Education

Medical School

The George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington DC

Residency

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore MD

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
Boston MA

Publications

  1. Novel Phenotypes and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in a Large Clinical Cohort of Patients With Kleefstra Syndrome. Clin Genet. 2025 Jan 02. View Abstract
  2. From Bystander-to-Upstander: A Novel Intervention Framework to Address Microaggressions in a Pediatric Academic Medical Center. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Dec 27; 102630. View Abstract
  3. Heterozygous loss-of-function SMC3 variants are associated with variable growth and developmental features. HGG Adv. 2024 Apr 11; 5(2):100273. View Abstract
  4. Heterozygous loss-of-function SMC3 variants are associated with variable and incompletely penetrant growth and developmental features. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 28. View Abstract
  5. Comparing Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Findings in Children with Autism, Developmental Delay, or Typical Development. J Pediatr. 2024 Jan; 264:113737. View Abstract
  6. Implementing Health Equity Huddles in Pediatric Gastroenterology Inpatient Education. Acad Pediatr. 2023 Nov-Dec; 23(8):1520-1521. View Abstract
  7. Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 2023 09 01; 107(9):2073-2077. View Abstract
  8. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridioides difficile Infection in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 04 01; 76(4):440-446. View Abstract
  9. Understanding Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in the Ambulatory Care Experience. Pediatrics. 2022 12 01; 150(6). View Abstract
  10. Efficacy and Outcomes of Faecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2022 06 24; 16(5):768-777. View Abstract
  11. Reconstruction of ancient microbial genomes from the human gut. Nature. 2021 06; 594(7862):234-239. View Abstract
  12. Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridium difficile Infection in Children. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 03; 18(3):612-619.e1. View Abstract
  13. Gastrointestinal manifestations of pelvic floor disorders in adolescents: a diagnostic framework for the general practitioner. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2017 Aug; 29(4):420-425. View Abstract
  14. Ecological robustness of the gut microbiota in response to ingestion of transient food-borne microbes. ISME J. 2016 09; 10(9):2235-45. View Abstract
  15. Host lysozyme-mediated lysis of Lactococcus lactis facilitates delivery of colitis-attenuating superoxide dismutase to inflamed colons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 23; 112(25):7803-8. View Abstract
  16. Gut microbiome composition and function in experimental colitis during active disease and treatment-induced remission. ISME J. 2014 Jul; 8(7):1403-17. View Abstract
  17. Host and gut microbiota symbiotic factors: lessons from inflammatory bowel disease and successful symbionts. Cell Microbiol. 2011 Apr; 13(4):508-17. View Abstract

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