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Wash U: Heuckeroth Named Alumni Endowed Professor
Heuckeroth is a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhD, has been named the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist and sees patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The professorship was established by gifts from medical alumni, former medical residents and other supporters of the School of Medicine. Heuckeroth studies the nervous system in the intestine and colon that controls most aspects of digestion. Defects in this nervous system can cause constipation, vomiting and even life-threatening medical problems. For example, about one in every 5,000 children is born with Hirschsprung’s disease, a serious birth defect that often leads to intestinal blockages. In these …
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