Carolina Cerezo, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Michael Herzlinger, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Albert Ross IV, MD
Medical Director; Director, Pediatric Endoscopy
Vania Kasper, MD
Director, Center for Liver & Pancreatic Disease
Jason Shapiro, MD
Research Director; Director, Pediatric IBD Center
Linda Shalon, MD
Director, Quality Improvement
Shova Subedi, MD
Associate Director, Pediatric IBD Center
Sarah Hagin, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Heather Pelletier, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Preeti Sandhu, PsyD
Pediatric Psychologist
Beth Pinkos, MS, RDN
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Michael Duncan, MSM
Practice Manager
Sarah Ferszt, LICSW
Social Worker
Karen Swartz, CCLS
Child Life Specialist
Stephanie Marchand, PhD, RD, LDN, CLC
Registered Dietitian, Food Allergy
Maria Santini, RD, CNSC, LDN
Registered Dietitian, Celiac Disease
Megan Umbriano, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian
Barbara Bancroft, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
Kayla Pirri, MS, OTR/L
Feeding Program, Occupational Therapist
Alexandra Delayo, MOTR/L
Feeding Program, Occupational Therapist
Lindsay Young, MA, CCC-SLP
Feeding Program, Speech Pathologist
Carolina Cerezo, MD
Position: Division Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Carolina Cerezo, MD, is the division director of the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases and director of the Feeding Program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Dr. Cerezo is also an associate professor of pediatrics and clinician educator at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is certified in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.
Michael Herzlinger, MD
Position: Fellowship Program Director
Michael Herzlinger, MD is an Assistant (Clinical) Professor of Pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He is the Program Director of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program and a Mary B Arnold Mentor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Prior to his current position he completed Residency in Pediatrics and Fellowship in Pediatric GI at Brown University, Medical School at New York University School of Medicine, Postbaccalaureate studies at Columbia University in New York, and Bachelors of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Herzlinger is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology.
Albert Ross IV, MD
Position: Medical Director; Director, Pediatric Endoscopy
Vania Kasper, MD
Position: Director, Center for Liver & Pancreatic Disease
Vania Kasper, MD an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Educator at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She has completed fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Brown University and in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology at Columbia University.
Prior to her fellowship training, she completed a Residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Kasper founded the Children’s Center for Liver Disease and is the Medical Director for the CHANGES adolescent weight management program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She is actively involved in resident and fellow education and curriculum development. Dr. Kasper’s research interests include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Fontan- associated liver disease and liver disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. Kasper is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric gastroenterology and board eligible in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology.
Jason Shapiro, MD
Position: Research Director; Director, Pediatric IBD Center
Dr. Shapiro grew up in Lincoln, Rhode Island. He attended college and medical school at the University of Vermont before returning home to Rhode Island where he completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Dr. Shapiro is currently a faculty member in the division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and is assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His clinical and research interests are focused on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.