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Nestlé Nutrition Institute Clinical Nutrition Fellowship for Physicians

Our Fellows

Sara Bonnes

Sara Bonnes, MD, MS

Biography

 

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

 

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Graduate: Master of Science in Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018

Professional Aspiration

Work as a nutrition specialist in both inpatient and outpatient nutrition; work to improve nutrition education among medical professionals

Areas of Academic Interest

  • Home Parenteral Nutrition
  • Home Enteral Nutrition
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Artificial nutrition in Palliative care
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Keith Miller, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Department of Surgery

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Laszlo N. Kiraly, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Oregon Health & Science University

Division of Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery

Bryan Collier, DO, FACS, CNSC

Bryan Collier, DO, FACS, CNSC

Section Chief, Trauma

Medical Director, Trauma Center

Director of Surgical Nutrition

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Christy M. Lawson, MD

Christy M. Lawson, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Trauma/Critical Care

Department of Surgery

Craig Munroe, MD

Craig Munroe, MD

Gastroenterology

David J Frantz, MD, MS

David J Frantz, MD, MS

Gastroenterology

Timpanogos Regional Hospital, Utah

Jill Cherry-Bukowiec, MD

Jill Cherry-Bukowiec, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Michigan Health System

Vance Smith, MD, MS, MBA

Vance Smith, MD, MS, MBA

Surgery and Critical Care

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Arvin Gee, MD

Arvin Gee, MD

PhD Pacific Surgical

Dustin Neel, MD

Dustin Neel, MD

Truman Medical Center

Department of Surgery

Matt Bozeman, MD

Matt Bozeman, MD

Surgery, Critical Care Fellow

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Nathan Powell, DO

Nathan Powell, DO

Surgical Critical Care and Trauma

Trauma Institute of St. Francis, Tulsa, OK

Sunghye Kim, MD

Sunghye Kim, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Wake Forest University Medical School

Svetang V Desai, MD

Svetang V Desai, MD

Endoscopy Fellow

Erica Boettcher, MD

Erica Boettcher, MD

Gastroenterology

Indermeet Bhullar, MD

Indermeet Bhullar, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Florida College of Medicine

Karen Allen, MD

Karen Allen, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Philbert Van, MD

Philbert Van, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Oregon Health and Science Center

Pinckney John Maxwell IV, MD

Pinckney John Maxwell IV, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Medical University of South Carolina

Rodrigo Cavallazi, MD

Rodrigo Cavallazi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Louisville

Department of Pulmonary Medicine

Christopher Jones, MD

Christopher Jones, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Louisville

David Evans, MD

David Evans, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Ohio State University

Douglas Nguyen, MD

Douglas Nguyen, MD

Gastroenterology Fellow

University of California-Irvine College of Medicine

Lena Palmer, MD, MSCR

Lena Palmer, MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Matthew Bechtold, MD

Matthew Bechtold, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology

Ryan Hurt, MD, PhD

Ryan Hurt, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Asher Wolf, MD, MPH

Asher Wolf, MD, MPH

Gastroenterology Fellow

UNC Chapel Hill

Mardeli Saire-Mendoza, MD

Mardeli Saire-Mendoza, MD

Gastroenterology Fellow

Ochsner Medical Center

Missale Solomon, MD

Missale Solomon, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Drexel University College of Medicine

Sarah Diamond, MD

Sarah Diamond, MD

Gastroenterology, OHSU

Valentina Medici, MD

Valentina Medici, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

UC Davis Medical Center

Berkeley Limketkai, MD

Berkeley Limketkai, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Gastroenterolgoy

Stanford University School of Medicine

Glenn Miller, MD

Glenn Miller, MD

Assistant Professor

Trauma/Critical Care Surgery

University of South Florida

Jayshil Patel, MD

Jayshil Patel, MD

Assistant Professor

Pulmonology/Critical Care

Medical College of Wisconsin

Martin Rosenthal, MD

Martin Rosenthal, MD

Critical Care/Surgery Fellow

University of Florida

Panna Codner, MD

Panna Codner, MD

Associate Professor

Trauma/Critical Care Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

Philip Carrott, MD, MSc.

Philip Carrott, MD, MSc.

