Attainment of the prestigious Fellow of NASPGHAN status is reserved for those NASPGHAN members that have made significant contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology or nutrition. Members with a strong career track record for success as clinicians, physician scientists (MD/DO, MD/DO/PhD) or researchers (PhD/ MSC) in the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition are encouraged to apply. Fellow status can be attained by meeting all criteria for either Clinical Practice or Research expertise. The NASPGHAN Executive Council will review all applications, focusing on the quality and breadth of clinical, research and educational contributions and service to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.
Benefits of becoming a Fellow of NASPGHAN
- Provides recognition and award of career accomplishments and is the hallmark of long-standing professional commitment to NASPGHAN. Tangible recognition includes receipt of a certificate upon acceptance as a Fellow and a ribbon denoting your Fellow status at all future annual meetings.
- The distinction of adding “Fellow of NASPGHAN” (NASPGHAN-F) in professional activities (i.e. within email signature, national/international presentations)
- Opportunity to participate in mentoring junior faculty and trainees
- Increases connections with other distinguished Fellow awardees
- Ability to pre-register and obtain housing prior to regular enrollment for annual meetings
Eligibility Requirements
Clinical Practice
- Current member of NASPGHAN with a minimum of 10 consecutive years of NASPGHAN membership
- Attendance in at least five NASPGHAN Annual Meetings in past 10 years
- Active clinical practice in the care of children with GI/Liver/Nutrition disease for the last 10 years
- Demonstration of significant achievement in practice based on meeting 2 of the 5 following criteria:
- Leadership position in NASPGHAN, local GI society or other medical society
- Recognized community service and/or advocacy related to pediatric GI
- Clinical faculty appointment in a teaching hospital or academic center
- Investigator/ co-investigator for clinical research
- Leadership position in local hospital
Research
- Current member of NASPGHAN with a minimum of 10 consecutive years of NASPGHAN membership preceding request for Fellow status
- Attendance in at least five NASPGHAN Annual Meetings in past 10 years
- Faculty appointment in a teaching hospital or academic medical center
- Completion of post-doctoral training (i.e. fellowship, PhD, MPH, APRN)
- At least 20 peer-reviewed full publications
NASPGHAN-F Members (as of July 15, 2025)
Ruba Abdelhadi MD, CNSC
Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD
Razan Alkhouri, MD
John A. Barnard, MD
Eric Benchimol, MD
Silvana Bonilla, MD
Athos Bousvaros MD, MPH
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
Jennifer Colombo, MD
Mark Corkins, MD, CNSC, SPR, FAAP
Carlo Di Lorenzo MD
Sesi Dosunmu-Ogunbi MD
Jennifer Dotson MD, MPH
Douglas Fishman MD, FASGE
Laurie Fishman, MD
Lawrence M. Gartner MD
Jose Garza, MD
Matthew Giefer, MD
Benjamin D. Gold, MD, FAAP, NASPGHAN-F
Glenn Gourley MD
Melanie K. Greifer MD
James Heubi, MD
Melvin Heyman, MD, MPH
Edward Hoffenberg, MD
Jeannie Huang MD, MPH
Samar Ibrahim, MBChB
Stacy A. Kahn, MD
Marsha Kay, MD, FAAP, FASGE
Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE
Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS
Benjamin Kuhn, DO
Christine Lee, MD
Ian H. Leibowitz, MD
B UK Li, MD
Ding-You Li, MD, PhD
Jenifer Lightdale, MD, MPH
Cara Mack, MD
Petar Mamula, MD
Jonathan Markowitz, MD, MSCE
Adam G. Mezoff, MD, CPE, AGAF
Véronique Morinville, MD, CM, FRCPC
Jonathan Moses, MD
Karen F. Murray, MD
Vicky Ng, MD, FRCPC
Cade Nylund, MD
Maria Oliva-Hemker, MD
Nikhil Pai, MD, CNSC, FRCPC, FAAP
Ashish Patel, MD
Jay A. Perman, MD, FAAP
John Pohl, MD
Anthony Porto, MD, MPH, FAAP
Ruben Quiros-Tejeira, MD
John Rosen, MD
Philip Rosenthal, MD
Joel Rosh, MD
Shehzad Saeed, MD
Rinarani Sanghavi, MD, MBA, MBBS
Ann Scheimann, MD, MBA
Rebecca Scherr, MD, MPH
Kathleen B. Schwarz, MD
Timothy Sentongo, MD
Philip M. Sherman, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Darla Shores, MD, PhD
Gitit Tomer, MD
Jeanne Tung, MD
Justine Turner MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Jon A. Vanderhoof, MD
Christine Waasdorp Hurtado, MD, MSCs
W. Allan Walker, MD, FAAP
Michael Wilsey, Jr., MD, FAAP
Harland S. Winter, MD
