Alexandra Kilgore, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Publications

• Kilgore AL, Boruta MKR, Darbari A, Rodriguez L. Response to Bolia et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025 Aug;81(2):477-478. PubMed PMID: 40495576
• Shuler B, Kilgore AL, Tran P, Montminy T, Silveira L, Belkind-Gerson J, Mark JA. Accuracy and outcomes of endoscopic ultrasound guided anal botulinum toxin injections for pediatric constipation: A pilot study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025 Sep;81(3):507-513. PubMed PMID: 40534111
• Blanding D, Belkind-Gerson J, Kilgore AL. Disorders of gut-brain interaction in children: what is new. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Oct 1;37(5):452-456. PubMed PMID: 40820911
• Gordon M, de Geus A, Banasiuk M, Benninga MA, Borrelli O, Boruta M, Darbari A, Dore-Stites D, Gould M, Hawa J, Jones KB, Khlevner J, Kilgore A, Mousa H, Nurko S, Sinopoulou V, Tabbers M, Thapar N. ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN 2024 protocol for paediatric functional constipation treatment guidelines (standard operating procedure). BMJ Paediatr Open. 2025 Feb 4;9(1). PubMed PMID: 39904543
• Kilgore AL, Rogers Boruta MK, Ambartsumyan L, Suarez RG, Patel D, Wood RJ, Darbari A, Rodriguez L. Evaluation and management of pediatric refractory constipation: Recommendations from the NASPGHAN neurogastroenterology and motility committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025 Feb;80(2):353-373. PubMed PMID: 39741384
• Kilgore AL, Rogers Boruta MK, Ambartsumyan L, Suarez RG, Patel D, Wood RJ, Darbari A, Rodriguez L. Evaluation and management of pediatric refractory constipation: Recommendations from the NASPGHAN neurogastroenterology and motility committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39741384
• Corrado MM, Wong M, Fenton LZ, Moulton S, Kilgore AL. Constipation: On knife edge. JPGN Rep. 2024 Aug;5(3):417-418. PubMed PMID: 39149185
• Kilgore A, Khlevner J. Functional Constipation: Pathophysiology, evaluation, and management. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Jul;60 Suppl 1:S20-S29. PubMed PMID: 38925548
• A. Kilgore and J. Belkind-Gerson. The Bidirectional Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis in Pediatrics: What we know and what lies ahead. JPGN. May 2023
• B.H. Shuler, Belkind-Gerson, J., Montminy, T., Tran, P., Kilgore, A., and J. Mark. Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Anal Botox. DDW, Chicago, May 2023.
• Kilgore A, Belkind-Gerson J. The Bidirectional Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis in Pediatrics: What We Know and What Lies Ahead. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Aug 1;77(2):147-149. PubMed PMID: 37115954
• Montminy, T., Belkind-Gerson, J., Kilgore, A., Tran, P. and Jacob A. Mark. Evaluating the Accuracy of Anal Botulinum Toxin Injection in Children with Constipation using Endoscopic Ultrasound. JPGN. Apr 2022, 74(4):p e 98.
• Kilgore AL, Hawa HT, Liu E, Belkind-Gerson, J, and KK Santucci. EDS-Related Feeding Difficulties: Preventing the Placement of a Surgical Feeding Tube. JPGN Reports.

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2017)
• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Board Certification (2019)

Conditions & Treatments

• Digestive System
• Digestive System - Gastroenterology (Stomach, Bowel, General GI Problems)
• Digestive System - Motility disorders
• Digestive System - Celiac Disease
• Digestive System - Colonoscopy
• Digestive System - Gastroesophageal Reflux
• Digestive System - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis
• Digestive System - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)