Biography
Dr. Lightdale is the Clinical Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is a Fellow in the ASGE, a former Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and past-Chair of the ASGE’s Editorial Board. She is also a past-chair of the American Academy of Pediatric’s Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SOGHN), and past-President of NASPGHAN (the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition). Dr. Lightdale graduated from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY, and received her master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of California in San Francisco, a Post-Graduate fellowship at UCSF’s Institute for Health Policy Studies, and fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Health Services Research at Harvard University. Dr. Lightdale has an active clinical practice evaluating and treating infants and children with core gastrointestinal conditions, especially eosinophilic esophagitis, feeding difficulties, abdominal pain, constipation, GERD and food allergies. For the last few years, Dr. Lightdale and her husband, who is a pediatric cardiologist, have been enjoying empty nesting! Both of their kids have now graduated from college, and it is their 13-year-old poodle-mix, Tuukka, who remains home to greet them every night.