The Digestive Health Center is located within Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and serves as a University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center resource to foster pediatric digestive disease research and make significant discoveries to restore digestive health.
To promote research that will yield insights into the fundamental processes and pathogenic mechanisms of digestive disease in children and generate innovative treatment to restore digestive health.
The long-term goal of the Cincinnati Digestive Health Center is to improve child health through better diagnosis, treatments and outcomes in our four focus areas including:
The research focus areas are linked by 4 highly innovative Biomedical Research Cores:
Cynthia Wetzel, PhD
CenterManager, Digestive Health Center
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, ML 2010
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Email: cynthia.wetzel@cchmc.org
Phone: 513-636-9605
Jorge A. Bezerra, M.D.
William and Rebecca Balistreri Chair of Pediatric Hepatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Digestive Health Center
Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: jorge.bezerra@cchmc.org