Assistant Professor

Thoracic Surgery

University of Michigan Hospital

Carolyn Newberry, MD

Carolyn Newberry, MD

Gastroenterology

Catherine (Lindsay) McKnight, MD

Catherine (Lindsay) McKnight, MD

Critical Care Surgery/Trauma

General Surgery Specialist

Jonathan Obert, MD

Jonathan Obert, MD

Gastroenterology

Menaka Sarav, MD

Menaka Sarav, MD

Nephrology

Michelle Pearlman, MD

Michelle Pearlman, MD

Gastroenterology

Thomas Herron, MD

Thomas Herron, MD

Critical Care Surgery/Trauma

Clinical Instructor in Surgery

Tampa General Hospital, Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery

Angela K. Pham, MD

Angela K. Pham, MD

Gastroenterology

University of Florida

Apeksha Shah, MD

Apeksha Shah, MD

Gastroenterology Specialist

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Carla Venegas-Borsellino, MD

Carla Venegas-Borsellino, MD

Senior Associate Consultant Critical Care Medicine

Department of Critical Care Medicine-Mayo Clinic

Gerald Wayne Dryden, Jr., MD, PhD

Gerald Wayne Dryden, Jr., MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering

University of Louisville

Manpreet S. Mundi, MD

Manpreet S. Mundi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Senthilkumar Sankararaman, MD

Senthilkumar Sankararaman, MD

Pediatric Medicine Specialist

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Department of Pediatrics

UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital

Case Western Reserve University

Victoria M. Gershuni, MD MSGM

Victoria M. Gershuni, MD MSGM

General Surgery Specialist

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Andrea (Annie) Nagengast, MD

Andrea (Annie) Nagengast, MD

Biography

  • Fellow, Surgical Critical Care, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:             

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Medical Training: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
  • General Surgery Residency: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018

Professional Aspiration:

Professor of surgery in an academic institution where I am involved in both the care of critically ill surgical patients and the education of residents

Areas of academic interest:

  • Trauma
  • Surgical Critical Care
Janese S Laster, MD

Janese S Laster, MD

Biography

  • Gastroenterology Fellow at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:             

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Pre-Medicine, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC  
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Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018

Professional Aspiration:

After completion of my Gastroenterology fellowship, I plan to specialize in the treatment of obesity and its subsequent disease processes as a chronic condition with a holistic approach via nutrition, lifestyle coaching, mediation, therapy, exercise, pharmacologic and bariatric endoscopic interventions. 

Areas of academic interest: 

  • Nutrition in obesity and weight management
  • Nutrition in IBS and SIBO
  • Microbiome changes with diet and the effects on weight
  • Bariatric endoscopy for less invasive treatments of obesity
Jason Paul Rocha, MD

Jason Paul Rocha, MD

Biography

  • Gastroenterology Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:             

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
  • Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
  • Internal Medicine Internship and Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 

Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018

Professional Aspiration:

To become a board certified gastroenterologist with expertise in evidence-based enteral and parenteral nutrition to treat a wide variety of illnesses and complications that affect the digestive system 

Areas of academic interest:

  • Bariatric medicine
  • Liver metabolism and pathophysiology
  • Malnutrition
  • Pancreatitis
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
Kerstin (Kerri) Austin, MD

Kerstin (Kerri) Austin, MD

Biography

  • Gastroenterology Fellow at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Assistant Professor (beginning July 2018) University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Medical School: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

 

Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018

Professional Aspiration:

Start a multidisciplinary clinic at the University of Wisconsin with pharmacy, nutrition and psychology to better address the medical, nutritional and psychologic needs of patients with complex nutritional illnesses

Areas of Academic Interest:

  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Celiac Disease
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Nutritional related complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Matthew Kaspar, MD

Matthew Kaspar, MD

Biography

  • Gastroenterology Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:              

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018

Professional Aspiration:

Academic gastroenterologist at a leading university

Areas of academic interest:

  • The role of malnutrition in chronic disease states in gastroenterology
  • TPN-associated liver disease
  • Diagnosis and management of sarcopenia in various disease states
  • Procedural and medical management of obesity
  • Medical and procedural management of complications of surgical and endoscopic bariatric interventions
Sara Bonnes, MD, MS

Sara Bonnes, MD, MS

Biography

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:      

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Graduate: Master of Science in Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship

