My clinical specialties are pediatric liver and intestinal transplants. I love working with a variety of clinical disorders, both simple and complex in scope. I also enjoy working with a variety of populations. This passion led me to pursue my work with gastrointestinal disorders. During my fellowship at the University of North Carolina (UNC), I fell in love with liver transplantation. I was able to provide a child with an opportunity for a long and healthy life through the practice of organ donation and transplantation.
While obtaining my master of public health (MPH) in fellowship, I was fortunate to learn and work with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) on a database project. This experience increased my awareness of the opportunities that working with big data can provide, especially for rare disorders requiring intestinal and multi-visceral transplant treatment in children. My research aims to improve surgical, immunologic and overall outcomes in the immediate and long-term pediatric liver and intestinal transplant patients. I’m also interested in quality improvement and improving the quality of life in children post-transplant.
I’m honored to have received the Walter Tunnessen Award for Best Clinical Science Research from the University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital (2020). I am board certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics (2016).
BA: Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2009.
DO: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, 2013.
Residency: Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD)/Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Norfolk, VA, 2016.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2016.
MPH: University of North Carolina Gilling's School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 2019.
Fellowship: University of North Carolina Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, 2020.
Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2021.
Diagnosis and management of pediatric liver disease; pediatric small bowel transplant; pediatric liver transplant
Gastroenterology, Liver Transplant Center
Outcomes in pediatric liver and small bowel transplant
Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
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Faster discharge with lactated ringers than normal saline in first 72 h of acute pancreatitis: A multicenter randomized trial. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2024; 78:360-368.
Recent Increase in Incidence of Severe Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology in Children is Associated with Infection with Adenovirus and Other Nonhepatotropic Viruses. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2023; 259:113439.
Customized Postoperative Therapy Improves Bile Drainage in Biliary Atresia: A Single Center Preliminary Report. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2023; 58:1483-1488.
Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation Management and Outcomes. NeoReviews.org. 2023; 24:e431-e439.
154: Elevated Absolute Lymphocyte Count is an Indicator for Acute Cellular Rejection in Intestinal Transplant. Transplantation. 2023; 107:89.
Anti-thymocyte globulin induction with delayed introduction of tacrolimus preserves renal function in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. 2023; 27:e14509.
T-cell infiltrate intensity is associated with delayed response to treatment in late acute cellular rejection in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. 2023; 27:e14475.
Children undergoing early liver re-transplantation for primary non-function have improved survival. Pediatric Transplantation. 2022; 26:e14347.
A Case Series of Children with Acute Hepatitis and Human Adenovirus Infection. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022; 387:620-630.
The Outcome of Patients With Cystic Biliary Atresia With Intact Proximal Hepatic Ducts Following Hepatic-Cyst-Jejunostomy. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022; 75:131-137.
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