MD: Universidad de Ciencias Medicas, Costa Rica.
Residency: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Pediatric gastroenterology; NASH (non-alcoholic steato hepatitis); IBD (inflammatory bowel disease); general gastroenterology disorders
Gastroenterology GI, Steatohepatitis
Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
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Food Insecurity and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 265:113818.
Clinical Performance of Transient Elastography With Comparison to Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, and Biopsy in Children and Adolescents With Known or Suspected Fatty Liver Disease. Childhood Obesity. 2023; 19:461-469.
Development and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Clinic Focused on the Care of Adolescents with Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2023; 16:2799-2807.
Presence of Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Risk Variants is Not Associated With Histologic Severity of Pediatric NAFLD. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2023; 77:166-170.
Infliximab Therapy for Pediatric Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. : Springer Nature; Springer Nature; 2023.
Histologic Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Associates with Reduced Bone Mineral Density in Children. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2023; 68:644-655.
Clinically Meaningful Body Mass Index Change Impacts Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022; 250:61-66.e1.
Mycophenolate mofetil use is associated with reduced incidence of food allergy in liver transplanted children. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022; 75:138-144.
Insight Into the Adolescent Patient Experience With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022; 75:88-96.
Non-Invasive Approaches to Estimate Liver Steatosis and Stiffness in Children With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022; 74:495-502.
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