2018 

Professional Aspiration:

Work as a nutrition specialist in both inpatient and outpatient nutrition; work to improve nutrition education among medical professionals

Areas of academic interest:

  • Home Parenteral Nutrition
  • Home Enteral Nutrition
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Artificial nutrition in Palliative care
Caitlin Homberger Green

Caitlin Homberger Green

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina

  • Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:
  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
  • Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Internal Medicine Residency and internship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship: 2019
  • Professional Aspiration: Establish a clinical nutrition center within the gastroenterology division at the
  • Medical University of South Carolina. Develop a formal nutrition curriculum for the fellowship.
  • Areas of academic interest: Nutrition support, celiac disease, malabsorption, and other nutritional complications of gastrointestinal diseases.
David A. Williams, MD, MPH

David A. Williams, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

  • Duke University Medical Center
  • Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training: Columbia University, New York; SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
  • Year of Nestle Nutrition Clinical Fellowship: 2019
  • Professional Aspiration: Distinguished researcher in perioperative nutrition
  • Areas of academic interest: impact of malnutrition on surgical outcomes in the general population; the impact of race and ethnicity on malnutrition and surgery; the impact of perioperative malnutrition optimization on surgical outcomes.
Endashaw Omer, MD, MPH

Endashaw Omer, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor Medicine

University of Louisville

Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Gondar, Ethiopia

Rebecca Busch, MD

Rebecca Busch, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

 

Vikram J. Chrsitian, MD, CNSC

Vikram J. Chrsitian, MD, CNSC

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ricardo Correa

Ricardo Correa, MD, EsD

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Director and Director of Diversity for Graduate Medical Education 
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Phoenix VAMC

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:  

  • Undergraduate: Pan-American Institute, Panama City
  • Medical School: University of Panama School of Medicine, Panama City, Panama.
  • Internal Medicine Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital Program
  • Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship: National Institutes of Health
  • Neuroendocrinology Fellowship: National Institutes of Health.

Professional Aspiration: Chair of Endocrine Division, Chair of Medicine Department and later Vice Dean of Graduate Medical Education

Areas of academic interest: Obesity and Nutrition, Lipids and Nutrition, Neuroendocrinology, Cardiovascular outcomes in transgender population.

Caleb Kelly MD, PhD, RD

Caleb Kelly MD, PhD, RD

Gastroenterology Fellow, Yale Digestive Diseases
Yale School of Medicine

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:    

  • Undergraduate: Michigan State University (Dietetics)
  • Graduate: Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy (Nutrition) & University of Colorado (Immunology)
  • Medical: University of Colorado (Medicine) & Yale New Haven Hospital (Internal medicine)

Professional Aspiration: To work as a physician scientist focusing on the intersection of nutrition with the host-microbe interface to make discoveries that can be translated to improve human health 

Areas of academic interest: Luminal Gastroenterology, Clinical Nutrition, Epithelial Biology & Microbiome

Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD

Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD

Gastroenterology Fellow 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (through June 2020)

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:    

  • Undergraduate degree: AB in Biomedical engineering, Harvard College, 2003-2007
  • Medical degree: University of Michigan Medical School, 2008-2013
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2013-2016
  • Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017-2020
  • Research Scholar: Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2011-2012
  • Hospitalist Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2016-2017
  • Certificate in Quality, Patient Safety, and Outcomes Research: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 2016-2017
  • Masters in Health Care Innovation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, 2019-2021 (pending)

Professional Aspiration: Academic clinician with quality improvement projects aimed to deliver high-value care in both inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on the management of malnutrition

Areas of academic interest: Gastroenterology, GI Nutrition, Malnutrition, Quality Improvement, High-Value Care

Andrea Stroud, MD, MS

Andrea Stroud, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University
General Surgeon, Adventist Medical Center, Portland, OR

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine in New York, NY
  • General Surgery Residence: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
  • Veterans Administration Quality Scholars Fellow
  • Masters of Science in Healthcare Research from The Dartmouth Institute
  • Advanced minimally invasive gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI

Professional Aspiration: Helping patients reach their health goals and achieve a better quality of life through bariatric surgery

Areas of academic interest: Quality initiatives to improve postoperative outcomes following bariatric surgery where currently the positions of Quality Officer for the Division of Bariatric Surgery and the ASMBS Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Committee are held.  Research interests include adolescent bariatric surgery, obesity-related nutrition and metabolism, and the association of cancer with obesity.

