Gastroenterologists
Sloane Zimmerman, MD
Locations
Departments
Dietitians
- Clinical Dietitian, Specialist I
Abriana Cain, MS, RD, LD
Locations
Languages
- English
Departments
- Clinical Nutrition Services
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Growth Program for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Biography
Abriana Cain, MS, RD, LD is an outpatient pediatric dietitian at Children’s National who currently specializes in gastroenterology. She completed a five-year combined Bachelor and Master of Science program at The Pennsylvania State University in 2022 and then went on to complete a dietetic internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which included a rotation at Children’s National Rare Disease Institute in 2023. She is currently a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
Georgetown University/MedStar Team
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- Gastroenterologist
- Transplant Hepatologist
Udeme Ekong, MD, MPH, FAASLD
Languages
- English
Biography
- Udeme Ekong, MD, MPH, FAASLD, specializes in treating babies and children with a wide range of liver diseases including autoimmune diseases, biliary atresia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes, other genetic/metabolic liver diseases, non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, and chronic hepatitis B and C. She provides care for children who need a liver transplant and those who have undergone liver transplantation. She is triple board certified in general pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology, in addition to being a member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
- Gastroenterologist
- Hepatologist
Khalid Mahmood Khan, MD
Languages
- English
Departments
Biography
- Khalid Khan, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist and medical director of the Islet Cell Transplant Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. In his dual roles, he provides medical care to both children with complex gastrointestinal diseases and disorders as well as adults and children undergoing islet cell transplant for chronic pancreatitis. Previously, Dr. Khan held similar positions with the University Medical Center in Tucson and the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, where he also worked with both systems' pediatric hospitals.
- Medical Director, Pediatric Small Bowel Program, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Carolina Rumbo, MD
Languages
- English
Biography
- Carolina Rumbo, MD, is the medical director of the Pediatric Small Bowel program at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. She has 24 years of experience in the fields of pediatric hepatology and bowel disease. She treats patients between birth and the age of 21 and her areas of special interest and expertise include short bowel syndrome, congenital bowel anomalies, fatty liver disease and more.
- Gastroenterologist
- Hepatologist
Nada Yazigi, MD
Languages
- English
Departments
Biography
- Nada Yazigi, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist certified in transplant medicine. She treats patients ages infant through 21 with liver and intestinal disorders. Dr. Yazigi cares for patients before and after transplantation at The Transplant Center for Children at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. The ever-changing intellectual challenge of transplantation led Dr. Yazigi to the specialty. She embraces MedStar Georgetown's philosophy of treating the whole patient and focuses on including patients and their families in decision making about care. Her young patients' way of seeing the bright side of things and how they deal with their diseases inspires Dr. Yazigi.