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Leah Siebold, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Administrative Assistant: Kristen Pachasa

Dr. Leah Siebold is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). She attended medical school at the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, New York prior to relocating to Pittsburgh for her Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at CHP. In her over 10 years at CHP, she has served as the Clinical Director for her division and now focuses on the care of children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, 2007

Education & Training

  • BS, Microbiology, University of Michigan, 2000
  • MD, SUNY Health Science Center, 2004
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, 2004-2007
  • Fellowship in Pediatric GI, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2007-2010

Selected Publications

Siebold L, Dick A, Thompson R, Maggiore G, Jacquemin E, Jaffe R, Strautnieks S, Grammatikopoulos T, Horslen S, Whitington P, Shneider B.  Recurrent low gamma glutamyl transpeptidase cholestasis following liver transplantation for Bile salt export pump (BSEP) disease (posttransplant recurrent BSEP disease).  Liver Transpl. 2010 Jul 16(7):856-63.


Barfield E, Sockolow R, Hoffenberg E, Saeed S, Kim S, Siebold L, Picoraro J, Dykes D, Grossman A, Wahbeh G, Park KT. Assuring Quality for Non-hospital-based Biologic Infusions in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Clinical Report From the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Apr. 66(4):680-686. PMID 29324477


Goyal A, Yeh A, Bush BR, Firek BA, Siebold LM, Rogers MB, Kufen AD, Morowitz MJ. Safety, Clinical Response, and Microbiome Findings Following Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 Jan. 24 (2):410-421


Kerur B, Benchimol EI, Fiedler KB, Gallant M, Hyams JS, Stephens MC, Lu Y, Pfefferkorn MD, Alkhouri R, Strople JA, Kelsen JR, Siebold L, Goyal A, Rosh J, Leleiko N, van Limbergen JE, Guerreria A, Malz R, Karam L, Crowley E, Griffiths AM, Heyman M, Deneau MR, Benkov KJ, Noe JD, Moulton DE, Pappa H, Galnako J, Snapper SB, Muise A, Kappleman M. 204 - Surgery in Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEOIBD): Results from a Large, Multi-Center North American Cohort. Gastroenterology. 2019  May; 156(6), S-41


Kerur B, Benchimol EI, Fiedler KB, Gallant M, Hyams JS, Stephens MC, Lu Y, Pfefferkorn MD, Alkhouri R, Strople JA, Kelsen JR, Siebold L, Goyal A, Rosh J, Leleiko N, van Limbergen JE, Guerreria A, Malz R, Karam L, Crowley E, Griffiths AM, Heyman M, Deneau MR, Benkov KJ, Noe JD, Moulton DE, Pappa H, Galnako J, Snapper SB, Muise A, Kappleman M. Su1795- Utilization of Anti_TNF Therapy (Biologics) in Children with Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEOIBD) in a Large North American Cohort. Gastroenterology. 2019  May; 156(6), S-614