Bradley Salonen, MD

Bradley Salonen, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Biology from South Dakota State University
  • Medical school: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Professional Aspiration: To become clinical nutrition specialist and expert for managing intestinal failure.
Areas of academic interest: Home Parenteral Nutrition, Intestinal Failure, Short Bowel Syndrome

Krista Haines, DO, MABMH

Krista Haines, DO, MABMH

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Medical Director of Ethics
Chair of Ethics Committee
Duke University Hospital

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate degree: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL                    
  • Graduate MABMH: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL                            
  • Medical degree: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, FL   
  • Residency: Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Professional Aspiration: To become a surgeon-scientist with both clinical expertise in nutrition and the knowledge to advance science in surgical nutrition. I was recently awarded a 5-year NIH K23 award from the Institute of Aging, focusing on critically ill older adult trauma patients. As part of this project, I plan to evaluate malnutrition over time in the critically ill older adult trauma population and develop an R01 based on its results.

Areas of Academic Interest: Goal Directed Nutrition, Malnutrition Mechanisms in Surgical Populations, Older Adult Trauma, Ethics, Trauma, Critical Care

Jennifer Katz, MD

Jennifer Katz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director of Enteral Access Team and Parenteral Nutrition, NYU Langone Health

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
  • Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Internal Medicine Residency: New York University Langone Medical Center
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Professional Aspiration: Manage an Enteral Nutrition and Parenteral Nutrition inpatient service and home parenteral nutrition program; develop a nutrition curriculum for GI fellows.

Areas of Academic Interest: Total Parenteral Nutrition, diet and the management of GI disease and obesity medicine.

Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA

Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Medicine in Residence
Director, Advancing Research in Clinical Hepatology (ARCH)
Endowed Professor of Liver Health and Transplantation
University of California, San Francisco

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Stanford University
  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Internship and Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia
  • GI Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco

Professional Aspiration: Obtain nutrition certification; apply for NIH grants to study nutritional interventions in patients with cirrhosis; publish a cookbook for patients with liver disease and cirrhosis

Areas of Academic Interest: Frailty, Sarcopenia, Malnutrition in cirrhosis.

Sunhee Park, MD

Sunhee Park, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of California Irvine

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training: Undergraduate:

  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Medical School: Rush Medical College
  • Internal Medicine Internship and Residency: University of Southern California
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine
  • Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: University of California, San Diego

Professional Aspiration: Physician clinician educator with goals of helping patients with inflammatory bowel disease and chronic gastrointestinal diseases achieve nutritional goals and better quality of life. To educate trainees on nutritional optimization in patients with gastrointestinal and liver disease.

Areas of Academic Interest: Clinical nutrition, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, TPN, short bowel syndrome, G tubes, J tubes, bariatric surgery outcomes, malnutrition, chronic liver disease, cancer nutrition

Puneeta Tandon, MD, MSc

Puneeta Tandon, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Alberta

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: University of Saskatchewan
  • Medical School: University of Saskatchewan
  • Internal Medicine Internship and Gastroenterology Residency: University of Alberta, Edmonton
  • Clinical Epidemiology MSc: University of Alberta, Edmonton
  • Research Fellowship in Portal Hypertension: Hospital Clinic-Barcelona, Spain and Yale University

Professional Aspiration: Career goal is to provide wholistic, interdisciplinary, evidence-based, patient-centered care through education, empowerment, engagement, and teamwork.

Areas of Academic Interest: Cirrhosis, Nutrition, Frailty, Exercise, Digital Interventions

Erin Vanzant, MD

Erin Vanzant, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Florida, Gainesville

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
  • Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
  • General and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowships, University of Florida College of Medicine

Professional Aspiration: Aid in the development of an abdominal wall reconstruction, fistula, and hernia program, including development of fistula and nutrition protocols, outreach and community education, and Center of Excellence. Continue to support and aid in the development of university-wide nutrition protocols, and help teams recognize and treat malnutrition within the patient populations, leading to improved outcomes for severe trauma and septic surgical patients.

