Project Sites and Contact

If you are interested in participating in pediatric pancreatitis research, please feel free to contact the project site nearest to your area from the list below, or contact the coordinating center at the University of Iowa for assistance at (319) 353-4544 or gretchen-cress@uiowa.edu.

Location	Investigator(s)	Contact Person
Iowa City Iowa	Aliye Uc, MD Study Principal Investigator University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: (319) 384-6032 Katie Larson Ode, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Gretchen Cress, RN, MPH Phone: (319) 353-4544 Karen Scudiero, BA
St. Louis Missouri	Mark Lowe, MD, PhD Study Co-Principal Investigator Washington University 425 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63112	Rachel Cody Phone: (314) 362-7306 Teresa Arb Phone: (314) 747-1217 Kely Streckfuss Liz Reimer
Los Angeles California	Quin Liu, MD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 8700 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90045	Eleanor Chang Phone: (310) 423-0747
Los Angeles California	Yuhua Zheng Children's Hospital Los Angeles 4650 Sunset Blvd, MS #78, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Phone: (323) 361-4456	Jillene Wong, CRC I Phone: (323) 361-3403 Sarah Koch Phone: (323) 361-7877 Brittany Toda-Eng
Palo Alto California	Zachary Sellers, MD, PhD Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Phone: (650) 723-5070 Sohail Husain, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) Walter Park, MD, MS (Co-Principal Investigator)	Elvi Sanjines, MS Phone: (650)721-8614
San Francisco California	Emily Perito, MD University of California-San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94131 Phone: (415) 476-0820 Mel Heyman, MD, MPH (Co-Principal Investigator) Sue Rhee, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Ana-Gabriela Barrera Phone: (415) 514-1170 Emily Stekol, CCRP Phone: (415) 502-3190
Aurora Colorado	Jacob Mark, MD Children's Hospital Colorado 13123 E 16th Ave., Aurora, CO 80045 Phone: (720) 777-6669 Fax: (720) 777-7280 Gregory Forlenza, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) Taylor Triolo, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Rachel Andrews, CRC Phone: (720) 777-1994 Isabel Griffith Phone: (720) 777-1294 Kendra Kocher, CCRP Phone: (720) 777-5304
Atlanta Georgia	Alvin "Jay" Freeman, MD, MSc Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 1400 Tullie Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: (404) 785-1832 Fax: (404) 785-5014	Angela Stallworth, BS Phone: (404) 785-3279 Hillary Expinoza Zamzam Kassim Katelynn Harris
Bloomington Indiana	Brian McFerron, MD Riley Hospital for Children Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 705 Riley Hospital Dr., Suite 4210 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Phone: (317) 944-9652 Marian Pfefferkorn, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) (317) 944-3774	Vanessa Patrick, RN, CCRC Phone: (317) 278-0692 Emily Follstad Phone: (317) 278-0210
New Orleans Louisiana	Matthew Giefer, MD Ochsner Hospital for Children 1315 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121 Phone: (504) 842-3900 Fax: (504) 842-0160 Ryan Himes, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Shawan Stewart Phone: (504) 894-2873 Michelle Rousset, RN
Baltimore Maryland	Kenneth Ng, DO The Johns Hopkins Hospital 1800 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD 21287 Phone: (410) 955-8769 Fax: (410) 614-1420	Ashley Thomas
Boston Massachusetts	Amit Grover, MD Pancreatic Disorders Program Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (617) 355-6058 Fax: (617) 730-0495 Victor Fox, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Amit Grover, MD Phone: (617) 355-6058
Minneapolis Minnesota	Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Phone: (612) 624-1133 Fax: (612) 626-0639 Melena Bellin, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) Phone: (612) 625-4686 Elissa Downs, MD, MPH (Co-Principal Investigator)	Cathy Kneeland, RN, CCRP Phone: (612) 626-4993
Cincinnati Ohio	Maisam A. Abu-El-Hajja, MD, MS Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 Phone: (513) 803-2123 Tom Lin, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) David Vitale, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Tyler Thompson, CRC IV Phone: (513) 517-1055 Jyoti Patel Phone: (513) 636-0091
Columbus Ohio	Cheryl Gariepy, MD Nationwide Children's Hospital 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205 Phone: (614) 722-3488	Ling Fan, CRC Team Lead Phone: (614) 722-3412 Fred Woodley, PhD (614) 722-6413
Philadelphia Pennsylvania	Asim Maqbool, MD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3401 Civic Center Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215) 590-3247 J. Naylor Brownell, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) Maria Mascarenhas, MD (Co-Principal Investigator) Sudha Anupindi, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Phoebe Wood, CRA II Phone: (267) 426-8411
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania	Kate Ellery, DO Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC One Children's Hospital Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 Phone: (412) 692-5180	Amy Bookser, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator Phone: (412) 692-8453
Dallas Texas	David Troendle, MD University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Medical Center 1801 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75235 Phone: (214) 456-8000 Fax: (214) 456-8006 Megha Mehta, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Stephanie Timsah, RN Michael Henson Phone: (214-456-9283)
Houston Texas	Douglas S. Fishman, MD, FASGE Texas Children's Hospital 6621 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030	Cynthia Tsai, BS Phone: (832) 822-3634
San Antonio Texas	Javier Monagas, MD Baylor College of Medicine/The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio 333 N. Santa Rosa St., San Antonio, TX 78207 Phone: (210) 704-3910 Fax: (210-704-4922 Sandeep Patel, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Rosario Ocampo, RN, BSN, CCRP Phone: (210) 704-4996 Terriel (Terri) Newsom Phone: (210) 704-2823
Milwaukee Wisconsin	Praveen Goday, MD Children's Hospital of Wisconsin 8701 W. Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226 Phone: (414) 266-3685 Ankur Chugh, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)	Monica Grimm, Clinical Research Coordinator Phone: (414) 266-6611 Rachel Unteutsch Phone: (414) 266-4844 Louis Pawela Phone: (414) 266-6728 Katherine Siegel Phone: (414) 266-6131 Allison Kahlke Phone: (414) 266-3278
Randwick Australia	Keith Chee Y. Ooi, MBBS, DipPaed, PhD, FRACP Sydney Children's Hospital - Randwick High Street, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia Phone: +61 (2) 9382-5512	Jessica Halim, CRA Phone: +61 (2) 9382-5574
Jerusalem Israel	Michael Wilschanski, MD Hadassah University Medical Center Mt. Scopus, PO Box 24035, Jerusalem 91240, Israel Phone: (+972) 508573572 Fax: +9 (722) 584-4469 Mordechai Slea, MD, PhD, MSc (Co-Principal Investigator)	Irina Rabkin Phone: (+972) 267-76709
Toronto Ontario	Tanja Gonska, MD The Hospital for Sick Children 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada Phone: (416) 813-2164 Fax: (416) 813-6531	Katherine Keenan, H.BSc. Phone: (416) 813-5657 Farah Khan
Montreal Quebec	Veronique Morinville, MD, CM, FRCP Montreal Children's Hospital 2300 Rue Tupper, Montreal, QC H3H 1P3, Canada Phone: (514) 412-4474

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