Phillip Minar, MD, assistant professor with gastroenterology

Phillip Minar, MD, MS


  • Medical Director, Shubert-Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
  • Program Director, Advanced Pediatric IBD Fellowship Training
  • Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

BA: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

MS: Clinical and Translational Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

MD: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Residency: Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: General Pediatrics; Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Interests

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease; evidence-based care for children and young adults with IBD; sustained, prednisone-free clinical remission

Services and Specialties

Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD, Gastroenterology

Interests

Application of personalized medicine in the care of children and young adults with IBD through the discovery of surrogate biomarkers of intestinal inflammation; sensitive and specific pharmacodynamic biomarker, neutrophil CD64; innovative pharmacokinetic dosing platform, RoadMAB; personalized dosing of biologic therapies for patients with IBD; novel method to dose infliximab (guided by RoadMAB) from the start of treatment and throughout the maintenance phase to assess both the effectiveness and safety of model-informed precision dosing.

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Publications

High Body Mass Index and Response to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy in Pediatric Crohn's Disease. Ebach, DR; Jester, TW; Galanko, JA; Firestine, AM; Ammoury, R; Cabrera, J; Bass, J; Minar, P; Olano, K; Margolis, P; Molle-Rios, Z; Saeed, SA; Bousvaros, A; Kappelman, MD. The American Journal of Gastroenterology (Elsevier). 2024; 119:1110-1116.

Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Pragmatic Clinical Research. Allegretti, JR; Bordeianou, LG; Damas, OM; Eisenstein, S; Greywoode, R; Minar, P; Singh, S; Harmon, S; Lisansky, E; Malone-King, M; Litwin, NS; Weaver, A; Heller, CA; Moss, AC; Adler, J. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2024; 30:S55-S66.

958 ATTAINING EARLY ANTI-TNF EXPOSURE TARGETS IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED RATES OF ENDOSCOPIC HEALING AND TRANSMURAL HEALING IN CHILDREN WITH CROHN'S DISEASE. Nasr, A; Mizuno, T; Irie, K; Dillman, J; Jackson, K; Lynch, K; Horrell, A; Chun, KY; Yang, JM; Hyams, JS; Boyle, BM; Noe, JD; Denson, LA; Minar, PP. Gastroenterology. 2024; 166:s-226-s-227.

748 EXTENSIVE PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES A CROHN'S DISEASE CORE PROTEOME AND ANTI-TNF TREATMENT RESPONSE PROFILE FOR CHILDREN WITH CROHN'S DISEASE. Minar, PP; Karns, R; Lynch, K; Jackson, K; Horrell, A; Boyle, BM; Hyams, JS; Noe, JD; Denson, LA. Gastroenterology. 2024; 166:s-177-s-178.

Precise infliximab exposure and pharmacodynamic control to achieve deep remission in paediatric Crohn's disease (REMODEL-CD): study protocol for a multicentre, open-label, pragmatic clinical trial in the USA. Minar, PP; Colman, RJ; Zhang, N; Mizuno, T; Vinks, AA. BMJ Open. 2024; 14:e077193.

Acute pancreatitis is associated with gut dysbiosis in children. Dike, CR; Ollberding, NJ; Thompson, T; Kotha, N; Minar, P; Vitale, DS; Lin, TK; Nasr, A; Denson, LA; Haslam, DB; Abu-El-Haija, M. Digestive and Liver Disease. 2024; 56:444-450.

De Novo Crohn's Disease Diagnosed in the Setting of Acute SARS-Cov-2 Infection Requiring Escalation of Infliximab Therapy Guided by Personalized Pharmacokinetics. Romo, MV; Acharya, K; Shelman, NR; Minar, P; Denson, LA; Softic, S. 2024; 8:1-4.

Precision Dosing of Anti-TNF Therapy in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Samuels, A; Whaley, KG; Minar, P. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 2023; 25:323-332.

Acute pancreatitis is associated with gut dysbiosis in children. Dike, C; Ollberding, N; Thompson, T; Kotha, N; Minar, P; Vitale, D; Lin, T; Nasr, A; Denson, L; Haslam, D; Abu-El-Haija, M. Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]. 2023; 23:e3-e4.

The Role of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Children. Nasr, A; Minar, P. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 2023; 52:549-563.

From the Blog

Perspective on Alternative IBD Diets
Blog Rare and Complex Conditions

Perspective on Alternative IBD Diets

By Phillip Minar, MD11/4/2016

IBD: Tips for Managing Steroid Side Effects
Blog Rare and Complex Conditions

IBD: Tips for Managing Steroid Side Effects

By Phillip Minar, MD7/8/2016

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