RajithaVenkateshMD, MPH, FAAP(She/Her)

Summary

• Rajitha D. Venkatesh MD FAAP is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and part of the Eosinophilic GI Disease Program. She is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Venkatesh attended Wilkes University for her undergraduate education as a Wilkes Scholar. She attended SUNY Upstate Medical University for medical school and was selected as a NIH Fogarty Clinical Scholar. She has completed residency training in pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Children’s, fellowship training in gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.
  
  Her clinical interests include all gastrointestinal disorders with a special interest in eosinophilic GI disorders including eosinophilic esophagitis. She is the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Eosinophilic GI Disorders (EGID) Special Interest Group Chair. Her interests include innovation in clinical care including transnasal endoscopy for eosinophilic esophagitis. In addition, she has an interest in healthcare disparities and improving access to care specifically through telemedicine. She serves on multiple national committees including the American Academy of Pediatrics Button Battery Taskforce as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Telehealth Care. She is currently in the MPH for PEP at OSU School of Public Health with a focus on population health and value based care. She also serves as the Social Media Editor for JPGN Reports, a peer-reviewed open access journal which is a joint publication of NASPGAN and ESPGHAN.