Noam Zevit
Head of the Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Clinic | Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition, and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
Biography
Noam Zevit, MD, is Head of the Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Clinic at the Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition, and Liver Diseases at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. He studied medicine at the Hadassah Medical School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and completed his pediatric residency and a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Schneider Children’s Medical Center.
During the past decade, Dr. Zevit’s main research focus has been eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs). He is a member of the EGID Working Group at the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) and served as its Secretary of Research from its founding until 2022. With Prof. Jorge Amil Dias, he established the European Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Registry of ESPGHAN, which now includes more than 1100 patients followed longitudinally. He has coordinated studies to differentiate the inflammatory vs fibrotic nature of pediatric EoE-associated strictures and the natural history of asymptomatic esophageal eosinophilia in patients with celiac disease. He has participated in numerous international initiatives and studies to establish guidelines in the field.
