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Department Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Primary Location Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Type of Doctor Both Adults and Children & Adolescents
Languages English
Surgeon No
Locations Specialties & Treatments

Treatment & Services

  • 24 Hour Esophageal pH Test
  • Blood Tests
  • Breath Test for Helicobacter Pylori
  • Center for Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Colonoscopy
  • Diagnostic Endoscopy
  • Dietary Management for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Children and Adults
  • Endoscopic Dilation
  • Endoscopy
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
  • Evaluation for Caustic Ingestion
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
  • Foreign Body Removal
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Gastrointestinal Exams
  • Health Screening and Testing
  • Hydrogen Breath Test
  • Impedance Monitoring
  • Infusion Therapy
  • Lactose and Glucose Hydrogen Breath Test
  • Motility Catheter Placement
  • Nutritional Assessment and Support in Children
  • Outpatient Care
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
  • pH Monitoring
  • Polypectomy
  • Proctitis - Care and Treatment
  • Proctoscopy
  • Pyloric Dilatation
  • Sclerotherapy
  • Small Intestine Short Bowel Rehab
  • Therapeutic Endoscopy
  • Upper Endoscopy
  • Variceal Band Ligation
  • Wireless Capsule Endoscopy
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Specialty in Diseases & Conditions

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Achalasia
  • Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
  • Anal Fissures
  • Caustic Ingestion
  • Celiac Disease (Celiac Sprue)
  • Colic
  • Collagenous Colitis
  • Colon Polyps
  • Constipation
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Diarrhea
  • Diseases of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
  • Esophagitis
  • Failure to Thrive
  • Food Allergies
  • Foreign Body Ingestion
  • Gallbladder Disease
  • Gallstones
  • Gastritis
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
  • Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Giardiasis
  • Heartburn
  • Helicobacter Pylori
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hiatal Hernia
  • Hirschsprung's Disease
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Lactose Intolerance
  • Liver Disease
  • Malnutrition
  • Malrotation of Intestine
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Milk Allergy
  • Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • Pancreatic Disease
  • Pancreatic Stones
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pediatric Colon Cancer
  • Pediatric Constipation
  • Pediatric Crohn's Disease
  • Pediatric Polyposis Syndrome
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease
  • Polyposis Syndromes
  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  • Proctitis
  • Radiation Enteritis
  • Rectal Prolapse
  • Recurrent Abdominal Pain
  • Short Bowel Syndrome in Children
  • Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth
  • Soy Allergy
  • Swallowing Disorders
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula
  • Ulcerative Colitis
View all 64 Specialties +
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Biography

About Marsha Kay, MD

Marsha Kay, MD, FAAP, FASGE, FACG, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She did her residency in pediatrics and her fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic, and she has been on staff at Cleveland Clinic since 1993. She is board-certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology with many clinical interests, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal endoscopy, foreign bodies and caustic ingestions, celiac disease, GI bleeding, acid peptic disease, and general pediatric gastroenterology.

She has been elected a fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Gastroenterology, and she serves on the Executive Council of the Northeastern Ohio Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. She has served on numerous committees for the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. She is also a media spokesperson for the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 

She currently serves as Director of Pediatric Endoscopy. She has been listed on several occasions in Best Doctors in America, Guide to America's Top Physicians, Guide to America's Pediatricians, and Guide to America's Top Gastroenterologists.

She has lectured at international numerous national and regional scientific meetings in various topics on pediatric gastroenterology with an emphasis on pediatric endoscopy. She has served as the associate editor of Wyllie and Hyams, editors, "Pediatric Gastrointestinal Liver Disease," fifth edition, and is primary author and co-author on numerous manuscripts, chapters and review articles.

