Sibylle Koletzko

Professor Sibylle Koletzko studied medicine and trained in Paediatrics in Germany. From 1986 until 1988, she was a clinical research fellow in the Div. of Paediatric Gastroenterology at the Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

Professor Koletzko is the Head of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. v. Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany. Since 2016 she is guest professor of the Faculty of Medical Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. Her research involves projects in inflammatory bowel desease, coeliac disease, Helicobacter pylori infection, and food allergy.

Sibylle Koletzko served as secretary of GI-committee from 2005-2012, council member (2009-2012), and chair of H. pylori working group of ESPGHAN (2007 – 2017), and represented the society in the Scientific Committee of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG). She is active member of the Special Interest Groups for IBD (Porto group), Coeliac Disease and Eosinophilic Oesophagitis. She was president of the German Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (GPGE) (2007-2009). She has contributed to several national and international guidelines on inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, infectious gastroenteritis, cow’s milk/food allergy, and Helicobacter pylori infection. She is principal author or co-author of >400 scientific publications, in addition to many book chapters and reviews.