Ajay Jain, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatrics • 2 Locations

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatrics Specialty Services - Grand Boulevard

1465 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63104

Dr. Ajay Jain treats pediatric patients with serious digestive diseases, including liver disease, intestinal failure, and conditions requiring total parenteral nutrition. He is actively involved in research on the topics of gastric bypass, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), total parenteral nutrition, liver transplantation, and more.

Dr. Jain is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Gastroenterology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He is Medical Director for Pediatric Liver Transplantation and Chairman of the Nutritional Advisory Committee at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.

Dr. Jain is the president of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and a member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He is active with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

See Dr. Jain's academic publications.

About Me

Specialties

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatrics

Gender

Male

Education

Lok Nayak/Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital

Internship, 1998

Lok Nayak/Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital

Residency, 2001

Augusta University Medical Center

Residency, 2006

Texas Children's Hospital

Fellowship, 2009

Lok Nayak/Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital

Fellowship, 2004

Maulana Azad Medical College - New Delhi

Medical School, 1997

Hospital Affiliations

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology

Drug Enforcement Administration

Missouri Dept of Health/Narcotics&Dangerous Drugs

Missouri State Board of Registration

Medical Interests

Abdominal imaging

Abdominal pain

Abdominal transplant surgery

Acute and chronic hepatitis

Bariatric weight loss surgery pediatric

Biliary atresia

Bowel incontinence

Capsule endoscopy

Celiac disease

Cirrhosis

Colitis

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