Food Allergies, Hospital Pediatrics Mental Health Special – Episode 202

David Stukus, MD, FAAP, is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the Director of the Food Allergy Treatment Center in the Division of Allergy/Immunology at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He produces and hosts the podcast "Conversations from the World of Allergy" for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He’s a member of the executive committee for the Section on Allergy/Immunology for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Rajitha D. Venkatesh, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and co-director of the Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Program. She is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and is the Medical Director for the Chronic Conditions Service Line at Partners for Kids. Her clinical interests span all gastrointestinal disorders with a special interest in eosinophilic GI disorders including eosinophilic esophagitis. She serves on multiple national committees including the American Academy of Pediatrics Button Battery Taskforce as well as the AAP Section on Telehealth Care.  

Christopher J. Russell, MD, MS, FAAP, is an academic pediatric hospitalist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University. His research focuses on developing evidence-based care for hospitalized children with medical complexity, including acute respiratory infections. Outside of his clinical and research responsibilities, Dr. Russell focuses on research mentorship of medical students, pediatric residents, and pediatric hospital medicine fellows as well as improving representation of underrepresented minorities in medicine throughout the continuum of physician training. At a national level, Dr. Russell is active in the AAP and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Hospital Pediatrics.