Meet Senthilkumar Sankararaman, MD | Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Pediatric Clinical Update | August 2023

Senthilkumar Sankararaman, MD

How old were you when you felt the call to become a doctor?

17 years.

What your areas of clinical interest?

Children with nutritional issues, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), celiac disease, IBD, fatty liver, and pancreatic disorders.

Who or what inspires you and why? 

Children with gastrointestinal issues,  I enjoy seeing them get better and it is very exciting to notice their improvement in nutritional status.

Dog or cat?

Dog.

Coffee or tea?

Coffee.

Cavs, Guardians or Browns?

Cavs.

Favorite book (outside of medical journals)?

Experiments with truth (M.K.Gandhi).

People would be surprised to know that I …

I have worked on 3 continents, can speak 3 languages fluently and understand 2 more at the basic level and I have a very unique name (could not find another person with same name in the 8 billion population).