Ronald J. Sokol MD, FAASLD

Dr. Ronald J. Sokol is Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz and Children's Hospital Colorado. He is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at the University of Colorado Denver and the Section Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Anschutz and the Digestive Health Institute at the Children's Hospital Colorado. He holds the Arnold Silverman, MD Endowed Chair in Digestive Health.

Dr. Sokol received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed pediatric residency training and Chief Residency at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He completed fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. He has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado since 1983.

As a physician scientist, he is involved in patient care, basic, clinical, and translational research, and the education of fellows, residents, and students.  He has received uninterrupted NIH funding since 1987 and is currently supported by U01, T32, UL1, KL2, and TL1 grants. His recent laboratory research investigates the role of plant sterols and Toll-like Receptor and FXR/LXR signaling in the pathogenesis of parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis, the immune pathogenesis of biliary atresia, and the role of the gut microbiome in cholestasis.