Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc
- Medical Director, Advanced Nutrition Services
- Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- marialena.mouzaki@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
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
Insurance Information
Cincinnati Children's strives to accept a wide variety of health plans. Please contact your health insurance carrier to verify coverage for your specific benefit plan.
Publications
Clinically Meaningful Body Mass Index Change Impacts Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. 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. Childhood Obesity. 2022.
Nutritional outcomes of patients with pediatric and congenital heart disease requiring ventricular assist devices. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2022; 46:1553-1558.
Randomized placebo-controlled trial of losartan for pediatric NAFLD. Hepatology. 2022; 76:429-444.
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.
Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Children With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2022.
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Young Children with Obesity. 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). Endocrine Practice. 2022; 28:528-562.
BMI Metrics Are Poor Predictors of Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity. Childhood Obesity. 2022.
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