Elaheh Vahabnezhad
MD
Affiliation
- Associate Physician, Medical Director, Pediatric Subspecialties Clinic, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Biography
Dr. Elaheh (Eli) Vahabnezhad joined the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Mattel Children’s Hospital in 2013. Dr. Vahabnezhad earned a B.S. in Neuroscience from UCLA and attended medical school in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She returned to UCLA for her residency training in pediatrics and completed her fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA. She is board certified in pediatric gastroenterology. Dr. Vahabnezhad is based at the Pediatric Specialties Practice 12th Street Office in Santa Monica as part of our community outreach. Dr. Vahabnezhad’s clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, nutrition and obesity. Her research investigates therapeutic modalities for IBD, specifically infliximab.
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