Julie Khlevner, MD
Locations and Appointments
ColumbiaDoctors - 3019 Merrick Road
CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Insurances Accepted
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About Julie Khlevner, MD
I am privileged to have achieved my lifelong goal of becoming a pediatric gastroenterologist, more specifically a pediatric neurogastroenterologist. I have a special interest and expertise in disorders of the gut-brain interaction, including motility disorders, which involve the movement of food through the GI tract, and functional disorders, which involve interactions between the brain and GI tract that affect motility. These conditions can be debilitating and yet they remain challenging to treat effectively.
My team and I evaluate and treat children and adolescents using advanced, state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques with multidisciplinary approach. Some of the conditions we treat are dysphagia, achalasia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic nausea, gastroparesis, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic abdominal pain, severe constipation, fecal incontinence, and anorectal disorders.
We think of our patients and their problems holistically and take pride in developing personal connections with patients and their families. My goal is to deliver compassionate, respectful, evidence-based, and humanistic care to children with gastrointestinal diseases.
I co-direct many multidisciplinary clinics, including the Gastrointestinal Motility Center, Esophageal Atresia Clinic, Aerodigestive Program, and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program, and I work closely with pediatric surgeons, pulmonologists, cardiologists, ear nose throat (ENT) specialists, psychologists, and language pathologists to provide the most comprehensive care to children with complex GI medical conditions.
I also take great pride in educating medical students, residents, fellows, and other providers. I have mentored several GI fellows who have joined other institutions across the county and are currently working to establish multidisciplinary clinics and expand access to care for functional and motility disorders.
In addition to my clinical and education roles, my team and I conduct multiple clinical research projects focusing on functional and motility disorders. I work on clinical trials which allow our patients to have access to therapeutics that are not otherwise offered to children. This work has led to numerous presentations at national meetings and publications in high impact gastroenterology journals—all with the mission of improving children's health and advancing the science of gastrointestinal motility and functional gastrointestinal diseases.
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatrics
Specialties & Expertise
- Abdominal Pain
- Anal Motility Disorders
- Bowel Problems
- Clinical Research
- Colonoscopy
- Congenital Anorectal Defect
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Digestive Disorder
- EGD
- Encopresis
- Endoscopic Feeding Tube Placement
- Endoscopy
- Esophageal Atresia
- Esophageal Disorders
- Esophageal Motility Disorder
- Esophageal Motility Studies
- Esophageal Stricture
- Esophagitis
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- Failure to Thrive
- Feeding Problem In Child
- Feeding Problem In Infant
- Gastric Motility Disorder
- Gastroesophogeal Reflux / GERD
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Motility Disorder, Esophageal
- Motility disorders of the bowel
- Pediatric Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Rectal Disorders
- Small Bowel Problem
- Swallowing Disorder
- Upper Endoscopy
Education
- Residency: Jacobi Hospital - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Fellowship: Stony Brook University Medical Center
- Internship: Jacobi Hospital - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
- Director, Pediatric Gastrointestinal Motility Center
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital