Carolina Jimenez MD, FCPSCR

Biography

Dr. Carolina Jiménez received her medical degree from the University of Costa Rica. She completed her pediatric gastroenterology fellowship as well as her training in pediatric liver disease and liver transplantation at the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto. She then returned to her native Costa Rica where she started her career as a hepatologist at the National Children’s Hospital. Dr. Jimenez joined the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in 2006. Dr. Jimenez is currently the Director of Liver Services at CHEO and has a special interest in pediatric liver disease-related research. Dr. Jimenez is a member of the steering committee of the Canadian Biliary Atresia Registry (CBAR) and Chair of the Canadian Pediatric Hepatology Research Group (CPHRG).