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Calies Menard-Katcher, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Dr. Calies Menard-Katcher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a Pediatric Gastroenterologist in the Digestive Health Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Alain Schoepfer, PD

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Dr. Alain Schoepfer leads the outpatient consultation of division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of University Hospital Lausanne in Switzerland.

Jonathan M. Spergel, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Spergel is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania and Chief of the Allergy Section at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and director of Center for Pediatric Eosinophilic Disorders and Food Allergy Center

Working Group

Peter A. Bonis, MD

Tufts Medical Center

Dr. Bonis is adjunct professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at Tufts Medical Center. His research focuses on eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.

Arjan J. Bredenoord, MD, PhD

University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center

Albert J (Arjan) Bredenoord(1977), MD is Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Amsterdam University Medical Center and professor of Neurogastroenterology & Motility at the University of Amsterdam.

Paul Feuerstadt, MD

PACT Gastroenterology Center

A native of Long Island, New York, Dr. Feuerstadt attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, with distinction in research and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Bob Geng, MD

University of California San Diego, Rady Children’s Hospital

Dr. Bob Geng is a Board Certified Allergist/Immunologist who serves as faculty at the University of California San Diego in both the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine.

Robert M. Genta, MD

Inform Diagnostics

Dr. Robert Genta is a gastrointestinal pathologist whose research in focused on the inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Sandeep K. Gupta, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine

Dr. Gupta is board-certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition.

Girish S. Hiremath, MD, MPH

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Dr. Hiremath is a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist with a broad background in epidemiology, biostatistics, research methods, and biomedical imaging.

Elizabeth T. Jensen, MPH, PhD

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Dr. Elizabeth Jensen is a pediatric epidemiologist whose research primarily focuses on etiologic factors in the development of pediatric, immune-mediated chronic disease, with a strong focus on eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs)

Alfredo J. Lucendo, MD

Hospital General de Tomelloso

Emily C. McGowan, MD, PhD

University of Virginia

Emily C. McGowan MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Fouad J. Moawad, MD

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Dr. Moawad is the medical director of the Ambulatory Surgical Center at Scripps Clinic, Anderson Medical Pavilion, in La Jolla and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, where he received his medical degree.

Robert Pesek, MD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Robbie Pesek, MD, is an Associate Professor of Allergy and Immunology and Pediatrics for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

Kathryn A. Peterson, MD

University of Utah Health

Kathryn Peterson is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Utah

Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Dr. Rothenberg is the Director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children’s).

Alex Straumann, MD

University Hospital Zurich

Dr. Alex Staumann is Chairman of Swiss EoE Research Group and Chairman of EoE Swiss Clinics, Dept. of Gastroenterology,University Hospital Zuerich, Switzerland.

Discussants

Wendy Book, MD

American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED)

Dr. Book is a professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in the division of cardiology in Atlanta, Georgia, and director of the Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center.

Patricia C. Fulkerson, MD, PhD

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Dr. Patty Fulkerson is a medical officer in the Food Allergy, Atopic Dermatitis & Allergic Mechanisms section of the Allergy, Asthma and Airway Biology Branch in the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT) in NIAID/NIH.

Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Kappelman is a pediatric gastroenterologist and health services researcher with a focus on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Ellyn Kodroff

Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease (CURED)

Ellyn Kodroff is the president and founder of CURED (Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease).

Ryan Piansky

American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED)

Ryan Piansky is a 21 year old electrical engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis at the age of two.

Lisa Wheatley

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Dr. Wheatley is currently the Section Chief for Food Allergy, Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Mechanisms in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Amy Zicarelli

Eosinophilic Family Coalition (EFC)

Amy Zicarelli is the Director of Operations for Eosinophilic Family Coalition (EFC) and holds a Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy.