Education

Undergraduate School

McGill University
1982 Montreal Canada

Medical School

Temple University School of Medicine
1987 Philadelphia PA

Graduate School

MPH Harvard School of Public Health
1994 Boston MA

Internship

St. Christophers Hospital for Children
1988 Philadelphia PA

Residency

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
1990 Philadelphia PA

Fellowship

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1991 Philadelphia PA

Fellowship

Floating Hospital for Children
1995 Boston MA

Publications

  1. Caregiver-Youth Agreement on the Nine-Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Survey. Int J Eat Disord. 2025 Jan 24. View Abstract
  2. Pediatric Hospital Utilization During Medical Stabilization for Patients With Eating Disorders. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Dec 01; 14(12):982-991. View Abstract
  3. Weight/Shape concerns in youth with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). Eat Disord. 2024 Sep 21; 1-15. View Abstract
  4. Correction: Variation in care for inpatients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder leads to development of a novel inpatient clinical pathway to standardize care. J Eat Disord. 2024 Jun 07; 12(1):73. View Abstract
  5. Variation in care for inpatients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder leads to development of a novel inpatient clinical pathway to standardize care. J Eat Disord. 2024 May 23; 12(1):66. View Abstract
  6. Prospective 2-Year Course and Predictors of Outcome in Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Feb; 64(2):262-275. View Abstract
  7. Pediatric hospital utilization for patients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. J Eat Disord. 2024 Mar 25; 12(1):42. View Abstract
  8. Assessment of Patients With ARFID Presenting to Multi-Disciplinary Tertiary Care Program. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 06 01; 76(6):743-748. View Abstract
  9. Clinician perspectives on assessing for disordered eating and body image disturbance in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 2023 May; 22(3):431-435. View Abstract
  10. Eating disorders in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 11; 57(11):2791-2797. View Abstract
  11. Cytomegalovirus Colitis in An Immunocompetent Patient. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 08 01; 73(2):e47. View Abstract
  12. Common and Emergent Oral and Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Eating Disorders. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2021 Apr; 17(4):157-167. View Abstract
  13. Medical comorbidities and endocrine dysfunction in low-weight females with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder compared to anorexia nervosa and healthy controls. Int J Eat Disord. 2020 04; 53(4):631-636. View Abstract
  14. Radcliffe ARFID Workgroup: Toward operationalization of research diagnostic criteria and directions for the field. Int J Eat Disord. 2019 04; 52(4):361-366. View Abstract
  15. Apoptotic Enteropathy in a Neonate With Allergic Enterocolitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 06; 64(6):e158-e160. View Abstract
  16. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Eating Disorders. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 11; 63(5):e77-e85. View Abstract
  17. Is it an eating disorder, gastrointestinal disorder, or both? Curr Opin Pediatr. 2013 Aug; 25(4):463-70. View Abstract
  18. Loss of response to biologics versus increased risk of lymphoma in children with inflammatory bowel disease: the clinician's conundrum. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2013 Feb; 9(2):117-27. View Abstract
  19. Vitamin D status in gastrointestinal and liver disease. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2008 Mar; 24(2):176-83. View Abstract
  20. Impact of chronic hepatitis B and interferon-alpha therapy on growth of children. J Viral Hepat. 2001 Mar; 8(2):139-47. View Abstract
  21. Statistical models for predicting response to interferon-alpha and spontaneous seroconversion in children with chronic hepatitis B. J Viral Hepat. 2000 Mar; 7(2):144-52. View Abstract
  22. Interferon alfa therapy for chronic hepatitis B in children: a multinational randomized controlled trial. Gastroenterology. 1998 May; 114(5):988-95. View Abstract
  23. Post-polio syndrome in twins and their siblings. Evidence that post-polio syndrome can develop in patients with nonparalytic polio. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995 May 25; 753:378-80. View Abstract
  24. Identification of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug-induced gastroduodenal injury in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. J Pediatr. 1993 Apr; 122(4):647-9. View Abstract

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