Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Inflammatory bowel disease, Celiac disease, Interventional Endoscopy

Education

• BA, University of Notre Dame, 1994
• MD, Creighton University School of Medicine, 1998

Training

• Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 1998 - 2001
• Chief Residency , St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 2001 - 2002
• Fellowship - clinical, University of Colorado Denver/The Children's Hospital of Denver, 2002 - 2003
• Fellowship - research, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 2003 - 2005

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2001 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
• 2002 - 2003CO, Colorado Medical Training Temporary License
• 2005 - PresPediatric Gastroenterology
• 2010 - PresMO, Physician and Surgeon
• 2016 - PresAR, Arkansas Medical License

Honors and Awards

• Phi Kappa Beta, Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor Society), 1994
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society), 1997
• Scholastic Achievement Award, 1998
• James P. Keating Pediatric Intern Award (St. Louis, MO), 1999
• Annual Pediatric Fellow Teaching Award (Denver, CO), 2003
• "Best Doctor" award, 2009 - Pres
• Pediatric Residency Lecturer of the Month, 2012
• Pediatric Residency Lecturer of the Month, 2014
• Top 10% of Washington University School of Medicine physicians according to patient satisfaction for 2015, 2016
• Robert Strunk Outstanding Outpatient Medicine Physican, 2017

Recent Publications view all (14)

Publication Co-Authors

Megan A. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.

Marwan Shinawi, M.D.

Avraham Beigelman, M.D.

