Meet Our Very Early Onset IBD (VEO-IBD) Program Team

Your child's team at the VEO-IBD Program includes doctors from several areas of the hospital who are collaborating to help provide the best possible care for children with VEO-IBD. Our team works closely with other departments including Immunology, Microbiome, and Genetics to discover new breakthroughs.

Director of VEO-IBD Program

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Judith R. Kelsen, MD

VEO-IBD Attending Physicians

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Brooke E. Boyer, MD
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Máire Abraham Conrad, MD, MS
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Trusha Patel, MD

Chief of Immunology and Co-director of the VEO-IBD Program

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Kathleen E. Sullivan, MD, PhD

Chief of the Division of Rheumatology

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Edward M. Behrens, MD

Division of General Surgery

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Peter Mattei, MD, FACS, FAAP

Advanced Practice Nurse

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Megan Canavan, MSN, CPNP-PC

Nurse Care Coordinators

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Janine McDermott, BSN, RN, CPN
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Jamie Scaramuzzi, BSN, RN, CPN

Dietitian

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Natalie L. Stoner, RD, LDN

Social Worker

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Muzna Gulamali, MSW

Lead Biostatistician for VEO-IBD

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Noor Dawany, PhD

Pathology

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Pierre A. Russo, MD