Education & Professional Highlights

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
1993

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Cleveland, OH United States
1993

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Pediatrics
Cleveland, OH United States
1990

Internship - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
General Surgery
North Chicago, IL
1987

Medical Education - Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH United States
1986

Undergraduate - University of Akron
Natural Sciences
Akron, OH
1984

Professional Highlights

  • Elected fellow, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology
  • Associate editor of Wyllie R and Hyams J, editors, "Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease," 4th edition, London, Elsevier, 2011

Certifications

  • Pediatrics - Pediatric Gastroenterology

Specialty Interests

caustic ingestions, Foreign Body Ingestion, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastrointestinal endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, Pediatric Liver Disease, therapeutic endoscopy, Crohn's Disease, Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, gastroesophageal reflux, Gastrointestinal endoscopy, Inflammatory bowel disease, Innovative use of new technology in the assessment of gastrointestinal tract function in pediatric patients, nutritional assessment and support in children, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric liver diseases, Peptic Ulcer Disease, peptic ulcer disease, recurrent abdominal pain, small intestine SHORT BOWEL REHAB, Ulcerative Colitis, wireless capsule endoscopy

Awards & Honors

  • Chairman's Award for Clinical Research, Division of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, June 8, 2000
  • Best Doctors in America, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012
  • Northeast Ohio's Top Doctors, Cleveland Magazine, August 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Northeast Ohio's Top Doctors, Northern Ohio Live Magazine, April 2004
  • Guide to America's Top Pediatricians, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Guide to America's Top Physicians, 2004-05, 2007, 2008
  • Guide to America's Top Gastroenterologists 2007, 2008

Memberships

  • Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Member, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Fellow, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
  • Executive Council, Northeastern Ohio Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Research & Publications

Research & Publications

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Industry Relationships

Industry Relationships

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To assure professional and commercial integrity in such matters, Cleveland Clinic maintains a program that reviews these collaborations and, when appropriate, puts measures in place to minimize bias that may result from ties to industry. Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses the names of companies when (i) its physicians/scientists receive $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) for speaking and consulting, (ii) its physicians/scientists serve as a fiduciary, (iii) its physicians/scientists receive or have the right to receive royalties or (iv) its physicians/ scientists hold any equity interest for the physician's/scientist's role as inventor, discoverer, developer, founder or consultant.* In publicly disclosing this information, Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its physicians' and scientists' connections with industry.

As of 7/2/2024, Dr. Kay has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Public Health Service-Reportable Financial Conflicts of Interest. Cleveland Clinic scientists and physicians engage in basic, translational and clinical research activities, working to solve health problems, enhance patient care and improve quality of life for patients. Interactions with industry are essential to bringing the researchers' discoveries to the public, but can present the potential for conflicts of interest related to their research activities. Click here to view a listing of instances where Cleveland Clinic has identified a Public Health Service (PHS)-Reportable Financial Conflict of Interest and has put measures in place to ensure that, to the extent possible, the design, conduct and reporting of the research is free from bias.

* Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists subscribe to the guidance presented in the PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals and the AdvaMed Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals. As such, gifts of substantial value are generally prohibited.

Patient Satisfaction Reviews

33 Patient Satisfaction Reviews

The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

The comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cleveland Clinic.

Overall Star Ratings
4.5 out of 5
Explains 4.5
Courtesy, Respect & Concern 4.6
Time Spent with Patient 5
Patient Rating of Doctor 4.4

6 Patient Comments

Reviewed on Sep 12, 2024

Dr. Kay was very thorough

Reviewed on Sep 6, 2024

Dr Kay was amazing we were so grateful for her time.

Reviewed on Apr 26, 2024

Years of being sick and not getting answers resulted in a lot of tear and anxiety at my daughter appointment. Dr Kay was very patient and understanding.

Reviewed on Jan 24, 2024

Dr Kay is knowledgeable & professional

Reviewed on Nov 17, 2023

Dr. Kay is a caring, knowledgeable physician.

Reviewed on Nov 15, 2023

I really liked Dr.Marsha H. Kay. She listened to me, she addressed my concerns. She wasn't rushed. She was patient with my severely autistic child. She ordered bloodwork and an Xray to thoroughly exam my child. She had a nurse assist me the entire time I was there. Very satisfied with the care we received.

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