Project Sites and Contact Information

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

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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

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St. Louis
Missouri

Mark Lowe, MD, PhD
Study Co-Principal Investigator
Washington University
425 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63112

Izzy Paolicelli
Phone: (314) 747-3064
Audrey Stratemeyer
Phone: (314) 273-0339
Rachel Cody
Phone: (314) 362-7306
Teresa Arb
Phone: (314) 747-1217

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Los Angeles
California

Quin Liu, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Eleanor Chang
Phone: (310) 423-0747
Jane Ngo
Phone: (310) 248-6298

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Los Angeles
California

Yuhua Zheng
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd, MS #78, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 361-4456

Maani Bahador
Sarah Isen
Grace Yi
Jillene Wong, CRC I
Phone: (323) 361-3403

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Palo Alto
California

Sohail Husain, MD
Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (650) 723-5070

Walter Park, MD, MS (Co-Principal Investigator)

Elvi Sanjines, MS
Phone: (650)721-8614

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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)

Audrey Hernando
Phone: (415) 502-2425
Emily Stekol, CCRP
Phone: (415) 502-3190

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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
Cassandra Burger
Christy Hires

 

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Orlando
Florida

Devendra Mehta, MD
Orlando Health, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
92 W. Miller St.
Orlando, FL 32806
Phone: (321) 843-7777

Holly Winbigler
Phone: (321) 841-9560

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Atlanta
Georgia

Reuven "Zev" Cohen, MD
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
1400 Tullie Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: (404) 785-3020

Angela Stallworth, BS
Phone: (404) 785-3279
Jo Chery, CRC
Jordyn Turner

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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
Ally Riddle

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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
Daniel Ragus

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Baltimore
Maryland

Kenneth Ng, DO
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: (410) 955-8769
Fax: (410) 614-1420

Maryam Syed
Ashley Thomas
 

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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)
Kate Templeton, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)

Jaeson Kim
Phone: (951) 323-5733

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Minneapolis
Minnesota

Elissa Downs, MD, MPH
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital
2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Phone: (612) 626-4370
Fax: (612) 626-0639  
 
Melena Bellin, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)
Phone: (612) 625-4686
Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD
(Co-Principal Investigator)

Cathy Kneeland, RN, CCRP
Phone: (612) 626-4993
Fati Craighead
Phone: (804) 239-4982

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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 

David Vitale, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)

Nicole Kotha
Phone: (513) 636-4406
Tyler Thompson, CRC IV
Phone: (513) 517-1055
Jyoti Patel
Phone: (513) 636-0091

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Columbus
Ohio

Cheryl Gariepy, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205 
Phone: (614) 722-3488

Jaimie Nathan, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)
Alvin "Jay" Freeman, MD, MSc (Co-Principal I

Ling Fan, CRC Team Lead
Phone: (614) 722-3412
Fred Woodley, PhD
Phone: (614) 722-6413 
Suneetha Atluri

 

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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)

Erin Brewer
Liza Roychowdhury
Phone: (267) 426-8411

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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Douglas Lindbald, MD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
One Children's Hospital Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Phone: (412) 692-5180

Madhura Phadke, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)

Audrey Fitzgerald
Laura Mathews

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Dallas
Texas

Megha Mehta, MD
University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Medical Center
1801 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75235
Phone: (214) 456-8000
Fax: (214) 456-8006


David Troendle, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)


Michael Henson
Phone: (214-456-9283)
Meagan Hernandez
Chantal Nwosu

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Houston
Texas

Douglas S. Fishman, MD, FASGE 
Texas Children's Hospital
6621 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030

Wenly Ruan, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)

Cynthia Tsai, BS
Phone: (832) 822-3634

 

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San Antonio
Texas

Robert Adam Noel, MD
Baylor College of Medicine/The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio
333 N. Santa Rosa St., San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: (210) 704-4708
Fax: (210-704-4922

Javier Monagas, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sandeep Patel, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)

Katrina Roberts
(210) 704-4755
Rosario Ocampo, RN, BSN, CCRP
Phone: (210) 704-4996

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Milwaukee
Wisconsin

Ankur Chugh, MD
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
8701 W. Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-3685

Mychoua Vang
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

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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

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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

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Montreal
Quebec

Veronique Morinville, MD, CM, FRCP
Montreal Children's Hospital
1001 Blvd. Decarie, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
Phone: (514) 412-4474
Fax: (514) 412-4392