GI physician leader to know: Dr. Carlo Di Lorenzo of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, is chief of the division of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He is the medical director of Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction at Nationwide Children’s. He also holds the Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology and is a professor of clinical pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus. He is the president of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

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Dr. Di Lorenzo was one of the first clinical investigators to assess the diagnostic value of antroduodenal and colonic manometry and to use the electronic barostat to assess visceral sensitivity in children. He has co-authored the only two books on pediatric gastrointestinal motility. He has served as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and abstract reviewer for the American Gastroenterological Association.

Dr. Di Lorenzo has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. He has been awarded the Master Award for Basic or Clinical Research in Gastroenterology by the American Gastroenterological Association Institute.

Dr. Di Lorenzo earned his medical degree at the 2nd University of Naples in Italy, where he also completed his residency. He has also completed fellowships at University of Southern California County Hospital in Los Angeles and Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif.

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