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My primary research interest is in health outcomes following pediatric liver transplantation and acute liver failure. I lead a research group that studies all aspects of outcomes from survival to health related quality of life (HRQOL). Our research group has extensive experience examining HRQOL and cognitive outcomes in pediatric liver transplant survivors, long term complications related to immunosuppressive medications and the causes and treatment of acute liver failure. Our group has also actively involved in new trials of immunosuppression withdrawal in liver transplant recipients. I am also one of the leaders of the Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Network and lead several ancillary studies within this group.
I am the Medical Director of the Siragusa Transplant Center and provide leadership and support for the missions of the solid organ transplant programs at Lurie Children's.
I am the Associate Chair for Clinical Services for the Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Executive Leader of the Ambulatory Leadership Committee at Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital. My clinical practice includes treatment of all forms of chronic liver disease in childhood and management of children following liver transplantation. My special areas of clinical focus include acute liver failure, complications of cirrhosis and withdrawal of immunosuppression following liver transplantation.
Certifications and Licenses
Transplant Hepatology | |
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology | |
Pediatric Gastroenterology |
Training Experience
1988 | Residency, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Children’s Memorial Hospital) |
1990 | Fellowship, Univ. of Chicago Hospital |
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, MD, Northwestern University
… → 1985
Research interests
- Health Services Research
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Liver Disease / Pathobiology
- Outcome Measures
- Patient-Reported Outcomes
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Transplantation
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ChiLDReN, the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network
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9/18/19 → 5/31/24
Project: Research project
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ChiLDReN, the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
9/18/19 → 5/31/24
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PALF TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology (TRIUMPH)
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Project: Research project
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PALF TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology (TRIUMPH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
9/21/18 → 8/31/20
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ChiLDReN PSC Observational study
University of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
9/18/18 → 5/31/19
Project: Research project
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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children With Inherited Liver Disease and Native Liver
for the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN), Jan 1 2022, In: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 74, 1, p. 96-103 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position Paper on the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
Squires, J. E., Alonso, E. M., Ibrahim, S. H., Kasper, V., Kehar, M., Martinez, M. & Squires, R. H., Jan 1 2022, In: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 74, 1, p. 138-158 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applying an Age-specific Definition to Better Characterize Etiologies and Outcomes in Neonatal Acute Liver Failure
Borovsky, K., Banc-Husu, A. M., Saul, S. A., Neighbors, K., Kelly, S., Alonso, E. M. & Taylor, S. A., Jul 1 2021, In: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 73, 1, p. 80-85 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association Between Transient Elastography and Controlled Attenuated Parameter and Liver Ultrasound in Children With Cystic Fibrosis
Ye, W., Leung, D. H., Molleston, J. P., Ling, S. C., Murray, K. F., Nicholas, J. L., Huang, S., Karmazyn, B. W., Harned, R. K., Masand, P., Alazraki, A. L., Navarro, O. M., Otto, R. K., Palermo, J. J., Towbin, A. J., Alonso, E. M., Karnsakul, W. W., Jane Schwarzenberg, S., Seidel, G. F., Siegel, M., & 3 others , Aug 2021, In: Hepatology Communications. 5, 8, p. 1362-1372 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dexmedetomidine leading to profound bradycardia in a pediatric liver transplant recipient
Banc-Husu, A. M., Badke, C. M., Sanchez-Pinto, L. N. & Alonso, E. M., Aug 2021, In: Pediatric transplantation. 25, 5, e13895.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review