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Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc


  • Medical Director, Advanced Nutrition Services
  • Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD: National and Kapodistrian Medical School of Athens, Greece, 2005.

Residency: General Pediatrics, Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, 2009.

Clinical Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2010.

Clinical/Research Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2012.

Teaching Scholars Program: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2016.

MSc: University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2012.

Certification: General Pediatrics, 2009; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2013; National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, 2018.

 

Interests

Nutrition and specifically NAFLD; pediatric gastroenterology

Services and Specialties

Gastroenterology GI, Steatohepatitis

Interests

Risk factors for the development of pediatric NAFLD and NASH

Research Areas

Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Additional Languages

Greek

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Publications

Clinically Meaningful Body Mass Index Change Impacts Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Khurana, T; Klepper, C; Fei, L; Sun, Q; Bramlage, K; Arce-Clachar, AC; Xanthakos, S; Mouzaki, M. Journal of Pediatrics. 2022; 250:61-66.e1.

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. P V Alves, V; Trout, A; Dewit, M; Mouzaki, M; Arce-Clachar, AC; S Bramlage, K; Dillman, J; A Xanthakos, S. Childhood Obesity. 2022.

Nutritional outcomes of patients with pediatric and congenital heart disease requiring ventricular assist devices. Horsley, M; Pathak, S; Morales, D; Lorts, A; Mouzaki, M. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2022; 46:1553-1558.

Randomized placebo-controlled trial of losartan for pediatric NAFLD. Vos, MB; Van Natta, ML; Blondet, NM; Dasarathy, S; Fishbein, M; Hertel, P; Jain, AK; Karpen, S; Lavine, JE; Mohammad, S; et al. Hepatology. 2022; 76:429-444.

Mycophenolate mofetil use is associated with reduced incidence of food allergy in liver transplanted children. Ley, SL; Kidwell, KM; Van Dyk, TR; Orkin, S; Odar Stough, C; Howarth, T; Goetz, AR; Xanthakos, SA; Bramlage, K; Mouzaki, M; et al. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022; 75:138-144.

Insight Into the Adolescent Patient Experience With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Ley, SL; Kidwell, KM; Van Dyk, TR; Orkin, S; Odar Stough, C; Howarth, T; Goetz, AR; Xanthakos, SA; Bramlage, K; Mouzaki, M; et al. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022; 75:88-96.

Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Children With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Newton, KP; Wilson, LA; Crimmins, NA; Fishbein, MH; Molleston, JP; Xanthakos, SA; Behling, C; Schwimmer, JB; Garner, D; Hertel, P; et al. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2022.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Young Children with Obesity. Klepper, C; Crimmins, NA; Orkin, S; Sun, Q; Fei, L; Xanthakos, S; Mouzaki, M. Childhood Obesity. 2022.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Primary Care and Endocrinology Clinical Settings: Co-Sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Cusi, K; Isaacs, S; Barb, D; Basu, R; Caprio, S; Garvey, WT; Kashyap, S; Mechanick, JI; Mouzaki, M; Nadolsky, K; et al. Endocrine Practice. 2022; 28:528-562.

BMI Metrics Are Poor Predictors of Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity. Klepper, CM; Khurana, T; Sun, Q; Fei, L; Crimmins, NA; Siegel, R; Mouzaki, M. Childhood Obesity. 2022.

From the Blog

The Importance Of Nutrition To Wound Healing
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The Importance Of Nutrition To Wound Healing

By Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc10/15/2021

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