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Specialties
Chronic liver disorders; liver transplantation; acute liver failure; inflammatory bowel disorders
Biography
Nada Yazigi, MD, completed her pediatric training at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. She subsequently finished a Pediatric Gastroenterology fellowship with focus on liver disease and liver transplantation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. She then entered the public health service where she served at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr Yazigi's long term interest has been in liver disorders and transplantation, currently the focus of her clinical practice at Cincinnati Children's. Her research interests are inflammatory mechanisms and novel treatment modalities for children with acute liver failure.
Dr Yazigi directs the GI elective rotations for residents and students. She is also actively involved in the hospital wide Process Improvement Project, as team leader on the inpatient Clinical System Improvement.
Education and Training
MD: Saint Joseph University Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon, 1987.
Residency: Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1993.
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1993-1997.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1993; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1997.
Publications
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Pasternak B, Grom A, Yazigi N, Cohen MB. Suppurative peripheral arthritis in inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007 Jul;45(1):117-20.
Squires RH Jr, Shneider BL, Bucuvalas J, Alonso E, Sokol RJ, Narkewicz MR, Dhawan A, Rosenthal P, Rodriguez-Baez N, Murray KF, Horslen S, Martin MG, Lopez MJ, Soriano H, McGuire BM, Jonas MM, Yazigi N, Shepherd RW, Schwarz K, Lobritto S, Thomas DW, Lavine JE, Karpen S, Ng V, Kelly D, Simonds N, Hynan LS. Acute liver failure in children: the first 348 patients in the pediatric acute liver failure study group. J Pediatr. 2006 May;148(5):652-658.
Campbell KM, Yazigi N, Ryckman FC, Alonso M, Tiao G, Balistreri WF, Atherton H, Bucuvalas JC. High prevalence of renal dysfunction in long-term survivors after pediatric liver transplantation. J Pediatr. 2006 Apr;148(4):475-80.
Bucuvalas J, Yazigi N, Squires RH Jr. Acute liver failure in children. Clin Liver Dis. 2006 Feb;10(1):149-68, vii. Review.
Tiao GM, Alonso M, Bezerra J, Yazigi N, Heubi J, Balistreri W, Bucuvalas J, Ryckman F. Liver transplantation in children younger than 1 year--the Cincinnati experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Jan;40(1):268-73.
Xanthakos SA, Yazigi NA, Ryckman FC, Arkovitz MS. Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct in infancy: a rare but important cause of irritability and abdominal distension. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Feb;36(2):287-91.
