From the Back Cover
The latest edition of this essential text provides a comprehensive overview of the unique pediatric issues of inflammatory bowel disease. Through new and thoroughly revised chapters, the volume features updates on all aspects of etiology, diagnosis, and treatment, with an emphasis on recent understanding of pharmacokinetics and the utilization of cutting edge therapeutic monitoring to maximize efficacy of medical management. The new edition also highlights newer, recently approved drugs, emerging therapies, and the most recent recommendations regarding post-operative management for patients who ultimately require surgery.
Written by experts in the field, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Fourth Edition is a valuable resource for both pediatric and adult gastroenterologists involved in the care of children with inflammatory bowel disease.
Petar Mamula, MDDivision of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAUSA
Andrew B. Grossman, MDDivision of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition Co-Director, Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PAUSA
Robert N. Baldassano, MDDivision of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition Director, Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PAUSA
Judith R. Kelsen, MDDivision of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PAUSA
Jonathan E. Markowitz, MD, MSCE, NASPGHAN-F
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Upstate
Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Department of Pediatrics
University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Greenville
200 Patewood Drive, A-140
Greenville, SC 29615
Petar Mamula, MD, is a board certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Director of the Kohl's GI Nutrition and Diagnostic Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Heis also Co-Director of the Center for Digestive, Liver and Pancreatic Medicine, a CHOP/Penn collaborative program.
Andrew B. Grossman, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the co-director of CHOP's Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Robert N. Baldassano, MD, is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Director of the Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Baldassano's research focuses on children who have inflammatory bowel diseases, and he oversees a large team of researchers at CHOP working to translate discoveries in the laboratory into direct patient care for children. One promising area of current research involves investigating the intestinal microbiomes of children with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Judith R Kelsen, MD, is Program Director of the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Clinic and an Attending Physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Jonathan Markowitz, M.D, served on faculty at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for approximately 5 years before he joined Greenville Children's Hospital in 2006, where he has served as division chief of pediatric gastroenterology for the last 6 years. He is a clinical professor of pediatrics at USC School of Medicine-Greenville.
Dr. Markowitz' research interests include eosinophilic esophagitis and inflammatory bowel disease. He has authored numerous articles and has lectured nationally and internationally. He is co-editor of Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Markowitz has been featured in local and national media.