Areas of Academic Interest: Treatment of trauma and sepsis patients, abdominal wall reconstruction, fistula and hernia management and the application of protocol driven pre-habilitation and nutritional therapy in improving patient outcomes.

Jamie Bering

Jamie Bering, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Arizona State University
  • Master’s Program: Tulane University
  • Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Mayo Clinic Arizona
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: Mayo Clinic Arizona

Professional Aspiration: Professionally, I hope to build my career as an academic clinician, researcher, and educator in the field of clinical nutrition. I would like to grow our nutrition clinic within my institution, and I would like to expand our educational curriculum for our residents and fellows. 

Academic Interest: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Functional Dyspepsia, Liver Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Dysmotility

 

Stephanie Gold

Stephanie Gold, MD

Instructor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: New York University
  • Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Internship and Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell
  • GI Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Professional Aspiration:  To learn more about nutrition optimization and the identification of malnutrition in patients with IBD; apply for NIH grants to study nutrition assessment and interventions as well as sarcopenia in IBD patients; develop a nutrition curriculum for GI fellows; create a digital educational resource for patients and providers focused on nutrition and IBD.

Academic Interest:  Malnutrition in IBD, Sarcopenia, Nutrition optimization prior to surgery
Prem A. Kandiah, MD

Prem A. Kandiah, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care; Co-Appt. Surgical/Transplant Critical Care

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Taylor College, Malaysia
  • University of The West Indies (U.W.I.), Trinidad
  • Combined Residency in Internal Medicine & Neurology (MedNeuro): Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Multidisciplinary Critical Care Fellowship – University of Pittsburgh
  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship – Emory University, Atlanta

Professional Aspiration: To provide consultation and develop protocols as part of our Inpatient Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Team for patients with malnutrition related metabolic encephalopathies, complex nutritional needs and nutrition in critical illness.

Areas of Academic Interest: Hyperammonemic brain injury, refining the approach to patients with undifferentiated hyperammonemia, TPN, hepatic encephalopathy, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, bariatric surgery, kwashiorkor, urea cycle disorders, nutrition in critical illness and renal replacement therapy, ketogenic diet in status epilepticus.
Akash Pandey, MD

Akash Pandey, MD

Attending physician in pediatric gastroenterology at the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Assistant Professor University of Central Florida

Faculty at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition; Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Fellowship Program Director of Clinical Nutrition

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Army School Jabalpur, M.P, India and Odessa Marine College of Technical Fleet
  • Medical School:  Odessa State Medical University
  • Internship and Residency: Pediatrics, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York Medical College
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital/Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College

Professional Aspiration: My long-term goal is to work as a specialized physician Nutrition Educator and Researcher with a focus on supporting pediatric and neonatal patients with chronic disease, malnutrition or overnutrition.

Academic Interest:  Chronic malnutrition in relation to inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; investigating how the consumption of plant-based proteins affects bone and muscle growth of young patients.
Yecheskel Schneider, MD, MS

Yecheskel Schneider, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Medical Director of the St. Luke’s Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Associate Program Director of St. Luke’s Gastroenterology Fellowship, St. Luke’s University Health Network

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College, City University of New York
  • Master’s Program: Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
  • IM Residency: New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • GI Fellowship:  New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • IBD Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Professional Aspiration:  To start a formal clinical nutrition program at St. Luke’s.  Incorporate a nutrition curriculum into the St. Luke’s GI fellowship; clinical research in nutrition and gastrointestinal conditions (including IBD).

Academic Interest: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Nutritional optimization pre-surgery, Frailty
Jithinraj Edakkanambeth Varayil, MD

Jithinraj Edakkanambeth Varayil, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Assistant Professor in Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Kendriya Vidyalaya Kannur, India
  • Medical School: Charles University in Prague
  • Medical Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago

Professional Aspiration: To become a clinical expert and a distinguished researcher in the field of Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

Areas of Academic Interest: Home Parenteral Nutrition, Home Enteral Nutrition, Intestinal failure

Jason DuBroff, MD, MPH

Jason DuBroff, MD, MPH

Title and Workplace: Assistant Professor of Medicine (clinical) University of Utah Health

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Bowdoin College
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Professional Aspiration: Improving clinical nutrition and education in the intermountain west.

