Richard H. Sandler, MD
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Dr. Sandler came to Rush from Boston Children’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals, with research training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Over the last nine years, he has helped build the clinical care and teaching components of the section. Internationally known in refugee medical care, his research more recently is in biomedical acoustics and autism. He leads a team researching computerized analysis of various body sounds for the rapid and painless diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases using sophisticated signal processing technology. He also heads a team seeking a cure for a group of autistic children whose disease may be related to gastrointestinal problems.

John D. Lloyd-Still, MD
Associate Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center

A professor of pediatrics at Rush Medical College, Dr. Lloyd-Still has earned an international reputation over the past 25 years with many important research publications on topics such as chronic diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn’s disease), pediatric liver disease and cystic fibrosis. He also edited the first textbook on cystic fibrosis. His current groundbreaking research at Rush focuses on liver and gastrointestinal changes in cystic fibrosis patients, especially in fibrosing colonopathy, or the development of scar tissue in the colon.

Randolph A. McConnie, MD
Director of Clinical Services

Dr. McConnie received his training in pediatric and adult gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania. He did his pediatric gastroenterology training at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and his adult gastroenterology training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Later, he established and directed the gastrointestinal endoscopy unit for Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he served as attending physician. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portugese, Dr. McConnie works with both adolescent and young adult patients with gastrointestinal disorders. His special interest is in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases and pediatric endoscopy, as well as gastrointestinal disorders affecting infants, children, adolescents and young adults.