Education and Background

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
Residency: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Special Interests: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Celiac Disease

Professional Experience

2001 to Present:

   Co-Section Chief; Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

   Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

August 1998 to November 2000:

   Pediatric Gastroenterology, Atlantic Health System, Morristown New Jersey

Services

Providing a full range of pediatric gastroenterology services for infants, children, and adolescents with gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic, and nutritional disorders;

• abdominal pain
• constipation
• diarrhea/malabsorption
• reflux
• peptic ulcer disease/H.pylori
• gastrointestinal bleeding
• inflammatory bowel disease
• hepatitis/liver disorders
• pancreatitis
• food allergy
• growth/nutrition issues
• failure to thrive
• celiac disease
• vomiting

Professional Licenses:

Licensed to practice medicine in the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Board Certifications:

·  Board Certified in Pediatrics

·  Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterology

Book Chapters & Manuscripts:

Baldassano RN, Han PD, Jeshion WC, Berlin J, Piccoli DA, Lichtenstein G.
Risk Factors for Postoperative Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease in Children.                                            American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2001;96:2169-2176.

Jeshion WC, Liacouras CA. Clostridium difficile.
In: Liacouras C. and Altschuler S. eds.
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Churchill and Livingstone,
1998.

Jeshion WC, Larsen KL, Jawad A, Piccoli DA, Verma R, Maller E, Baldassano RN.
Azathioprine and 6-Mercaptopurine for the Treatment of
Perianal Crohn's Disease in Children.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2000;30:294-298.

Rosh J, Dellert S, Jeshion W.
The Vomiting Infant.
Letters to the Editor. J Peds. 1999;134:662.

Han P, Jeshion W, Lichtenstein G, Baldassano R.
Recurrence of Crohn's Disease. Letters to the Editor.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,
1998;26:365.

Brothers B, Jeshion W, Tunnessen W.
Shedding Some Light on Seizures.
Contemp Pediatr 10: 167-72, 1993.

Contact Information:

Wendy Jeshion, M.D.
Co-Chief - Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Hackensack University Medical Center
360 Essex Street, Suite 402
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-336-8840

Physician Partners:

Elaine Moustafellos, M.D.
Debora Kogan, M.D.
Bhanu Sunku, M.D.

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