Dr Jenny Epstein

Jenny Epstein is a Paediatric Gastroenterologist based in West London. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Leeds University Medical School. She completed her postgraduate training at Chelsea and Westminster, King's College and The Royal London Hospitals. Her experience outside the UK includes fellowships at l'Hopital de l'Archet, Nice, France and at Boston Children's and Massachusetts General Hospitals. She has a PhD in Mucosal Immunology from Queen Mary University London, investigating the effects of curcumin in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. Jenny became a full time NHS Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 2009 and has extensive clinical experience in the full breadth of gastrointestinal conditions and investigations including paediatric endoscopy and colonoscopy, in which she has 'Train the Trainer' qualification. She is a leader in the field, contributing to national guidelines and policy recommendations (NICE) in inflammatory bowel disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis and allergic gut disease. Jenny is Medical Director of CICRA, the Crohn's and Colitis in Childhood Research Association.

Her special interests are IBD, particularly the role of diet in Crohn's disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis and complex allergic gut disease. She is research active, leading several research studies, publishing within these fields and presenting work internationally.