Meet the Organizers

The Local Team

Robert Heuckeroth, MD, PhD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Irma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders

Research Director, Suzi and Scott Lustgarten Center for GI Motility

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Naomi Tjaden, MD, PhD 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Pediatric GI Attending Physician

Research Instructor

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International Organizing Committee

  • Maria Alves, PhD

    ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

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  • Jaime Belkind-Gerson, MD

    AURORA, COLORADO

  • Alain Benitez, MD

    PHILADELPHIA, PA

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  • Werend Boesmans, PhD

    HASSELT, BELGIUM

    Lab (hiring) Twitter Email

  • Elena Bonora, PhD

    BOLOGNA, ITALY

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  • Rebecca Bradley

    PHILADELPHIA, PA

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  • Lily Cheng, MD

    HOUSTON, TEXAS

  • Carla Cirillo, PhD

    TOULOUSE, FRANCE & KOBE, JAPAN

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  • Jonathan D Cooper, PhD

    ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
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  • Roberto De Giorgio MD, PhD

    FERRARA, ITALY

  • Pascal de Santa Barbara, PhD

    MONTPELLIER, FRANCE

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  • Hideki Enomoto, MD, PhD

    KOBE, JAPAN

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  • Faranak Fattahi, PhD

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
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  • Julia Ganz, PhD

    EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN

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  • Allan Goldstein, MD

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS
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  • Ash Gosain, MD, PhD

    DENVER, COLORADO

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  • David Hackam, MD, PhD

    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

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  • Marlene Hao, PhD

    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
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  • Maya Kaelberer, PhD

    DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

  • Julia Kaltschmidt, PhD

    STANFORD, CALIFORNIA

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  • Karl-Herbert Schafer, MD, PhD

    KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY

  • Ryo Hotta, MD, PhD

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS

  • Subhash Kulkarni, PhD

    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

  • Nejia Lassoued MD (PhD candidate)

    MONTREAL, CANADA

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  • Meng Lou (MD, PhD Student)

    PHILADELPHIA, PA

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  • Maxime Mahe, PhD

    NANTES, FRANCE

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  • Kara Margolis, MD

    NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

  • Gemma Mazzuoli-Weber, MD, PhD

    HANNOVER, GERMANY

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  • Nandor Nagy, PhD

    BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

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  • Peter Neckel, MD, PhD

    TUBINGEN, GERMANY

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  • Elly Ngan, PhD

    HONG KONG, CHINA

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  • Nicolas Pilon, PhD

    MONTREAL, CANADA

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  • Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS

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  • Elyanne Ratcliffe, MD

    ONTARIO, CANADA

  • Sabine Schneider, MD, PhD

    PHILADELPHIA, PA

  • Iain Shepherd, PhD

    ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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  • Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD

    NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
    Lab (hiring) Twitter Email

  • Allison Speer, MD

    HOUSTON, TEXAS

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  • Lincon Stamp, PhD

    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

  • Nikhil Thapar, MD, PhD

    QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

  • Jean-Pierre Timmermans, PhD

    ANTWERP, BELGIUM

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  • Leen Uyttebroek, PhD

    ANTWERP, BELGIUM
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  • Pieter Vanden Berghe, PhD

    LEUVEN, BELGIUM

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