Colin D. Rudolph, MD, PhD

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition         

Title(s): Medical director, Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, 1982; doctorate, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1978; residency, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1984; fellowship, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1986.

Certification(s): American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-specialty, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

Honors: Member, Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation Executive Board; Scientific Advisory Board, Pediatric GERD Campaign, Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation; Executive Committee, Dysphagia Research Society; member, Steering Committee for the Pediatric Endoscopy Database System-Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative of the Children's Digestive Health Foundation; senior editor, Rudolph's Pediatrics Textbook.

Research interests: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease and pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders.

Representative publications:

• Rudolph CD. Supraesopahgeal Complications of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment. American Journal of Medicine. 2003; 115(3A):150S-156S.
• Sood M, Rudolph CD. Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adolescents. Adolescent Medicine Clinics. 2004; 15(1):17-36.
• Rudolph CD, Link DT. Feeding Disorders in Infants and Children. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2002 Feb.; 49(1):97-112.
• Burklow KA, McGrath AM, Valerius KS, Rudolph C. Relationship between Feeding Difficulties, Medical Complexity and Gestational Age. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2002; 17:373-378.
• Hartnick CJ, Rudolph C, Willging JP, Holland SK. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pediatric Swallow: Imaging the Cortex and Brainstem. Laryngoscope. 2001; 111:1183-1191.

Contact information: 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226. Phone: (414) 266-3690. Fax: (414) 266-3676. E-mail: crudolph@mcw.edu.