2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

2023 PUBLICATIONS HIGH-IMPACT PUBLICATIONS

Am J Transplant. 2023 Jan;23(1):93-100. Acute liver failure and unique challenges of pediatric liver transplantation amidst a worldwide cluster of adenovirus-associated hepatitis. Anna M Banc-Husu, Elizabeth A Moulton, Henry Shiau, Luz Helena Gutierrez Sanchez, Moreshwar S Desai, Dana Cerminara, Flor M Munoz, Leanne M Buffaloe, Kristen G Valencia-Deray, N Thao N Galvan, Julu Bhatnagar, Lindsey Estetter, Negar Rassaei, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Jason Wicker, James J Dunn, Carl E Allen, Kalyani R Patel, Sanjiv Harpavat, John A Goss, Daniel H Leung. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Jul 10;171:111657. Timeline to dysphagia resolution after endoscopic intervention of an interarytenoid defect based on Video Fluoroscopic Swallow Study dysphagia severity. R E Wineski, G Beltran-Ale, R Simpson, M Evarts, J S Stein, P Rosen, J A Rogers, M V Leonard, R Dimmitt, A Soong, R Kassel, W T Harris, B Wiatrak, N J Smith. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Feb 24;e003748. Elevations In End Tidal Co2 With Co2 Use During Pediatric Endoscopy With Airway Protection: Is This Physiologically Significant? Chinenye R Dike, Andrew Huang Pacheco, Elizabeth Lyden, David Freestone, Ojasvini Choudhry, Warren P Bishop, Mohanad Shukry. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 May 15. Factors affecting the Gut Microbiome in Pediatric Intestinal Failure. Saurabh Talathi, Linda Wilkinson, Katie Meloni, Michelle Shroyer, Li Zhang, Zhenying Ding, Peter Eipers, William Van Der Pol, Colin Martin, Reed Dimmitt, Nengjun Yi, Casey Morrow, David Galloway. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 May 25. Improving bowel management in children with spina bifida. Mitchell B Cohen, Betsy Hopson, Erin Swanson-Kimani, Drew Davis, Brandon Rocque. Pediatrics. 2023 Sep 19;e2022058964. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis With Associated Inflammatory Bowel Disease and CARD8 Mutation. Victoria L Gennaro, Jeanine Maclin, Peter Weiser, Matthew L Stoll, Emily A Smitherman. Sandeep Gupta, M.D., 2023 AGA Institute Council PGDB Election. Nick CaJacob, M.D., was named to the Epic Pediatric Gastroenterology Specialty Steering Board. He will serve a three-year term starting in July 2022. Mitchell Cohen, M.D., serves as editor of the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) Pages in the Journal of Pediatrics, chair of the New Chair Committee of AMSPDC, member of the Board of Directors for ImproveCareNow and Advisory Committee for Consortium of Eosinophilic GastroIntestinal disorders Researchers (CEGIR). Dr. Cohen is the PI for the UAB and Children’s of Alabama Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN). In collaboration with the nation’s children’s hospitals and their communities, the PPN seeks to coordinate, prepare and enable high-quality, equitable, research-based pediatric care in emergencies, disasters and pandemics. He completed his term as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SOGHN) in November 2023 and remains on the Executive Committee of the SOGHN as past chair. Chinenye Dike, M.D., M.S., is a member of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Pancreas Committee. She also serves on the NPF center of excellence committee. David Galloway, M.D., is an associate editor of JPGN Reports and is well-recognized nationally for his care of children with intestinal failure. Helena Gutierrez, M.D., is the medical director of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Center. She is a member of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Liver Committee. She is a member of the National Liver Review Board (NLRB), which is part of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Traci Jester, M.D., also serves as chair of the Pediatric Affairs Committee of the National Scientific Advisory Committee for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and is on the ImproveCareNow Clinical Committee Rachel Kassel, M.D., Ph.D., serves on the board of the International Association of Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing (IAPFS) as director at Large: Physician and is active on their Research and Education Committee. She is a member of the NASPGHAN Professional Education Committee. Dr. Kassel is an active member in the Aerodigestive Society’s Research Committee and International Association of Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Research and Education Committee. Click here for the full list of publications from the division faculty in 2023. EXTRAMURAL AWARDS, RECOGNITION & LEADERSHIP ROLES

GRANTS AWARDED IN 2023

INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE

SPONSOR

DIRECT AWARDED

Cohen, Mitchell

Pediatric Pandemic Network

Children’s Research Institute

$1,424,123

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