Pediatric Specialists of Virginia’s (PSV) Pediatric Gastroenterology division presented seven research abstracts at the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition(NASPGHAN) 2018 Annual Conference (October 24-27) in Florida. Members of PSV’s pediatric hematology and oncology team also co-authored one of the presentations.
Complete list of PSV Abstracts:
- Isolated Sigmoid colon stenosis with normal caliber rectum, an unusual presentation of Hirschsprung’s disease
Fatima Zahid, MD; Otto Louis-Jacques, MD; Suchitra Hourigan, MD
- Severe Esophageal Strictures Following Intentional Nitric Acid Ingestion
Lois Bangiolo, MD; Suchitra Hourigan, MD1; Muhammad A. Khan, MD
- Gut microbiome changes in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Ronay Thomas, MD; Wendy S.W. Wong, MD; Niccole Piguet, MD; Jennifer Dean, MD; Alissa Mills, PA-C; John F. Deeken, MD; John E Niederhuber, MD; Suchitra K. Hourigan, MD; Elizabeth Yang, MD
- Microbiome changes associated with total parenteral nutrition induced cholestasis in neonatal intensive care unit patients
Suchitra Hourigan, MD; Thomas Moutinho Jr, MD; Andrew Berenz, MD; Pallabi Guha, MD; Jason Papin, MD; Sandra Oliphant, MD; Raj Baveja, MD; Robin Baker, MD; Reem Saadoon, MD; Thierry Vilboux, MD; Shira Levy, MD; Varsha Deopujari, MD; James Nataro, MD; John Niederhuber, MD; Sean Moore, MD
- Sustained decrease and change in antimicrobial resistance gene burden with fecal microbiota transplantation in children with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
Suchitra Hourigan, MD; Michelle Ahn, MD; Keylie Gibson, MD; Marcos Pérez-Losada, MD; Grace Felix, MD; Melissa Weidner, MD; Ian Leibowitz, MD; John Niederhuber, MD; Cynthia Sears, MD; Keith A. Crandall, MD; Maria Oliva-Hemker, MD
- Identification of Microbiome and Clinical Influences Related to Very Early Childhood Obesity
Huddleston, Kathi C.; Hourigan, Suchitra; DeBoer, Mark; Wong, Shukwon; Wendy; Gaiazov, Sabrina; Fulchiero, Rosanna; Zhu, Wei; Saadoon, Reem; Dominguez-Bello; Maria Gloria; Mueller, Noel; Weidinger, Cara
- The impact of gastric acid suppression on the developing intestinal microbiome of a child
Andrew Spurr, MD; Wei Zhu, MD; Bernadette Diez, FNP-C; Mark Tufano, Ian Leibowitz, MD; Otto Louis-Jacques, MD; Marina Provenzano, MD; Kay Zacharias, MD; Nicole Clemency, MD; Thierry Vilboux, MD; John Niederhuber, MD; Suchitra Hourigan, MD
Dr. Jennifer Dean, a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia’s (PSV) Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders recently partnered with 
