Emily Perito, MD

Dr. Emily R. Perito is an professor at UCSF who specializes in pediatric liver and pancreatic disease, pediatric liver transplant, and pediatric gastroenterology. She is jointly appointed in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and affiliated faculty with the Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is board-certified in pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology, and pediatric transplant hepatology.

Dr. Perito treats all types of pediatric liver, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal diseases, in all ages from newborns through young adults. Her clinical care and research focus on optimizing long-term outcomes for children with liver and pancreatic diseases.

She is Medical Director of UCSF's Pediatric Liver Center and Associate Medical Director of UCSF's multi-disciplinary Pediatric Liver Transplant team with expertise in the care of children with pediatric liver disease before and in the long-term after transplant. Dr. Perito leads epidemiologic research focused on improving access to transplant, organ allocation, and waitlist outcomes for children awaiting liver transplant. She is Co-Chair the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation and helps lead their efforts to improve the efficacy and reduce the burden of immunosuppression for children after liver transplant. She also advocates for children nationally as Chair of UNOS' Pediatric Transplantation Committee (2022-2024), Chair of the Society for Pediatric Liver Transplant's Advocacy Committee (2020-2023), and a member of AASLD's Pediatric Special Interest Group.

She is also co-director of UCSF's Pediatric Pancreas Program. She lead's UCSF's work in NIH-sponsored multi-center trials including the INSPPIRE study on acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis in children and adolescents. Her work in chronic pancreatitis includes research on chronic pain management, opioid use, and outcomes after TPIAT.

Before coming to UCSF, Dr. Perito did her pediatrics training and medical school at Columbia University in New York City.
Education
10/2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
M.A.S. in Clinical Research, 2012 - Graduate Division (Advance Training in Clinical Research), University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2006 - Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
B.A., 2001 - History and Science, Harvard University
Honors and Awards
  • Fellow's Leadership and Advocacy Group Faculty Mentor Award, UCSF, 2015
  • AGA Emmet B. Keeffe Award in Translational or Clinical Research in Liver Disease, UCSF, 2013-2014
  • UCSF CTSI-SOS Early Career Investigators Pilot Award, UCSF, 2013-2014
  • UCSF Liver Center Pilot/Feasibility Award, UCSF, 2013-2014
Websites
  1. Sellers ZM, Giefer MJ, Wang F, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija MA, Chugh A, Cohen RZ, Downs EM, Fishman DS, Freeman AJ, Gariepy CE, Gonska TY, Grover AS, Lindblad D, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Mark JA, McFerron BA, Mehta MS, Morinville VD, Ng K, Noel RA, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Phadke MY, Ruan W, Schwarzenberg SJ, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer. Impact of Elevated Serum Triglycerides on Children with Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis from INSPPIRE-2. The Journal of pediatrics 2024. PMID: 39277078


  2. Freeman AJ, Ng K, Wang F, Abu-El-Haija MA, Chugh A, Cress GA, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Goday P, Gonska TY, Grover AS, Lindblad D, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Mark JA, McFerron BA, Mehta MS, Morinville VD, Noel RA, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Andersen DK, Lowe ME, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). Pancreatic Enzyme Use Reduces Pancreatitis Frequency in Children with Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis: A report from INSPPIRE. The American journal of gastroenterology 2024. PMID: 38517077




  3. Ricciuto A, Liu K, El-Matary W, Amin M, Amir AZ, Aumar M, Auth M, Di Guglielmo MD, Druve Tavares Fagundes E, Rodrigues Ferreira A, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Guthery S, Horslen SP, Jensen K, Kamath BM, Kerkar N, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Mack C, Martinez M, Montano-Loza A, Ovchinsky N, Papadopoulou A, Perito ER, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Shteyer E, Soufi N, Stevens JP, Taylor A, Tessier ME, Valentino P, Woynarowski M, Deneau M, Pediatric PSC Consortium. Oral vancomycin is associated with improved inflammatory bowel disease clinical outcomes in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease (PSC-IBD): A matched analysis from the Paediatric PSC Consortium. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2024. PMID: 38462727



