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We wanted to share what our recent graduates have done during their fellow years as well as what they went on to do after graduation.
We wanted to share what our recent graduates have done during their fellow years as well as what they went on to do after graduation.
Awab Ali Ibrahim, MD
Awab Ali Ibrahim, MD
Current Position: MassGeneral for Children
Research during MGfC fellowship: To study the impact on diet on health outcomes
Publications:
Ali Ibrahim A, Kenyon V, Fasano A, Leonard MM. Budesonide and the Gluten Containing Elimination Diet as Treatments for Non-responsive Celiac Disease in Children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022 Nov 1;75(5):616-622.
Micaela Atkins, MD
Micaela Atkins, MD
Current Position: MassGeneral for Children
Research during MGfC fellowship: To study transitional care in Neurogastroenterology care and to study rate of ARFID in Patients seen in Motility clinic
Publications:
Atkins M, Zar-Kessler C, Madva EN, Staller K, Eddy KT, Thomas JJ, Kuo B, Burton Murray. History of trying exclusion diets and association with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in neurogastroenterology patients: A retrospective chart review.
Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2023 Mar;35(3):e14513.
Atkins M, Huynh D, Madva EN, Kuo B, Zar-Kessler C, Burton-Murray H, Velez C. Transitions of care for adolescents with disorders of gut-brain interaction. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2024 Dec;79(6):1106-1115.
Corey Baker, MD
Corey Baker, MD
Current Position: Director of Neurogastroenterology, Connecticut Children’s Hospital
Research during MGfC fellowship: To develop a model to study murine gastroparesis and to develop a mouse model of targeted ablation of the pyloric enteric nervous system
Publications:
Bhave S, Arciero E, Baker C, Ho WL, Guyer RA, Hotta R, Goldstein AM. Pan-enteric neuropathy and dysmotility are present in a mouse model of short-segment Hirschsprung disease and may contribute to post-pullthrough morbidity. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Apr 17.
Jayawardena ADL, Miller LE, Hirner L, Sorbo J, Zar-Kessler C, Baker C, Hartnick CJ. Modified external approach to the pediatric cricopharyngeal myotomy Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Jan 24;132:109899.
Tracey DaFonte, MD
Tracey DaFonte, MD
Current Position: MassGeneral for Children
Research during MGfC fellowship: To understand celiac disease pathogenesis
Publications:
DaFonte TM, Gleeson E, Morson T, Olshan KL, Moran CJ, Leonard MM. No Increased Risk of Taking Additional Intestinal Mucosal Research Biopsies From the Duodenum During Pediatric Endoscopy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Apr 1;76(4):480-482.
DaFonte TM, Valitutti F, Kenyon V, Locascio JJ, Montuori M, Francavilla R, Passaro T, Crocco M, Norsa L, Piemontese P, Baldeassarre M, Fasano A, Leonard MM, CD-GEMM Study Group. Zonulin as a Biomarker for the Development of Celiac Disease.
Pediatrics 2024 Jan 1;153(1):e2023063050
DaFonte TM, Leonard MM. Arsenic Exposure in Celiac Disease: The Hidden Cost of a Gluten-Free Diet. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Dec 10.
Kayla Hartjes, MD
Kayla Hartjes, MD
Current Position: MassGeneral for Children
Research during MGfC fellowship: Defining the phenotype of adolescent NAFLD
Publications:
Simon TG, Roelstraete B, Hartjes K, Shah U, Khalili H, Arnell H, Ludvigsson JF. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children and young adults is associated with increased long term mortality. J Hepatol 2021 Nov;75(5):1034-1041.
Logan Jerger, MD
Logan Jerger, MD
Current Position: Connecticut Children’s Hospital
Research during MGfC fellowship: Re-programming bacteria to interrogate and potentially treat gastrointestinal disease
Publications:
Mimee M, Nadeau P, Hayward A, Carim S, Flanagan S, Jerger L, Collins J, McDonnell S, Swartwout R, Citorik RJ, Bulović V, Langer R, Traverso G, Chandrakasan AP, Lu TK. An ingestible bacterial-electronic system to monitor gastrointestinal health. Science. 2018 May 25;360(6391):915-918.
