Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Jeremy P Middleton, MD, Associate Professor, Division Director
Our children’s gastroenterology and GI surgery care has been ranked among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Our children’s digestive care experts can offer your child highly specialized treatments at Virginia’s #1 children’s hospital. We’re thankful we can provide this world-class care — because your kids mean the world to us.
Our division provides services for children with intestinal, liver, and nutritional disorders including but not limited to the following:
- Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis
- Acute and chronic hepatitis, jaundice, metabolic liver disease
- Short bowel syndrome, chronic diarrhea
- Chronic and recurrent abdominal pain
- Malnutrition, growth failure
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Gastroesophageal reflux, recurrent vomiting
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Chronic constipation, encopresis
- Intestinal bleeding, ulcer disease
- Feeding and Swallowing disorders
- Allergic Gastroenteropathies
Members of our division regularly perform diagnostic upper and lower endoscopy, colonoscopy with polypectomy, esophageal variceal banding and sclerotherapy, upper and lower endoscopic balloon dilatation, video capsule endoscopy, and ambulatory pH/impedance studies.

Not pictured: Barrett Barnes, Craig McKinney, Jon Medernach, Julee Sunny, and Carrie Cowardin
Administrative Team
Adriana McCray – Assistant
Tammy Mawyer – Procurement
Wendy Williams – Assistant
Address & Contact Number
Department of Pediatrics
P.O. Box 800386
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0386
Phone: 434-924-2457
Fax: 434-924-8798
Faculty
Carrie Cowardin, PhD
Barrett Barnes, MD
Alex Biller, MD
Stephen Borowitz, MD, Emeritus Faculty
Frank W. DiPaola, MD
Craig McKinney, MD
Jeremy Middleton, MD, Division Director
Eunice Odiase, MD
Julee Sunny, MD
Sana Syed, MD, MS
Advance Practice Provider(s)
Medical Care Team
Nurse Care Coordinator(s):
Michele Johnston, RN, BSHS
Terry McGrath, RN, BSN
Caitlain McIntosh, RN
Morgan Stermer, RN
Natalia Summer, RN
Pediatric Dietitian/Nutritionist:
Tegan Medico, MS, MPH, RDN, CNSC
Sydney Keane, RDN
Olivia Obertello, MS, RDN
Social Work:
Ashley Christmas