Professor of Pediatrics

• Cystic Fibrosis Center
• Patient Oriented Research
• Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Dr. Rothbaum was born in Indianapolis and received his bachelor's degree from Brown University. He received his M.D. from the University of Chicago Medical School. He trained in pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital and in pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Cincinnati. From 1983-1992 he served as director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center of St. Louis Children's Hospital. He is a member of the Academy of Pediatrics, NASPGN, and the American Gastroenterological Association. He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy Subsection on Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Dr. Rothbaum attended Brown University and the University of Chicago Medical School. He trained in pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital and in pediatric gastroenterology at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati. In 1982, he returned to a faculty appointment at St. Louis Children's Hospital. From 1983 to 1992, he served as director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center of St. Louis Children's Hospital and then became the clinical director of the division of gastroenterology and nutrition.

As clinical director, Dr. Rothbaum oversees the outpatient clinic, ambulatory procedure center and the gastroenterology office. His research interests include the gastrointestinal and nutritional manifestations of cystic fibrosis as well as medical and psychophysiologic management of children with inflammatory bowel disease. With Dr. Michael Debaun, Dr. Rothbaum recently initiated an international registry of patients and families with Schwachman-Diamond syndrome. He was the 1998 recipient of the Physician of the Year by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.

Selected Publications

1. Sokol RJ, Butler-Simon N, Conner C, Heubi JE, Sinatra F, Heyman M, Perrault J, Riely C, Suchy F, Levy J, Rothbaum RJ: Multicenter trial of D-(-tocopherol polyethylene aglycol-1000 succinate (TPGS) therapy for vitamin E deficiency in chronic childhood cholestasis. Gastroenterology 1993; 104:1727-1735.

2. Quillin SP, Siegel MJ, Rothbaum RJ: Hepatobiliary sonography in cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Radiology 1993; 23:533-535.

3. Rothbaum RJ (Eds. Wyllie R, Hyams J): Cystic fibrosis and other congenital pancreatic disorders. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases ; In press.