For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.

For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

Robert Heuckeroth, MD

Recognized as a "Best Doctor in America" in the 2011 issue of St. Louis Magazine.

Services: Gastroenterology & Nutrition

Practice Name: Division Of Gastroenterology

Gender: Male

In Practice Since: 1995

Specialties:

Gastroenterology-Pediatric - certified
*Pediatrics - certified

Hospitals:

St. Louis Children's Hospital

Academic Profile:

Washington University School of Medicine

For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.

For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

Public transportation available | Handicap accessible

One Children's Place
2Nd Floor Suite C
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6173

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Education

Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Internship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital

Health Plans Accepted

Admar	Aetna PPO
BCBS of IL HMO	BCBS of IL PPO
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO	BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO)
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS	Cigna PPO
CMR (Care Management Resources)	CorVel PPO
Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP)	Coventry PPO (formerly GHP)
First Health	Great Rivers Network
Health Alliance HMO & PPO	Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS
Healthlink PPO	Home State-MC+
Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network	Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect
IPA Secondary to Medicare	Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet
Medicare	Preferred Plan of MO PPO/Takecare
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary	Private Health Care Systems PPO
ProAmerica PPO	Providers Network of America
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System	United Healthcare Choice/Choice+
United Healthcare PPO/ Options	United Healthcare Select/Select+POS
United Payors & Provider	USA Managed Care Org
Wellborn HMO

Differential regional and subtype-specific vulnerability of enteric neurons to mitochondrial dysfunction.Viader A, Wright-Jin EC, Vohra BP, Heuckeroth RO, Milbrandt J.PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27727. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

PMID:: 22110743; [PubMed - in process]

Free PMC Article Related citations In Reply To: Slow Growth: Do Not Forget Thyroid.Bennett WE Jr, Heuckeroth RO.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.

PMID:: 22108338; [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Related citations Hypothyroidism is a rare cause of isolated constipation: 5-year review of all thyroid tests in a pediatric gastroenterology office.Bennett WE Jr, Heuckeroth RO.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:: 21975961; [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Related citations Serum markers may distinguish biliary atresia from other forms of neonatal cholestasis.Wang H, Malone JP, Gilmore PE, Davis AE, Magee JC, Townsend RR, Heuckeroth RO.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Apr;50(4):411-6.

PMID:: 20216099; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC Article Related citations Organotypic specificity of key RET adaptor-docking sites in the pathogenesis of neurocristopathies and renal malformations in mice.Jain S, Knoten A, Hoshi M, Wang H, Vohra B, Heuckeroth RO, Milbrandt J.J Clin Invest. 2010 Mar 1;120(3):778-90. doi: 10.1172/JCI41619. Epub 2010 Feb 15.

PMID:: 20160347; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC Article Related citations Vitamin A facilitates enteric nervous system precursor migration by reducing Pten accumulation.Fu M, Sato Y, Lyons-Warren A, Zhang B, Kane MA, Napoli JL, Heuckeroth RO.Development. 2010 Feb;137(4):631-40.

PMID:: 20110328; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC Article Related citations The timing and location of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor expression determine enteric nervous system structure and function.Wang H, Hughes I, Planer W, Parsadanian A, Grider JR, Vohra BP, Keller-Peck C, Heuckeroth RO.J Neurosci. 2010 Jan 27;30(4):1523-38.

PMID:: 20107080; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC Article Related citations Dosage effects of cohesin regulatory factor PDS5 on mammalian development: implications for cohesinopathies.Zhang B, Chang J, Fu M, Huang J, Kashyap R, Salavaggione E, Jain S, Kulkarni S, Deardorff MA, Uzielli ML, Dorsett D, Beebe DC, Jay PY, Heuckeroth RO, Krantz I, Milbrandt J.PLoS One. 2009;4(5):e5232. Epub 2009 May 1. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2009;4(5). doi: 10.1371/annotation/ea5b7eb5-5087-448a-8325-c8efff1f54d9. Shashikant, Kulkarni [corrected to Kulkarni, Shashikant].