Dr. Douglas Mogul is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical practice focuses on liver disease and transplantation including disorders such as neonatal cholestasis, autoimmune hepatitis, acute liver failure and viral hepatitis.

Dr. Mogul received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital of Stanford University and did a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins before joining the faculty in 2012.

In addition to patient care, Dr. Mogul is involved in a number of research and advocacy projects in pediatric liver disease. He is the Principal Investigator on an NIH-funded project to improve pediatric liver transplant allocation. He is also an investigator with the NIH Hepatitis B Research Network and is involved in multi-center research with hepatitis C virus. 

Dr. Mogul has also developed several digital tools to help children with liver disease including PoopMD, a mobile health application that integrates a smartphone's camera with color recognition software to screen for biliary atresia, the most common cause of pediatric liver failure. Most recently, Dr. Mogul, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Technology Innovation Center, has developed a Facebook-integrated app for online liver disease groups in order to strengthen these communities, and create a bridge to health information and healthcare providers.

Dr. Mogul has received several awards for his research including the Young Faculty Clinical Research Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.

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