S. Celeste Morley, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Elizabeth C. Utterson, M.D.

1. Walsh CM, Lightdale JR, Mack DR, Amil-Dias J, Bontems P, Brill H, Croft NM, Fishman DS, Furlano RI, Gillett PM, Hojsak I, Homan M, Huynh HQ, Jacobson K, Leibowitz IH, Lerner DG, Liu QY, Mamula P, Narula P, Oliva S, Riley MR, Rosh JR, Tavares M, Utterson EC, Ambartsumyan L, Otley AR, Kramer RE, Connan V, McCreath GA, Thomson MA, PEnQuIN Working Group.. Overview of the Pediatric Endoscopy Quality Improvement Network (PEnQuIN) Quality Standards and Indicators for Pediatric Endoscopy: A Joint NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guideline. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021. PMID:34402484 
2. Lightdale JR, Walsh CM, Fishman DS, Furlano RI, Mamula P, Gillett PM, Narula P, Hojsak I, Oliva S, Homan M, Riley MR, Huynh HQ, Rosh JR, Jacobson K, Tavares M, Leibowitz IH, Utterson EC, Croft NM, Mack DR, Brill H, Liu QY, Bontems P, Lerner DG, Amil-Dias J, Kramer RE, Otley AR, Ambartsumyan L, Connan V, McCreath GA, Thomson MA, PEnQuIN Working Group.. Pediatric Endoscopy Quality Improvement Network (PEnQuIN) Pediatric Endoscopy Reporting Elements: A Joint NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guideline. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021. PMID:34402488 
3. Walsh CM, Lightdale JR, Leibowitz IH, Lerner DG, Liu QY, Mack DR, Mamula P, Narula P, Oliva S, Riley MR, Rosh JR, Tavares M, Utterson EC, Amil-Dias J, Bontems P, Brill H, Croft NM, Fishman DS, Furlano RI, Gillett PM, Hojsak I, Homan M, Huynh HQ, Jacobson K, Ambartsumyan L, Otley AR, Kramer RE, McCreath GA, Connan V, Thomson MA, PEnQuIN Working Group.. Pediatric Endoscopy Quality Improvement Network (PEnQuIN) Quality Standards and Indicators for Pediatric Endoscopists and Endoscopists in Training: A Joint NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guideline. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021. PMID:34402487 
4. Lightdale JR, Walsh CM, Oliva S, Jacobson K, Huynh HQ, Homan M, Hojsak I, Gillett PM, Furlano RI, Fishman DS, Croft NM, Brill H, Bontems P, Amil-Dias J, Utterson EC, Tavares M, Rosh JR, Riley MR, Narula P, Mamula P, Mack DR, Liu QY, Lerner DG, Leibowitz IH, Otley AR, Kramer RE, Ambartsumyan L, Connan V, McCreath GA, Thomson MA, PEnQuIN Working Group.. Pediatric Endoscopy Quality Improvement Network (PEnQuIN) Quality Standards and Indicators for Pediatric Endoscopic Procedures: A Joint NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guideline. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021. PMID:34402486 
5. Lightdale JR, Walsh CM, Narula P, Utterson EC, Tavares M, Rosh JR, Riley MR, Oliva S, Mamula P, Mack DR, Liu QY, Lerner DG, Leibowitz IH, Jacobson K, Huynh HQ, Homan M, Hojsak I, Gillett PM, Furlano RI, Fishman DS, Croft NM, Brill H, Bontems P, Amil-Dias J, Kramer RE, Ambartsumyan L, Otley AR, McCreath GA, Connan V, Thomson MA, PEnQuIN Working Group.. Pediatric Endoscopy Quality Improvement Network (PEnQuIN) Quality Standards and Indicators for Pediatric Endoscopy Facilities: A Joint NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guideline. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021. PMID:34402485 
6. Orandi AB, Vogel TP, Keppel MP, Utterson EC, Cooper MA. Azathioprine-Associated Complete NK Cell Deficiency. J Clin Immunol. 2017. PMID:28639167 
7. Friedlander JA, Liu QY, Sahn B, Kooros K, Walsh CM, Kramer RE, Lightdale JR, Khlevner J, McOmber M, Kurowski J, Giefer MJ, Pall H, Troendle DM, Utterson EC, Brill H, Zacur GM, Lirio RA, Lerner DG, Reynolds C, Gibbons TE, Wilsey M, Liacouras CA, Fishman DS, Endoscopy Committee.. NASPGHAN Capsule Endoscopy Clinical Report. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017;64(3):485-494. PMID:27642781 
8. Pall H, Lerner D, Khlevner J, Reynolds C, Kurowski J, Troendle D, Utterson E, Evans PM, Brill H, Wilsey M, Fishman DS. Developing the Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit: A Clinical Report by the Endoscopy and Procedures Committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016;63(2):295-306. PMID:26974415 
9. Brady AC, Saito JM, Lukas K, Guthrie T, Utterson EC, White FV, Dillon PA. Suction rectal biopsy yields adequate tissue in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2016;51(6):966-9. PMID:27032614 
10. Zhou JY, Isaacson-Schmid M, Utterson EC, Todd EM, McFarland M, Sivapalan J, Niehoff JM, Burnham CD, Morley SC. Prevalence of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization in children and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of carriage isolates. Int J Infect Dis. 2015;39:50-52. PMCID:PMC4620696  PMID:26327122 
11. Miller NB, Beigelman A, Utterson E, Shinawi M. Transient massive trimethylaminuria associated with food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. JIMD Rep. 2014;12:11-5. PMCID:PMC3897788  PMID:23821320 
12. Utterson EC, Shepherd RW, Sokol RJ, Bucuvalas J, Magee JC, McDiarmid SV, Anand R, Split Research Group.. Biliary atresia: clinical profiles, risk factors, and outcomes of 755 patients listed for liver transplantation. J Pediatr. 2005;147(2):180-5. PMID:16126046 
13. Robertson J, Vogel A, Kung V, Utterson E, White F, White A. Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome Without Cutaneous Manifestations: A Rare Presentation of Chronic Anemia Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. in press. 
14. Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD1; Douglas S. Fishman, MD1, Diana G. Lerner, MD3*;NASPGHAN Endoscopy and Procedures Committee‡. Pediatric Endoscopy in the Era of COVID-19: A NASPGHANPosition Paper