LeLeiko N S, Gribetz D
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Disease, Box 1656, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Mt Sinai J Med. 2001 Mar;68(2):102-5.
The history of pediatric gastroenterology at Mount Sinai begins in 1960. Early publications by Drs. Korelitz and Gribetz on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in children served as the preface to forty years of progress in this important area. The history of pediatric gastroenterology includes important work by many individuals, including Horace Hodes, Lotte Strauss and Frederick Kopel. Early observations on the nature of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and its course, preceded work on nutritional therapies for IBD, mechanisms of gene-nutrient interactions, regulation of gene transcription, and molecular processes involved in bile transport in the liver and small intestine. Over the last twenty years, the division has grown in size and reputation. Today there are fourteen full-time faculty - 9 M.D.'s and 5 Ph.D.'s - who work in three funded research laboratories. There are also five advanced practice nurses (including three nurse practitioners), two social workers and two nutritionists, as well as several administrators and assistants. In addition to being recognized as a premier center for the treatment of children with general pediatric gastroenterological problems, especially inflammatory bowel disease, the division is also known as one of the nation's largest pediatric liver and liver transplant centers, and it is rapidly becoming one of the largest pediatric short gut syndrome and small bowel transplant centers.
西奈山伊坎医学院的儿科胃肠病学历史始于1960年。科雷利茨博士和格里贝茨博士早期发表的关于儿童炎症性肠病治疗的文章，为这一重要领域四十年来的发展奠定了基础。儿科胃肠病学的历史包含了许多人的重要工作，其中包括霍勒斯·霍兹、洛特·施特劳斯和弗雷德里克·科佩尔。在开展炎症性肠病（IBD）营养疗法、基因-营养素相互作用机制、基因转录调控以及肝脏和小肠胆汁转运相关分子过程的研究之前，人们就已经对IBD的本质及其病程进行了早期观察。在过去的二十年里，该科室规模不断扩大，声誉日隆。如今，科室有十四名全职教员，其中包括9名医学博士和5名哲学博士，他们在三个获得资助的研究实验室工作。此外还有五名高级执业护士（包括三名执业护士）、两名社会工作者和两名营养师，以及多名管理人员和助理。除了被公认为治疗儿童普通儿科胃肠病问题，尤其是炎症性肠病的一流中心外，该科室还被誉为美国最大的儿科肝脏及肝脏移植中心之一，并且正迅速成为最大的儿科短肠综合征和小肠移植中心之一。