Areas of Academic Interest: Nutrition in Liver Disease, Malabsorptive Diseases

Zoe Memel, MD

Zoe Memel, MD

Title and Workplace: Gastroenterology Fellow at University of California San Francisco

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate Degree in the Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University
  • Medical Training at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
  • Residency Training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship Training at University of California San Francisco

Professional Aspiration: I aspire to become a gastroenterologist with a specific focus in integrating evidence-based nutrition therapies into my medical management of complex gastrointestinal diseases. I am also interested in working to better treat malnutrition, malabsorptive disorders and disorders centered around luminal inflammation with dietary therapy. My vision includes establishing an interdisciplinary clinic where I collaborate with a dietitian, chef, and nurse educator to provide comprehensive patient care. Additionally, I plan to develop a tailored nutrition curriculum for resident and fellow trainees. Long-term, I hope to contribute to clinical research and leadership committees, influencing guidelines for nutrition-based care in gastroenterology.

Areas of Academic Interest: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Malnutrition, Obesity, Nutrition, Micronutrient Deficiencies, Medical Education

Alicia Muratore, MD, MBA

Alicia Muratore, MD, MBA

Title and Workplace: Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: University of Virginia
  • Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medication College (Jefferson), Philadelphia, PA
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Graduate, MBA: Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Professional Aspiration: I would like to be a clinical gastroenterologist with a focus in nutrition and obesity science. I am interested in the diet’s role in treating common gastrointestinal diseases, short bowel syndrome, and delivering optimal therapies for obesity management. I hope to combine my clinical training with my MBA degree to establish a specialized center dedicated to the comprehensive care of patients with nutritional deficiencies, short bowel syndrome, and obesity. My goal is not only to address immediate medical needs but also to create a holistic and sustainable approach that encompasses patient education, community outreach, and long-term follow-up care.

Areas of Academic Interest: Short Bowel Syndrome, Celiac Disease, Nutrition-Related Complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, IBS, SIBO, Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Nutrition in Obesity & Weight Management

Lieutenant Kyle Stephens, MD

Lieutenant Kyle Stephens, MD

Title and Workplace: General Surgery Resident, PGY-2, Research Year 2,

University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Surgery

USN, Lieutenant

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Eastern New Mexico University
  • Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
  • Graduate Training, MSHDA (2023-2025): University of Louisville School of Public Health 

Professional Aspiration: To provide the best possible care to our men and women in uniform as a surgeon in the US NAVY. 

Areas of Academic Interest: Surgical Oncology, Trauma, Critical Care, Military Medicine

 

Jessica Stout, DO

Jessica Stout, DO

Title and Workplace: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Utah Health

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: Indiana University
  • Medical School: Kansas City University

Professional Aspiration: I hope to establish a formal nutrition curriculum for our Gastroenterology fellows, and in time extend this to Internal Medicine residents as well. Eventually, I would love to establish a multi-disciplinary center for nutrition and wellness at University of Utah for patients to be referred. I am establishing a niche in Celiac Disease and in placement and management of percutaneous feeding tubes for patients.

Areas of Academic Interest: Celiac Disease, Nutrition and Fitness, Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome

Prabhav Vasistha, MBBS, MD

Prabhav Vasistha, MBBS, MD

Title and Workplace: Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Florida

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
  • Internal Medicine Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, FL

Professional Aspiration: My goal is to practice as an academic critical care physician, educator, and become a passionate advocate for nutrition research as it pertains to the ICU.

Areas of Academic Interest: Critical Care Nutrition, Non-Nutritional Benefits of EN, Post-Intensive Care Syndrome, Macro/micronutrient Deficiencies with CKRT

Madeline Berschback, MD

Madeline Berschback, MD

Title and Workplace: Gastroenterology Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan
  • Doctor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Residency Training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital

Professional Aspiration: My future career goals are to become a gastroenterologist specializing in the integration of nutrition and conventional medical treatment for gastrointestinal diseases, particularly for motility and neuro-intestinal disorders. Clinically, my goal is to practice in a multidisciplinary clinic with registered dietitians and resources such as a teaching kitchen, to educate and empower patients. I also hope to have a role in educating residents and fellows on the critical role of nutrition in GI care.

