Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD

Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

The Ohio State University College of Medicine University

Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

• MD: Second University of Naples School of Medicine

• Internship & Residency: Second University of Naples School of Medicine

• Fellowship: Hospital Universitaire des Enfants, Brussels, Belgium

• Fellowship: Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

• Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

• Board Certification(s): American Board of Pediatrics; American Board of Pediatrics – Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

• Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Di Lorenzo has been among the first clinical investigators to assess the diagnostic value of antroduodenal and colonic manometry and to use the electronic barostat to assess visceral sensitivity in children. He co-authored the only three books on pediatric gastrointestinal motility and has published more than 220 peer-reviewed original articles and 80 cha; pters, invited reviews and editorials. He has been awarded the Master Award in Gastroenterology for Basic or Clinical research in Gastroenterology by the AGAI, the Golden Stethoscope Award by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Award for Senior Investigator in Pediatrics by the IFFGD. He is a Past-President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Named multiple times among the “Best Doctors in America," Dr. Di Lorenzo has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. He has functioned as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and abstract reviewer for the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).

Dr. Di Lorenzo has also held prominent roles in numerous national and international organizations and work groups, including: Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) subcommittee to develop evaluation and treatment guidelines for functional abdominal pain; Chair of the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Neurogastroenterology working group of the second World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology; Chair of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS) committee for the development of minimal standards for motility testing in children; Chair of the Adolescent Committee of the Rome III and Rome IV criteria; Chair of the Growth, Development and Child Health Section of the American Gastroenterology Association and Member of the American Board of Pediatrics’ Pediatric Gastroenterology Sub-board.