Peter Church

Dr. Peter Church is a gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at SickKids in Toronto. He received his B.Sc. from the University of New Brunswick with honours in Biology and Chemistry. Dr. Church received his MD from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He stayed in St. John’s, Newfoundland to complete his residency in Paediatrics at the Janeway Child Health and Rehabilitation Centre. He carried out subspecialty training in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at SickKids in Toronto.

1. Ricciuto A*, Carman N, Benchimol EI, Siddiqui I, Putra J, Khanna R, Griffiths AM, Walters TD, Church PC. Prospective Evaluation of Endoscopic and Histologic Indices in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Using Centralized Review. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Oct 1;116(10):2052-2059.
2. Ricciuto A*, Dhaliwal J*, Walters TD, Griffiths AM and Church PC. Clinical Outcomes with Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. J Crohn’s Colitis. 2018 Nov; 12 (11):1302-1315.
3. Church PC, Ho S, Sharma A, Tomalty D, Frost K, Muise A, Walters TD and Griffiths AM. Intensified infliximab induction is associated with improved response and decreased colectomy in steroid-refractory paediatric ulcerative colitis. J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Jan, 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz019.
4. Church PC, Kuint RC, Ledder O, Navas-Lopez VM, Sladek M, Bruckner A, Baldassano RN, Weiss B, Yerushalmi B, Saeed SA, Hyams J, Otley A, Griffiths AM, Turner D, Greer MC. Magnetic Resonance Enterography Cannot Replace Upper Endoscopy in Pediatric Crohn's Disease: An ImageKids Sub-study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2018 July; 67(1):53-58.
5. Church PC, Greer MLC, Cytter-Kuint R, Doria AS, Griffiths AM, Turner D, Walters TD and Feldman BM. Magnetic resonance enterography has good inter-rater agreement and diagnostic accuracy for detecting inflammation in pediatric Crohn disease. Pediatric Radiology. 2017 May; 47 (5):565-575.