Trusha Patel

Trusha Patel, MD, is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist in the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Program and the Center for Pediatric IBD at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate education at The Pennsylvania State University and her medical education at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatrics residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical practice and academic work focus on VEO-IBD and pediatric IBD. She is a physician leader in the quality improvement group in the IBD Center at CHOP and is an active member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and ImproveCareNow (ICN). She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters about IBD and VEO-IBD. Dr. Patel is dedicated to providing personalized, comprehensive and compassionate care for children and young adults living with VEO-IBD and IBD.

Eric Benchimol is the co-Chair of the Pediatric Track of Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (AIBD). He holds the Northbridge Chair of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre. He is a Professor of Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology at University of Toronto. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Associate Program Director of the GI Fellowship program at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Benchimol is also an epidemiologist, and chairs the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC), which conducts epidemiology, pharmaco-epidemiology, outcomes, and health services research using the health administrative data from multiple provinces. He also has an interest in improving the research methodology and transparency of research using routinely collected health data. In that capacity, he co-Chairs the RECORD (REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely collected data) Steering Committee which has produced multiple reporting guidelines. Dr. Benchimol is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Amanda Ricciuto completed her medical degree and General Paediatrics training in Montreal at McGill University. She then moved to Toronto to complete fellowship training in Paediatric Gastroenterology at SickKids, including advanced training in the management of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). During that time, she obtained a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Her PhD focused on IBD-associated liver disease, with an emphasis on primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).

Areas of Specialty
Dr. Ricciuto’s areas of specialty include paediatric inflammatory bowel disease and IBD-associated liver disease, particularly primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Research Interests
Dr. Ricciuto’s research interests include paediatric IBD generally, as well as the complex inter-relationship between IBD and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Her work has served to better delineate the phenotype of PSC-associated IBD in children and to guide monitoring strategies in this population. From a methodologic standpoint, she has expertise in longitudinal data analysis.

Elizabeth A. Spencer, MD, MS is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, specializing in IBD in children and adolescents with a focus on early detection, precision care, and noninvasive monitoring.

Dr. Spencer directs the Pediatric IBD Translational Medicine Program and co-directs the Mount Sinai IBD-Dermatology Clinic, a multidisciplinary program for patients with overlapping IBD and dermatologic immune-mediated diseases. She also co-founded and co-directs the Mount Sinai IBD Prevention Program, which provides proactive care to children and adults at high risk of developing IBD.

Her research leverages large-scale biorepositories and real-world data to evaluate treatment effectiveness and safety in pediatric IBD and to define the preclinical phase of disease. She is Principal Investigator of an NIH K23 award studying multiplex IBD families and an investigator on PCORI- and Helmsley-funded studies, including as Site Principal Investigator and Northeast Region Lead for COMPARE. A certified guideline methodologist, she contributes to ACG and NASPGHAN guideline development and leads national efforts to standardize intestinal ultrasound training and care pathways.

Dr. Spencer received her MD with honors (AOA, GHHS) from Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed pediatric residency at UCLA, followed by pediatric gastroenterology and advanced IBD fellowships and a master's in clinical research at Mount Sinai. Recent honors include consecutive Cullman Family Awards for physician communication and two Team Science Awards. An IBD patient herself, diagnosed at 15, she is deeply committed to advancing pediatric-centered innovation in IBD prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Trusha Patel, MD, is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist in the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Program and the Center for Pediatric IBD at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate education at The Pennsylvania State University and her medical education at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatrics residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical practice and academic work focus on VEO-IBD and pediatric IBD. She is a physician leader in the quality improvement group in the IBD Center at CHOP and is an active member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and ImproveCareNow (ICN). She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters about IBD and VEO-IBD. Dr. Patel is dedicated to providing personalized, comprehensive and compassionate care for children and young adults living with VEO-IBD and IBD.

Eric Benchimol is the co-Chair of the Pediatric Track of Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (AIBD). He holds the Northbridge Chair of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre. He is a Professor of Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology at University of Toronto. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Associate Program Director of the GI Fellowship program at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Benchimol is also an epidemiologist, and chairs the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC), which conducts epidemiology, pharmaco-epidemiology, outcomes, and health services research using the health administrative data from multiple provinces. He also has an interest in improving the research methodology and transparency of research using routinely collected health data. In that capacity, he co-Chairs the RECORD (REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely collected data) Steering Committee which has produced multiple reporting guidelines. Dr. Benchimol is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.

