Dr. Jon Vanderhoof

MD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Short bowel syndrome  •  Gastrointestinal allergy  •  Probiotics and nutrition  •  Medical & Scientific Affairs  •  Industry/innovation expertise

Dr. Jon A. Vanderhoof is chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at the Boystown National Research Hospital in Omaha Nebraska, an attending physician in GI/Nutrition at Boston  Children’s Hospital, Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School, and Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. From 1976 to 2006 he was the Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and served as Chair of Pediatrics at Creighton University from 1989 to 1993.   He was Vice President, Global Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Mead Johnson Nutrition from 2002 to 2011.   Dr. Vanderhoof received his doctor of medicine degree in 1972 from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976.

Dr. Vanderhoof has published roughly 200 refereed papers in various areas of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, and has written comparable numbers of chapters and reviews on areas such as short bowel syndrome, probiotics, and GI allergy. He served as President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition from 1986 to 1988.  Dr. Vanderhoof received the Shwachman Award in 2001 from the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, the highest award in North America given in the field of Pediatric Gastroenterology.  

Education / Training

• Doctor of medicine degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine
• Fellowship Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at University of California, Los Angeles CA

Learning / Influence

• Published author/ researcher > 200  papers; Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology; Harvard Medical School appointment  
• Science/Health Communicator