Amelia Kellar, MD, MSc
Amelia Kellar, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound Program
Specialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Gastroenterology
Locations
- Chicago - Comer Children's Hospital
- Chicago - River East
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
My name is Amelia Kellar. I'm a pediatric gastroenterologist. I also see adult patients, specifically with inflammatory bowel disease. So this is Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. I'm also the Director of the Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound Program.
I think I've always been fascinated by physiology and the physiology underlying chronic disease. I used to actually be a researcher predominantly. And then I found that while I was doing experiments, they were very interesting. But I really missed seeing the application of my research and how it was affecting patient care. So I decided to do the best of both worlds and to become a physician and a researcher.
I knew instantly, actually, when I came here that this was going to be the place for me. I was really looking for a team of people who were really passionate about what they were doing. I was looking for a team of people who had all kinds of different expertise because I wanted to be able to learn from the team that I worked with. One of my big goals is to really revolutionize the way that we care for children. And I felt like that would be something I could help contribute to here at Comer.
As a physician, I never wanted to be someone that would tell someone what I think they should do. I really wanted my job to be more of an educator, so helping to provide patients and families with information so that they could make the decision that's best for them.
So one of the things that I also really love about intestinal ultrasound is I feel like, in the moment, I can show patients their disease or their remission. We can have a conversation. And they're armed with the information to make decisions about their therapy. So I feel like it's actually a two-way conversation.
I'm one of very few gastroenterologists actually in the country and within North America who performs intestinal ultrasound. So I use it as a monitoring tool to monitor my patients with inflammatory bowel disease. I'm trained in both pediatric and adult gastroenterology, specifically in inflammatory bowel disease. So one of the things I love about it, and I hope that my patients love about it too, is that I get to see them as children, and then I get to follow them throughout adulthood. So I think that also really gives me a unique perspective on their disease management.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatrics
- Pediatrics (Canada)
- Pediatric Gastroenterology (Canada)
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Calgary
Residency
- University of Toronto-Hospital for Sick Children
Fellowship
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; University of Calgary
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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