The Short Bowel Syndrome Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. These clinical and community leaders provide strategic direction, oversight, and expertise in service of patients and families affected by intestinal failure.

Dr. Jon A. Vanderhoof, M.D.

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center. Former Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of Nebraska and Creighton University (1976–2006). Currently Vice President for Global Medical Affairs at Mead Johnson Nutritionals and on staff at Children’s Hospital in Boston.

M.D., University of Nebraska College of Medicine (1972); Pediatric residency, University of Nebraska (1974); Fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, UCLA (1976).

Dr. Kareem Abu-Elmagd, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Center at UPMC’s Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute. Leads a program that has performed more than 450 intestine transplants since 1990 — among the largest experiences worldwide.

M.D., Mansoura University (1976); doctorate in surgery (Mansoura & Emory, 1987). Active in American Surgical Association, ASTS, AST, and Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation initiatives.

Rosemary Pauley-Hunter, A.P.R.N.

Oversees pediatric gastroenterology clinics at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln and Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha. Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse and Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (AANP).

President, Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutritional Nurses.

Leo E. Jablonski, M.S., D.A.B.R.

Medical Radiation Physicist based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Founder and President of Jablonski Physics Services, Inc., a medical physics consulting company.

B.S. Life Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Missouri–Columbia. Dual board certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics and Diagnostic Radiologic Physics.

Dr. Donald Kirby, M.D.

Director, Center for Human Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic. Interests include home parenteral and enteral nutrition support, short bowel syndrome, intestinal failure, rehabilitation, and transplant services. Previously headed Cleveland Clinic’s Intestinal Transplant Program.

Internship-Fellowship, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago). Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Named Richmond Magazine “Top Specialist in Gastroenterology” (2008).