It is very important that your care team includes an IBD specialist with experience in disease management prior to and during pregnancy. This may mean seeing an expert in consultation, or switching to a provider who is experienced in this area. IBD specialists with expertise in fertility and pregnancy can help to guide you during each step of the family planning process, including optimizing your disease prior to attempting to conceive, advising on fertility and providing referrals to fertility specialists if indicated, managing your medications prior to and during pregnancy, and managing flares while pregnant. The involvement of this type of specialist will help you to be in the best possible position to conceive from the perspective of your IBD, and can help to ensure your disease is managed as safely and effectively as possible while you’re pregnant. You can also work with this provider to identify an OBGYN with experience caring for high risk patients, as well as a maternal fetal medicine specialist (MFM), who is trained to manage higher risk pregnancies.

To find an IBD pregnancy specialist near you, choose the state closest to you from the dropdown menu above.

Arizona

Scottsdale

Christina Ha MD

Christina Ha, MD
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Section
Mayo Clinic Arizona

13400 East Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale AZ 85259

Phone: 480-301-6990

Manreet Kaur MD

Manreet Kaur, MBBS, MD
Mayo Clinic

Phone: 480-301-8484

California

Irvine

Caroline Hwang MD

Caroline Hwang, MD
Program Director for the Margolis
Family Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Program at Hoag

16405 Sand Canyon Ave
Irvine, CA 92618

Phone: 949-557-0251

Los Angeles

Nirupama N. Bonthala, MD

Nirupama N. Bonthala, MD
Director, Women's Health in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
of Medicine Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Vatche and Tamar Manoukain Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Westwood Digestive Diseases
100 Medical Plaza, Suite 345
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone: 310-206-6279

Puja V. Khanna, MD

Puja V. Khanna, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Clinical Director of Women's Health
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Karsh Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Phone: 310-423-4100

Jenny S. Sauk, MD

Jenny S. Sauk, MD
Director of Clinical Care/Center for
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of
Digestive Disease at UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Phone: (855) IBD-UCLA

Maria T. Abreu MD

Maria T. Abreu, MD, AGAF
Executive Director of the F. Widjaja
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute
Cedars-Sinai

8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Phone: 310-423-4100

San Francisco

Uma Mahadevan MD

Uma Mahadevan, MD
UCSF Center for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

1701 Divisadero Street, #120
San Francisco CA 94115

Phone: 415-502-4444
Email: gi@ucsfmedctr.org

Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Co-Medical Director

Rishika Chugh, MD

Rishika Chugh, MD
UCSF Mount Zion

1701 Divisadero St., Suite 120, San Francisco,
CA 94115

Phone: (415) 502-4444

Stanford

Sarah Streett, MD, AGAF

Sarah Streett, MD, AGAF
Stanford Gastroenterology and Digestive Health Clinic

450 Broadway St Pav D 2nd Fl Pod 2 and 3
Redwood City, CA 94063

Phone: 650-736-5555
Fax: 650-498-6323
Email: sstreett@stanford.edu

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program Group
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Connecticut

New Haven

Jill Gaidos, MD

Jill Gaidos, MD
Yale School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

40 Temple Suite 1A
New Haven, Ct 06510

Phone: 203-785-4138

Florida

Miami

Oriana Mazorra Damas, MD

Oriana Mazorra Damas, MD
Director of Translational and Research,
Crohn’s and Colitis Center

Phone: 305-243-8644

Gainesville

Angela Pham, MD

Angela Pham, MD
University of Florida Health Digestive Disease Specialists

Phone: 352-273-9400

Orlando

Jennifer Seminerio, MD

Jennifer Seminerio, MD
Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine
Advent Health Orlando, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Phone: 407-303-9921
Fax: 407-303-8998

Jacksonville

Jami Kinnucan, MD

Jami Kinnucan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Florida

Phone: 904-956-8894

Illinois

Chicago

Kellar-Amelia-MD

Amelia Kellar
University of Chicago-River East

339 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

Phone: 773-702-6169

Indiana

Indianapolis

Monika Fischer MD, MSc

Monika Fischer, MD, MSc
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

550 North University Boulevard, Suite 1602
Indianapolis IN 46202

Phone: 317-948-6234
Fax: 317-944-0975
Email: mofische@iu.edu

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Louisiana

New Orleans

Sarah Glover DO

Sarah Glover, DO AGAF
Professor of Medicine and Section Chief C.
Tulane University, School of Medicine

1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone: 504-988-5800

Thorpe Ray MD Chair in Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine, Tulane Cancer
Center Member - Translational Oncology
Research Program

Shamita Shah, MD

Shamita Shah, MD
Medical Director Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
Ochsner Health System

Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans
1514 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70121

Phone: 504-842-4015

Maryland

Baltimore

Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF

Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Medical Director of the Division of
Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Clinical
Director of the IBD Center at Johns Hopkins -
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington DC

Phone: 202-660-5500

Massachusetts

Boston

Emily W. Lopes, MD, MPH

Emily W. Lopes, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director for Clinical Investigation and Education, MGH
Gastroenterology Fellowship MGH Crohn's and Colitis Center

Phone: 617-726-5560
Fax: 617-726-3080

Liliana Perera, MD, AGAF

Liliana Perera, MD, AGAF
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center,
Tufts Medical Center

Phone: 617-636-5883

Loren Rabinowitz, MD

Loren Rabinowitz, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Phone: 617-667-2802

Sonia Friedman MD, FACG

Sonia Friedman, MD, FACG
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Tufts Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine

800 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111

Phone: 617-636-5883

Chestnut Hill

Punyanganie De Silva MBBS, MRCP(UK)

Punyanganie De Silva MBBS, MRCP(UK)
Brigham and Women's Crohn's and Colitis Center