  4. McAteer J, Kalluri DD, Abedon RR, Qin CX, Auerbach SR, Charnaya O, Danziger-Isakov LA, Ebel NH, Feldman AG, Hsu EK, Mohammad S, Perito ER, Thomas AM, Chiang TPY, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Werbel WA, Mogul DB. Omicron Infections in Vaccinated Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2023. PMID: 38035755



  5. McAteer J, Kalluri DD, Abedon RR, Qin CX, Auerbach SR, Charnaya O, Danziger-Isakov LA, Ebel NH, Feldman AG, Hsu EK, Mohammad S, Perito ER, Thomas AM, Chiang TPY, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Werbel WA, Mogul DB. Anti-spike antibody durability after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Pediatric transplantation 2024. PMID: 38317335


  6. Raghu VK, Zhang X, Squires JE, Eisenberg E, Feldman AG, Halma J, Peters AL, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Ng VL, Horslen SP, Lobritto SJ, Bucuvalas J, Mazariegos GV, Perito ER. Impact of early immunosuppression on pediatric liver transplant outcomes within 1 year. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2024. PMID: 38374561




  7. Abu-El-Haija M, Hornung L, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Gonska TY, Gariepy C, Lowe M, Larson Ode K, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Zemel BS, Yuan Y, Wang F, Uc A, Kalkwarf HJ, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). Bone health in children with recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: A multi-center cross sectional analysis. Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] 2023. PMID: 37723006



  8. Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Lindsey Hornung, Kate Ellery, Douglas S. Fishman, Tanja Y. Gonska, Cheryl Gariepy, Mark Lowe, Katie Larson Ode, Asim Maqbool, Maria Mascarenhas, Veronique D. Morinville, Chee Y. Ooi, Emily R. Perito, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Zachary M. Sellers, Babette S. Zemel, Ying Yuan, Fuchenchu Wang, Aliye Uc, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, Diabetes Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis. Bone health in children with recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: A multi-center cross sectional analysis. Pancreatology 2023. PMID:


  9. Morinville VD, Husain SZ, Wang F, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija M, Chugh A, Downs E, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Freeman AJ, Gariepy CE, Giefer M, Gonska T, Liu Q, Maqbool A, Mark J, Mcferron BA, Mehta M, Nathan JD, Ng K, Ooi CY, Perito E, Ruan W, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe M, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). PEDIATRIC DRUG-ASSOCIATED PANCREATITIS REVEALS CONCOMITANT RISK FACTORS AND POOR RELIABILITY OF CAUSALITY SCORING: REPORT FROM INSPPIRE. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2023. PMID: 37496124



  10. Klepper A, Kung A, Vazquez SE, Mitchell A, Mann S, Zorn K, Avila-Vargas I, Kari S, Tekeste M, Castro J, Lee B, Duarte M, Khalili M, Yang M, Wolters P, Price J, Perito E, Feng S, Maher JJ, Lai J, Weiler-Normann C, Lohse AW, DeRisi J, Tana M. Novel autoantibody targets identified in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) by PhIP-Seq reveals pathogenic insights. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 37398174



  11. Feldman AG, Adams M, Griesemer AD, Horslen S, Kelly B, Mavis AM, Mazariegos GV, Ng VL, Perito ER, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Squires JE, Tiao G, Yanni GS, Hsu EK. Advancing the Field of Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Urgent Action Items Identified During the 2022 Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Meeting. Transplantation 2023. PMID: 37220339



  12. Pillai A, Verna EC, Parikh ND, Cooper M, Thiessen C, Heimbach J, Gordon EJ, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Mathur A, Perito ER, Jesse M, Liapakis A, Kumar V. Financial, policy and ethical barriers to the expansion of living donor liver transplant: Meeting report from a living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clinical transplantation 2023. PMID: 36880375


  13. Cuneo AA, Outram S, Marsac ML, Vendlinski S, Heyman MB, Ly N, von Scheven E, Perito ER. Medical traumatic stress in cystic fibrosis: A qualitative analysis. Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society 2023. PMID: 36925385


  14. Eskenazi B, Gunier RB, Rauch S, Kogut K, Perito ER, Mendez X, Limbach C, Holland N, Bradman A, Harley KG, Mills PJ, Mora AM. Association of Lifetime Exposure to Glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic Acid (AMPA) with Liver Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome at Young Adulthood: Findings from the CHAMACOS Study. Environmental health perspectives 2023. PMID: 36856429


