Meet Our Team

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Learn more about the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center team – one of the only centers of its kind led and staffed primarily by women. Click here to read more on our Answers hub.

General Surgery

Belinda Dickie , MD, PhD

Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Prathima Nandivada , MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Urology

Erin McNamara , MD, MPH

Co-Director, Spina Bifida and Congenital Spinal Anomalies Center; Co-Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Co-Director, Complex Hypospadias; Fellowship Program Director; Pediatric Urologist, Department of Urology
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Mélise Keays , MD, MSc

Director, Surgical Informatics; Co-Director, Complex Hypospadias Program; Pediatric Urologist, Department of Urology
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Richard S. Lee , MD

Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs; Hilary and Geoffrey Grove Family Chair in Urology; Director, Oncology, Transplant, & Bladder Exstrophy; Pediatric Urologist, Department of Urology
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Gastroenterology

Samuel Nurko , MD, MPH

Director, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; Director, Functional Abdominal Pain Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alejandro Flores , MD

Director and Chair, Ambulatory Community Services; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Gynecology

Jessica Shim , MD

Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecologist, Division of Gynecology
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Nephrology

Deborah R. Stein , MD

Co-Director, Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension Center; Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Neurosurgery

Psychologists

Lauren Mednick , PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Department of Surgery; Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) and Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Nurse Practitioners

Clinical Nutritionists

Social Worker

Administrative

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Janice George

Janice George, MS

Administrative Supervisor, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center Program
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Vanessa Mestre

Patient Experience Representative, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center Program
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Chloe Poutenis

Chloe Poutenis

Lead Patient Experience Representative, Department of Surgery, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center
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Kyra Wynn

Kyra Wynn

Patient Experience Representative, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center