Areas of Academic Interest: Motility and Neuro-intestinal disorders, Foregut disorders, Obesity, Medical Education

Elizabeth Bruenderman, MD, Msc

Elizabeth Bruenderman, MD, Msc

Title and Workplace: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville; Medical Director of Advanced Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss, University of Louisville Health

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate- The George Washington University
  • Medical Degree- University of Louisville
  • Surgical Residency- University of Louisville
  • MIS/Bariatric Fellowship- Duke University

Professional Aspiration: I hope to continue my role as the Medical Director of Advanced Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss at UofL Health, which entails developing a modern, multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach to weight management. This is a great need in my state and community and a great opportunity to bring an innovative approach to weight management to an underserved population.

Areas of Academic Interest: With the advent of new, incredibly effective anti-obesity medications, we finally have a new tool to address one of the greatest health challenges of our time. Obesity is widely recognized as a chronic illness, which means patients with obesity will oftentimes need lifelong treatment. My area of academic interest lies in understanding how the many facets of obesity treatment are best utilized in conjunction with each other.

Adeeti J Chiplunker, MD MMS

Adeeti J Chiplunker, MD MMS

Title and Workplace: Medical Director of Nutrition Services GI Fellowship Associate Program Director; Associate Professor – Clinical, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • B.A Religious Studies – Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 
  • Master of Medical Science – Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 
  • Doctor of Medicine – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 
  • Internal Medicine Residency – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 
  • GI Fellowship – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 
  • Advanced IBD Fellowship – Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA 

Professional Aspiration: Improve the quality of nutrition support services provided at my institution in my role as Medical Director of Nutrition Services.  Implement nutrition education into the curriculum for my GI fellows and foster the next generation of nutrition‐focused gastroenterologists. 

Areas of Academic Interest: Short Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Malnutrition, Sarcopenia in SBS and IBD patients, body composition in SBS patients, medical education, clinical trials in IBD and SBS

Andrew Schneider, MD MSc

Andrew Schneider, MD MSc

Title and Workplace: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Undergraduate: University of Florida – Biology
  • Medical: University of Miami – MD
  • Surgery Residency: University of Chicago
  • Master of Biomedical Informatics: University of Chicago
  • Surgery Critical Care Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Professional Aspiration: My goal is to establish a highly specialized nutrition support team focused on optimizing enteral access, enteral feeding, and parenteral nutrition, particularly in the management of complex enterocutaneous fistulas. By integrating evidence-based, data-driven protocols, I aim to enhance surgical colleagues’ ability to ensure optimal nutritional support for all patients, ultimately improving clinical outcomes.

Areas of Academic Interest: Surgical nutrition, parenteral nutrition, enteral access, and the management of enterocutaneous fistula

Cecilia Gállego Suárez, MD

Cecilia Gállego Suárez, MD

Title and Workplace: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training:

  • Medical training: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Valle de México. Querétaro, México. Degree: Medical Doctor (M.D.).
  • Residency: General Pediatrics; C.S. Mott and Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; C.S. Mott and Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Professional Aspiration: To develop research program focused on studying the impact of malnutrition in pediatric critical illness, specifically, to evaluate if undernutrition and obesity are associated with increased mortality, morbidity and complications such as fluid overload, acute kidney injury and immune dysregulation in sepsis, pediatric ARDS and multiple organ dysfunction; and to improve the utilization of nutrition as a therapy, either enteral or parenteral, to meet our patient’s metabolic demands, and aid with recovery and rehabilitation that can hopefully lead to improved outcomes from their critical illness.

Areas of Academic Interest: My clinical and research interests focus on better understanding the role of nutritional status in pediatric critical illness, particularly if malnutrition is associated to the immune dysregulation seen in pediatric sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan dysfunction.

Amiko Uchida, MD

Amiko Uchida, MD

Title and Workplace: Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Location of Undergraduate Degree and Medical Training: 

  • Undergraduate: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
  • Medical School: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Internal Medicine Residency: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Eosinophilic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Professional Aspiration: My vision is for a fulfilling career as a national and international leader in eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases integrating the fields of allergy, GI immunology, and the microbiota that revolutionize the approach to caring for patients suffering from these diseases and mentoring future generations of physicians and investigators. My research program and laboratory specifically focus on the impact of diet on the microbiota and how this shapes health and disease in EGIDs.

Areas of Academic Interest: Mucosal immunology, nutrition, microbiota, eosinophilic and inflammatory