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Gastroenterology

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Pediatric Gastroenterology specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with disorders involving the gastrointestinal tract (GI), including the esophagus, stomach, intestine tract, liver, and pancreas. Our providers perform an extensive range of related diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, provide nutrition consultations, and care for children before and after liver transplants. Our clinician-scientists perform progressive, ground-breaking research into conditions, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and are committed to training outstanding future pediatric gastroenterologists. A commitment to clinical care, research, and education allows our provider so offer increasingly state-of-the-art treatment for patients while looking to the future to advance our discipline.

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GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS

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  • Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH

    UNC Pediatrician Honored with Prestigious Prize for Work to Improve Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children

    Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UNC School of Medicine, received a $100,000 Sherman Prize for his groundbreaking work to optimize care and treatment for children with IBD and define the burden of these diseases.

  • Dr. Mimi Omede

    Welcome New Physician Faculty: Mimi Omede, MD

    Dr. Omede joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor with the Division Pediatric Gastroenterology on September 2, 2025. In 2017, Dr. Omede earned her MD from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine. She completed her Pediatric Residency with SUNY Downstate Medical Center, in Brooklyn, NY, in 2022 and, most recently completed her Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology with Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, MA. Welcome Mimi!

  • Travel Time to Treating Center Is Associated With Diagnostic Delay in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

    McLaughlin JF, Linville T, Jester TW, Marciano TA, Lazare F, Dotson JL, Samson C, Niklinska-Schirtz B, Cabrera J, Leibowtiz I, Batra S, Ammoury R, Strople JA, Saeed S, Sandberg KC, Tung J, Verstraete SG, Cox RF, Na S, Steiner SJ, Ali SA, Israel EJ, Dorsey J, Adler J, Rekhtman Y, Egberg MD, Waduge ER, Savas J, Brensinger CM, Lewis JD, Kappelman MD. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Apr;23(5):825-834. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.027. Epub 2024 Aug 23. PMID: 39181423.

  • Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR

    Brenner Receives ACG Junior Faculty Development Grant

    Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Gastroenterology, was awarded a Junior Faculty Development Grant from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).  Dr. Brenner received one of three junior faculty awards for 2025 for her project “Safety and Effectiveness of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Women with Crohn’s Disease.”