Sari A Acra, MD - Cookeville

Dr. Acra is a Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the D. Brent Polk Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He directs a busy clinical program with over 20,000 annual visits and more than 4,000 endoscopies. He has had a long academic career focused on clinical service, education and clinical research in the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. His major clinical and research focus is in the area of upper gastrointestinal pathology, including dyspeptic, functional and diarrheal disorders and nutrition. With a background in chemical engineering, he has had a lifelong interest in intestinal transport phenomena and energy expenditure. Early in his career, he helped describe the function of several intestinal electrolyte and nutrient transporters in animal models and in humans.