Uma Padhye Phatak

Yale University School of Medicine, USA

Biography

Uma Padhye Phatak received her medical degree from India and completed her Pediatric internship and residency at Goryeb Children’s hospital in NJ. Sherncompleted her fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Yale New Haven Children’s hospital, Yale School of Medicine. Duringrnfellowship, his research focused on understanding the immune mechanisms in children with inflammatory bowel disease. She provides care to children with generalrnGI conditions and also children with inflammatory bowel disease at the multidisciplinary pediatric IBD clinic at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. His researchrninterests include obesity and GI disorders and nutrition in chronic GI disorders such as IBD.