Batul Kaj, MD
Batul Kaj, MD
Additional Training After MGfC Fellowship: Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Current Position: Lurie Children’s Hospital
Research during MGfC fellowship: Determining the role of microRNA in modulating liver disease
Publications:
Duan X, Liu X, Li W, Holmes JA, Kruger AJ, Yang C, Li Y, Xu M, Ye H, Li S, Liao X, Sheng Q, Chen D, Shao T, Cheng Z, Kaj B, Schaefer EA, Li S, Chen L, Lin W, Chung RT. Microrna-130a Downregulates HCV Replication through an atg5-Dependent Autophagy Pathway. Cells. 2019 Apr 10;8(4).
Di Lorenzo C, Kaj B, Krishnan K, Moran CJ, Goldstein AM, Gee MS, Masia R. Case 29-2019: A 14-Month-Old Boy with Vomiting. N Engl J Med. 2019 Sep 19;381(12):1159-1167.
Alejandro Llanos-Chea, MD
Alejandro Llanos-Chea, MD
Current Position: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Research during MGfC fellowship:To engineer a pathogen-specific bacteriophage to treat enteric infection using a human organoid model
Publications:
Szabady RL, Louissaint C, Lubben A, Xie B, Reeksting S, Tuohy C, Demma Z, Foley SE, Faherty CS, Llanos-Chea A, Olive AJ, Mrsny RJ, McCormick BA. Intestinal P-glycoprotein exports endocannabinoids to prevent inflammation and maintain homeostasis. J Clin Invest. 2018 Aug 31;128(9):4044-4056.
Llanos-Chea A, Fasano A. Gluten and Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders in Children. Nutrients. 2018 Oct 12;10(10).
Llanos-Chea A, Citorik RJ, Nickerson KP, Ingano L, Serena G, Senger S, Lu TK, Fasano A, Faherty CS. Bacteriophage Therapy Testing Against Shigella flexneri in a Novel Human Intestinal Organoid-Derived Infection Model. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Apr;68(4):509-516.
Chanin RB, Nickerson KP, Llanos-Chea A, Sistrunk JR, Rasko DA, Kumar DKV, de la Parra J, Auclair JR, Ding J, Li K, Dogiparthi SK, Kusber BJD, Faherty CS. Shigella flexneri Adherence Factor Expression in In Vivo-Like Conditions. mSphere. 2019 Nov 13;4(6). pii: e00751-19.
Erin Mauney, MD
Erin Mauney, MD
Current Position: Tufts Children's Hospital
Research during MGfC fellowship: To study the effects of psilocybin therapy in refractory irritable bowel syndrome
Katherine Olshan, MD
Katherine Olshan, MD
Current Position: Instructor of Pediatrics, MassGeneral for Children
Research during MGfC fellowship: Role of breastmilk composition on the development of celiac disease in at risk infants.
Publications:
Olshan KL, Zomorrodi AR, Pujolassos M, Troisi J, Khan N, Fanelli B, Kenyon V, Fasano A, Leonard MM. Microbiota and Metabolomic Patterns in Breast Milk of Subjects with Celiac Disease on a Gluten-Free Diet. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 29; 13(7):2243
Olshan KL, Leonard MM, Serena G, Zomorrodi AR, Fasano A. Gut microbiota in Celiac Disease: microbes, metabolites, pathways, and therapeutics. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 Nov; 16(11):1075-1092
James Reed, MD MHS
James Reed, MD MHS
Current Position: MassGeneral for Children
Research during MGfC fellowship: Role of bile acids in fibrosis
Desiree Sierra Velez, MD
Desiree Sierra Velez, MD
Current Position: Boston Children's Hospital
Additional Training After MGfC Fellowship: Nutrition Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
Research during MGfC fellowship: Evidence-based interventions for management of pediatric obesity.
Publications:
Zack RM, Weil R, Babbin M, Lynn CD, Velez DS, Travis L, Taitelbaum DJ, Fiechtner L. An Overburdened Charitable Food System: Making the Case for Increased Government Support During the COVID-19 Crisis. Am J Public Health. 2021 May;111(5):804-807.
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