He completed his training in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition through Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital. His postdoctoral research was through the Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital under Dr Lee Kaplan and Peter Turnbaugh, where he studied therapeutic manipulation of gut bacteria in obesity, and post-bariatric surgery mouse models. He is the Medical Lead of the Clinic Nutrition Service at McMaster Children’s Hospital and his research focuses on the role of fecal microbiota transplant for pediatric ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. He loves talking to patients and colleagues about why poop is so fascinating, and doesn’t find it the least bit gross.