850 Boylston Street Suite 201
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Phone: 617-732-6389
Email: pdesilva@partners.org

Associate Physician
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Minnesota

Rochester

Sunanda Kane MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF

Sunanda Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF
Mayo Clinic Rochester

200 First Street SW
Rochester MN 55905

Phone: 507-284-0959
Email: Kane.Sunanda@mayo.edu

Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, MD

Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, MD
Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

Phone: 507-538-3270

Eugenia Shmidt MD

Eugenia Shmidt, MD
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

909 Fulton St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-9709
Email: eshmidt@umn.edu

Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Missouri

St. Louis

Kayci Huff, MD, PhD

Kayci Huff, MD, PhD
Washington University St. Louis

Phone: 314-362-1026
Fax: 314-747-5871

New Jersey

New Brunswick

Lea Ann Chen MD

Lea Ann Chen, MD
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School

125 Paterson St
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Phone: 732-235-7784

New Hampshire

Concord

Leyla Ghazi MD

Leyla Ghazi, MD
Concord Hospital Gastroenterology

60 Commercial Street, Suite 404
Horseshoe Pond
Concord, NH 03301

Phone: (603) 228-1763
Fax: (603) 227-7539

New York

New York

Marla Dubinsky, MD

Marla Dubinsky, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital

One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1134
New York NY 10029

Phone: 212-241-5415
Fax: 646-537-8924
Email: marla.dubinsky@mssm.edu

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Co-Director, Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBDClinical Center
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai New York

Zoë Gottlieb, MD

Zoë Gottlieb, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Marie and Barry Lipman IBD
Preconception and Pregnancy Planning Clinic
Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Phone: 212-241-8100

Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Clinical Center
17 E 102nd St, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10024

Lisa Malter, MD

Lisa Malter, MD
Bellevue Hospital

462 1st Avenue
New York NY 10016

Email: Lisa.Malter@nyumc.org

Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic
Bellevue Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
NYU School of Medicine

Alexandra Gutierrez MD, MPH

Alexandra Gutierrez MD, MPH
Columbia University
Irving Medical Center

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032

Phone: 212-305-1021

Professor of Medicine and Director of the
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center in
Medicine at Columbia University Irving
Medical Center

North Carolina

Chapel Hill

Kim Isaacs MD, PhD

Kim Isaacs, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

130 Mason Farm Road
Bioinformatics Bldg. 4th Floor CB#7080
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Phone (scheduling): 984-974-5050
Email: klisaacs@med.unc.edu

Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Millie D. Long MD, MPH

Millie D. Long, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Campus Box 7080
Chapel Hill NC 27599-7080

Phone (scheduling): 984-974-5050
Phone (office): 919-537-3378
Email: millie_long@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Ohio

Cincinnati

Anita Afzali, MD

Anita Afzali, MD
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
UC Health Physician’s Office

Phone: 513-475-7505

Kara De Felice, MD

Kara de Felice, MD
University of Cincinnati, Associate Professor
of Clinical, Internal Medicine

CARE/Crawley Building, Suite E-870
3230 Eden Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45267

Phone: 513-558-5244

Pennsylvania

Hershey

Emmanuelle D. Williams MD

Emmanuelle D. Williams, MD
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

P.O. Box 850
500 University Drive
Hershey PA 17033‐0850

Phone: 717-531‐3694 x3998 (IBD Nurse Navigator)
x5727 (IBD Care Nurse)
x1488 (IBD Medical Assistant)
Fax: 717-531‐6770 Email: ewilliams3@hmc.psu.edu

Medical Co-Director
Penn State Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Philadelphia

Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH, PhD

Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH, PhD
Penn Medicine

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion, 4th Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: 215-349-8222

Co-Section Head and Research & Education
Director, Penn Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
(Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

San Juan

Esther A. Torres MD, MACP, MACG, AGAF, FAASLD

Esther A. Torres, MD, MACP, MACG, AGAF, FAASLD
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

UPR Medical Sciences Campus
San Juan PR 00935

Phone: 787-754-0101 ext 2418, 2419
Email: estheratorresmd@gmail.com

Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Director, UPR Center for IBD

Tennessee

Nashville

Dawn B. Beaulieu MD

Dawn B. Beaulieu, MD
Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic
One Hundred Oaks

719 Thompson Lane, Suite 20500
Nashville, TN 37204

Phone: 615-322-0128

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Sara Horst MD, MPH, FACG

Sara Horst MD, MPH, FACG
Vanderbilt Professor, Division Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Medical Director, VUMC Amb Telehealth and VUMC Specialty Pharmacy
Clinical Health IT Director and Associate Vice Chair,
Digital Health Operations of Dept of Medicine

Phone: 615-322-0128

Texas

Houston

Bincy P. Abraham MD, MS, FACG

Bincy P. Abraham, MD, MS, FACG
Houston Methodist Hospital

Academic Gastroenterology Office
6550 Fannin Street, Smith 1001
Houston TX 77030

Phone: 713-441-3372
Fax: 713-797-0622

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine-Weill Cornell
Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
Director, Underwood Center-Fondren Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Program

Dallas

Tasneem Ahmed DO

Tasneem Ahmed, DO
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

1801 Inwood Road
6th Floor, Suite 102
Dallas TX 75390-9083

Email: Tasneem.Ahmed@utsouthwestern.edu

Assistant Professor
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program

Washington

Seattle

Nina Saxena, MD

Nina Saxena, MD
Physician Faculty Inflammatory Bowel Disease
University of Washington Montlake Campus & Northwest Campus

Phone: 206-598-6110

Wisconsin

Madison

Sumona Saha MD, MS

Sumona Saha, MD, MS
UW Medicine-Harborview Medical Center

750 University Row
Madison WI 53705

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health