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Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc


  • Medical Director, Advanced Nutrition Services
  • Associate Director, Steatohepatitis Program
  • Fellowship Program Director, Advanced Nutrition Fellowship
  • 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; National Board of Physician Nutrition Scientists, 2018; Diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, 2022.

 

Interests

Nutrition and specifically MASLD; pediatric gastroenterology

Services and Specialties

Gastroenterology GI, Steatohepatitis

Interests

Pediatric MASLD

Research Areas

Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

Additional Languages

Greek

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Publications

Food Insecurity and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity. Orkin, S; Zhao, X; Setchell, KD R; Carr, E; Arce-Clachar, AC; Bramlage, K; Huang, R; Fei, L; Beck, AF; Fawaz, R; et al. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 265:113818.

Thermoneutral Housing Enables Studies of Vertical Transmission of Obesogenic Diet-Driven Metabolic Diseases. Wayland, JL; Doll, JR; Lawson, MJ; Stankiewicz, TE; Oates, JR; Sawada, K; Damen, MS M A; Alarcon, PC; Haslam, DB; Trout, AT; et al. Nutrients. 2023; 15:4958.

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. Alves, VP V; Trout, AT; Dewit, M; Mouzaki, M; Arce-Clachar, AC; Bramlage, KS; Dillman, JR; Xanthakos, SA. Childhood Obesity. 2023; 19:461-469.

Prevalence of incidental sonographic findings of hepatic steatosis in children under 4 years of age. Green, S; Mouzaki, M; Abu Ata, N; Trout, AT. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2023; 53:2221-2228.

40.3 Metabolic and Liver Function in a Cohort of Overweight/Obese Youth With Bipolar Spectrum Disorders. Higdon, C; Crimmins, N; Mouzaki, M; Welge, JA; Blom, T; Fornari, VM; Kurtz, BP; Sorter, MT; Klein, CC; Correll, CU; et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:s386-s387.

Age-related trajectory of bone density in children with intestinal failure: A longitudinal retrospective cohort study. Ali, F; Cole, CR; Hornung, L; Mouzaki, M; Wasserman, H; Kalkwarf, HJ. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2023; 47:736-745.

Reply. Mouzaki, M; Xanthakos, S. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2023; 259:113467.

Presence of Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Risk Variants is Not Associated With Histologic Severity of Pediatric NAFLD. Khan, M; Klepper, C; Orkin, S; Arce-Clachar, AC; Bramlage, K; Fei, L; Miethke, A; Kohli, R; Xanthakos, S; Mouzaki, M. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2023; 77:166-170.

Weight increase in people with cystic fibrosis on CFTR modulator therapy is mainly due to increase in fat mass. Mouzaki, M; Dupuis, A; Avolio, J; Griffin, K; Ratjen, F; Tullis, E; Gonska, T. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2023; 14:1157459.

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. 2023; 21:1261-1270.

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By Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc10/15/2021

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