Trusha Patel, MD, is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist in the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Program and the Center for Pediatric IBD at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate education at The Pennsylvania State University and her medical education at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatrics residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical practice and academic work focus on VEO-IBD and pediatric IBD. She is a physician leader in the quality improvement group in the IBD Center at CHOP and is an active member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and ImproveCareNow (ICN). She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters about IBD and VEO-IBD. Dr. Patel is dedicated to providing personalized, comprehensive and compassionate care for children and young adults living with VEO-IBD and IBD.

Dr. de Zoeten is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Univeristy of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and the Director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Children's Hospital Colorado. He is a physician scientist, who has been funded by the NIH, DoD, NASPGHAN and Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. He has studies both basic and clinical immunologic mechanisms, focusing on the evaluation of regulatory processes and specifically how the immune system regulates itself in the intestine. All with the goal of developing safe and effective therapies for Pediatri IBD patients.

Trusha Patel, MD, is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist in the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Program and the Center for Pediatric IBD at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate education at The Pennsylvania State University and her medical education at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatrics residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical practice and academic work focus on VEO-IBD and pediatric IBD. She is a physician leader in the quality improvement group in the IBD Center at CHOP and is an active member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and ImproveCareNow (ICN). She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters about IBD and VEO-IBD. Dr. Patel is dedicated to providing personalized, comprehensive and compassionate care for children and young adults living with VEO-IBD and IBD.

Eric Benchimol is the co-Chair of the Pediatric Track of Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (AIBD). He holds the Northbridge Chair of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre. He is a Professor of Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology at University of Toronto. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Associate Program Director of the GI Fellowship program at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Benchimol is also an epidemiologist, and chairs the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC), which conducts epidemiology, pharmaco-epidemiology, outcomes, and health services research using the health administrative data from multiple provinces. He also has an interest in improving the research methodology and transparency of research using routinely collected health data. In that capacity, he co-Chairs the RECORD (REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely collected data) Steering Committee which has produced multiple reporting guidelines. Dr. Benchimol is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.

Eric Benchimol is the co-Chair of the Pediatric Track of Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (AIBD). He holds the Northbridge Chair of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre. He is a Professor of Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology at University of Toronto. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Associate Program Director of the GI Fellowship program at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Benchimol is also an epidemiologist, and chairs the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC), which conducts epidemiology, pharmaco-epidemiology, outcomes, and health services research using the health administrative data from multiple provinces. He also has an interest in improving the research methodology and transparency of research using routinely collected health data. In that capacity, he co-Chairs the RECORD (REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely collected data) Steering Committee which has produced multiple reporting guidelines. Dr. Benchimol is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.

Dr. de Zoeten is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Univeristy of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and the Director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Children's Hospital Colorado. He is a physician scientist, who has been funded by the NIH, DoD, NASPGHAN and Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. He has studies both basic and clinical immunologic mechanisms, focusing on the evaluation of regulatory processes and specifically how the immune system regulates itself in the intestine. All with the goal of developing safe and effective therapies for Pediatri IBD patients.

David Gardinier, RD, CSDH, LD is an advanced practice registered dietitian specializing in nutrition care for individiuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. As a part of the Cleveland Clinic IBD medical home, he works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary care team to support patient with IBD. David's clinical and research interests include peri-operative nutrition in elective Crohn's disease and use of computed tomography as tool to assess nutritional status. He is honored to serve as a member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation National Scientific Advisory Committee.

Trusha Patel, MD, is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist in the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Program and the Center for Pediatric IBD at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate education at The Pennsylvania State University and her medical education at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatrics residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical practice and academic work focus on VEO-IBD and pediatric IBD. She is a physician leader in the quality improvement group in the IBD Center at CHOP and is an active member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and ImproveCareNow (ICN). She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters about IBD and VEO-IBD. Dr. Patel is dedicated to providing personalized, comprehensive and compassionate care for children and young adults living with VEO-IBD and IBD.