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
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Topiramate treatment of pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: A descriptive cohort study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2025; 49:308-313.
Least significant change with repeat bioelectrical impedance analysis measurements in children with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: A descriptive cohort study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2025; 49:200-206.
Longitudinal Links between Changes in Body Composition and Liver Disease Severity in Children and Adolescents with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2025; 276:114301.
Renal impairment is prevalent in pediatric NAFLD/MASLD and associated with disease severity. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2024; 79:238-249.
Development of Fibro-PeN, a clinical prediction model for moderate-to-severe fibrosis in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2024; 79:1381-1392.
Food Insecurity and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 265:113818.
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.
Nutrition assessment and MASH severity in children using the Healthy Eating Index. Hepatology Communications. 2023; 7:e0320.
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.
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.
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