Alan M.  Leichtner , MD, FAAP


  • Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
  • Director, The Celiac Disease Program
Office Phone: 617-355-2946
Appointment Line: 617-355-2946
Fax: 617-730-0496
NPI: 1760595383

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

celiac disease
general pediatric gastroenterology
inflammatory bowel disease

Services/Programs

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Richard J. Grand Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School

Certifications

Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Expanded Biography

Appointed Assistant of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1997 Appointed Assistant in Medicine and CLinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition , Children's Hospital, Boston, 1987 Appointed Acting Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital, Boston, 2001 Appointed Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital, Boston, 2004

College

Completed Research Fellowship in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, MA  (1982)

Medical School

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  (1977)

Internship

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (07/77 to 06/78)

Residency

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (07/78 to 06/80)

Fellowships

Completed Fellowship in Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA  (1983)
Completed Clinical Fellowship in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, MA  (1981)
Completed Research Fellowship in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, MA  (1983)

Awards

Awarded Rotch Service Award , 1993
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston Magazine Top Doctors 2011 , December 2011
Boston Magazine
Clinical research on Celiac Disease

Clinical research on Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gastrointestinal allergy

  • Children's Hospital Boston
    Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
    300 Longwood Avenue
    Hunnewell-Ground
    Boston, MA  02115
    Phone: 617-355-2946
    Fax: 617-730-0496