Speakers
Leina Alrabadi, MD
Stanford Children's Health
Dr. Leina Alrabadi focuses her career on finding improved therapies for autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases, since an ideal therapy currently does not exist. She obtained her medical education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine, Ireland. She also pursued a Residency at Texas Tech University Pediatric Residency and Fellowship at UCSF Pediatric Transplant Hepatology.
Saeed Mohammad, MD
Children's Hospital of Chicago
Medical Director of Hepatology and Liver Transplant, Dr. Saeed Mohammad obtained his Medical education at theAga Khan University Medical College, following his training with a Residency at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology from Children's Memorial Hospital. His research interests include long-term outcomes, quality of life, liver transplantation, and medical decision-making.
Emily Perito, MD
University of California San Francisco
Dr. Emily Perito is an associate professor at UCSF who specializes in pediatric liver disease and liver transplant. She is jointly appointed in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her clinical care and research focus on optimizing long-term outcomes for children, adolescents and young adults with chronic liver diseases, including autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and other diseases. She is currently Vice Chair of the United Network for Organ Sharing's Pediatric Transplantation Committee and of the Society for Pediatric Liver Transplant's Advocacy Committee.
Sakil S. Kulkarni, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Sakil Kulkarni received his Medical Degree from Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, followed by Residency at Miami Children Hospital and Fellowship in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology from Washington University in St. Louis. His research interests focus on genomic regulation of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, improving outcomes on liver transplant waiting list, pediatric acute liver failure, autoimmune liver diseases, and infant cholestasis.
Alexander Weymann, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Dr. Alexander Weymann is the Director of the Liver Center and Medical director of Liver Transplantation at Nationwide Children's Hospital. An assistant professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Dr. Weymann is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Gastroenterology, as well as Pediatric Transplant Hepatology. His clinical activities span all of general pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, with expert focus on pediatric liver diseases (acute liver failure, neonatal cholestasis, biliary atresia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis, genetic and metabolic liver disease) and pediatric liver transplantation. He has published research on biochemical and metabolic mechanisms of liver regeneration and on molecular transport across liver cell membranes. In addition to his expertise in end-stage liver disease and liver transplantation in children, Dr. Weymann has a special clinical and research interest in liver disease in cystic fibrosis and has been a principal investigator in the multicenter Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease Research Network (CFLD-NET). He is named among the "Best Doctors in America."
Heli Bhatt, MBBS, MPH
University of Minnesota
Dr. Heli Bhatt is an Assitant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She obtained her Medical Degree at the Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, India, and continued with a Fellowship in Pediatric and Gastroenterology from Riley Children's Hospital and an Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology from Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Bhatt's research interest includes the management of acute liver failure and autoimmune liver disease.
Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD
Seattle Children's Hospital
Dr. Evelyn K. Hsu is the Division Chief and Director for Hepatology Fellowship Program as well as the Medical Director for the Liver Transplant Program. She earned a medical doctorate degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin in 2003, following which she completed pediatric residency training at the University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital in 2006. Dr. Hsu was awarded Seattles Top Doctor 2015 and 2016.
Nitika Gupta, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Dr. Nitika Gupta obtained her Medical Degree from the B.J. Medical College-University of Pune, Residency, and Fellowship in Pediatric and Pediatrics GI from Emory University. She is the founding Director of the solid organ transplant transition program at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Gupta's current area of research focuses on the study of the mouse liver transplant model of liver ischemia-reperfusion injury with a focus on innate immune responses to hepatic steatosis and other secondary liver insults.
Gillian O. Noel, MD
Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
Dr. Gillian Noel received her Medical Degree and Master of Science in Clinical Science from the University of Colorado. She did her Residency and her Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Colorado. She continued with a Fellowship in Advance Transplant Hepatology from Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Noel's special areas of interest include autoimmune liver disease, biliary atresia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, and health disparities.
Shehzad A. Saeed, MD
Dayton Children's
Shehzad A Saeed, MD, FAAP, AGAF, NASPGHAN-F is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Value Based Care Officer and Physician Lead for Patient and Family Experience at Dayton Children's Hospital and Chief Medical Officer, Dayton Children's Health Partners, and the Clinical Director of ImproveCareNow (ICN) Network.
He is a graduate of Dow Medical College and completed his pediatric residency at University of Chicago, Chicago, and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at Floating Hospital for Children, New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston. He has served as Fellowship and Division Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology at University of Alabama at Birmingham before joining the GI division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center where he was the Clinical Director of the Schubert-Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Medical Director of Inpatient GI and Colorectal Unit and Director of Outpatient Operations at Liberty Campus. He currently has funding from Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute for 2 studies- assessing effect of combination therapy in pediatric Crohn's disease and effect of specific carbohydrate diet on children with IBD. He is an active member of North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition serving in leadership roles as past chair of the IBD Committee and currently, Chair of the Public Education Committee. In his role as the Clinical Director of ImproveCareNow network, he provides executive oversight, and supervision of clinical operations, strategic initiatives and operations of the 100+ center international Quality Improvement network (with centers in North America, Europe, and Middle East). He is also actively involved in his medical school alumni organization and currently serves as the Secretary of the Board of the Dow Endowment Fund. He has authored/co-authored several peer reviewed papers, book chapters, and is co-editor of books on pediatric IBD. Mentoring, teaching, patient advocacy/ empowerment, and QI remain cornerstone of Dr Saeed's focus and clinical care.
James E. Squires, MD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jim Squires received his Medical Degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Residency, Fellowship and Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. He is a recipient of the 'Well-Rounded Resident' Award which was given to him by his peers for exhibiting a balance of clinical skill, education, leadership, and research throughout his residency. Dr. Squires joined the faculty at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh where he is the Fellowship Director for the Pediatric Transplant Hepatology. He is a member of the Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplant (SPLIT), member of the NIDDK Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network. His research focuses on pediatric liver diseases and pediatric liver transplant.
Amy Taylor, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Dr. AmyTaylor received her Medical Degree from Northwestern University, Residency, Fellowship, and Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. As a resident, Amy was the recipient of the Schubert-Balistreri Award which is given to a 3rd-year resident who demonstrates exceptional care of patients with digestive diseases. She is a recipient of the Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. Her research focuses on the diagnostic performance of quantitative MRI and circulating biomarkers for predicting portal hypertension in patients with autoimmune liver disease.
Marialena Mouzaki, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Dr. Marialena Mouzaki received her medical degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She continued with a Residency in General Pediatrics at Penn State Children's Hospital and a clinical fellowship in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Dr. Mouzaki's area of research centers on the microbiome in liver disease.
Alexander Miethke, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Dr. Alexander Miethke did his medical school at Humboldt University in Berlin Germany, Residency, Fellowship and Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. He joined the faculty at CCHMC in 2009. He is a Director of the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program and Director of the Center for Autoimmune Liver Disease (CALD). His research focuses on autoimmune liver disease.
Simon Lam, MD
Alberta Children's Hospital
Dr. Simon Lam received his medical degree from the University of Alberta followed by a Residency and Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of Calgary and an Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s. Dr. Lam has been the recipient of the Advanced Transplant Hepatology Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. His translational research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of disease progression and biomarker discovery in pediatric autoimmune liver disease.