MUSC Children's Health GI & Nutrition at Specialty Care - Mt Pleasant

Dr. Ben Kuhn is the MUSC Children's Health division chief and professor of pediatric gastroenterology. A native Pennsylvanian, Dr. Kuhn moved to New York for his undergraduate studies at Cornell University, with a focus on genetics and development. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by pediatric residency at the Penn State University Children's Hospital. Dr. Kuhn then completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Prior to joining MUSC Children's Health, Dr. Kuhn was at Geisinger in Pennsylvania for over a decade, where he was a pediatric gastroenterologist and served as a regional director of pediatrics for the system. Dr. Kuhn also chaired the pediatric patient experience committee. Dr. Kuhn specializes in allergic gastrointestinal conditions, specifically Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), and launched the MUSC Children's Health Center for Eosinophilic Disorders, where he serves as director. Having published numerous peer-reviewed articles on this topic and ongoing research contributions, Dr. Kuhn authored the North American Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Society's board review textbook chapter on EoE. Dr. Kuhn adds that he enjoys collaborating with families to care for their children andwatching them grow into young adults over time.

Dr. Kristin Capone is a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist and assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. She graduated medical school from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She then stayed in New York to complete her pediatric residency and chief residency at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore before moving on to pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Capone practiced pediatric gastroenterology in New Jersey for 5 years prior to moving to Charleston. Although she treats all pediatric gastrointestinal issues, her clinical interest is in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and she works in the MUSC Pediatric IBD clinic.

Kelley Deaton is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department at MUSC. She earned her master's degree in pediatric primary care from the University of Central Florida in 2011. She is board certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. Kelley has worked in pediatric GI here at MUSC since 2012 and cares for children with a variety of gastrointestinal disorders including constipation, encopresis, GERD, failure to thrive, eosinophilic esophagitis, celiac disease. She has a special interest in functional abdominal pain.