  15. Batsis I, Bucuvalas J, Eisenberg E, Lau J, Squires JE, Feng S, Perito ER. Immunosuppression after pediatric liver transplant: The parents' perspective. Clinical transplantation 2023. PMID: 36774540




  16. Zhou GY, Penwill NY, Cheng G, Singh P, Cheung A, Shin M, Nguyen M, Mittal S, Burrough W, Spad MA, Bourne S, Bardach NS, Perito ER. Utility of illness symptoms for predicting COVID-19 infections in children. BMC pediatrics 2022. PMID: 36357876


  17. Ng VL, Dunphy C, Shemesh E, Lobritto S, Eisenberg E, Pomponi C, Szolna J, Wilkerson D, Gupta N, Romero R, Perito ER, DiPaola F, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Hsu E, Saarela K, Mohammad S, Superina R, Logan S, Miller DW, Krise-Confair C, Swami N, Mazariegos G, the?Starzl Network. Feasibility of using a patient-reported outcome measure into clinical practice following pediatric liver transplantation: The Starzl Network experience. Pediatric transplantation 2022. PMID: 36272132



  18. Uc A, Cress GA, Wang F, Abu-El-Haija M, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Gonska T, Lin TK, Liu QY, Mehta M, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer. Analysis of INSPPIRE-2 Cohort: Risk Factors and Disease Burden in Children With Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2022. PMID: 35976273


  19. Hart PA, Andersen DK, Lyons E, Cote GA, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Dworkin RH, Elmunzer BJ, Fogel EL, Forsmark CE, Gilron I, Golden M, Gozu A, McNair L, Pandol SJ, Perito ER, Phillips AE, Rabbitts JA, Whitcomb DC, Windsor JA, Yadav D, Palermo TM. Clinical Trials in Pancreatitis: Opportunities and Challenges in the Design and Conduct of Patient-Focused Clinical Trials in Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis: Summary of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop. Pancreas 2022. PMID: 36395394


  20. Cuneo AA, Abu-El-Haija M, Marsac ML, Verstraete S, Heyman MB, Ly N, Perito ER. Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pancreatitis and Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2022. PMID: 35881966


  21. Qin CX, Auerbach SR, Charnaya O, Danziger-Isakov LA, Ebel NH, Feldman AG, Hsu EK, McAteer J, Mohammad S, Perito ER, Thomas AM, Chiang TPY, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Mogul DB. Antibody response to three SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. 2022. PMID: 35510786


  22. Perito ER, Persyn E, Bucuvalas J, Martinez M, Mohammad S, Squires JE, Demetris AJ, Feng S. Graft fibrosis over 10 to 15 years in pediatric liver transplant recipients: Multi-center study of paired, longitudinal surveillance biopsies. 2022. PMID: 35029022


  23. Trout AT, Abu-El-Haija M, Anupindi SA, Marine MB, Murati M, Phelps AS, Rees MA, Squires JH, Ellery KM, Gariepy CE, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Zhang B, Andersen DK, Lowe ME, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). Interobserver Agreement for CT and MRI Findings of Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: A Multicenter Ancillary Study Under the INSPPIRE Consortium. 2022. PMID: 35195432


  24. Tham SW, Wang F, Gariepy CE, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija MA, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Lin TK, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Uc A, Palermo TM, INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In search for a cuRE (INSPPIRE) and Consortium. Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis: Association with Biopsychosocial Risk Factors. 2022. PMID: 35192575


  25. Perito ER, Pohl JF, Bakker C, Armfield MA, Barth B, Cuneo A, Mascarenhas M, Mehta M, Schwarzenberg SJ. Outpatient Pain Management in Children With Chronic Pancreatitis: A Scoping Systematic Review. 2022. PMID: 35404888



  26. Cheng K, Feng S, Bucuvalas JC, Levitsky J, Perito ER. Not everything that counts can be counted: Tracking long-term outcomes in pediatric liver transplant recipients. 2021. PMID: 34951518




  27. Dike CR, Cress G, Fishman DS, Gonska T, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Troendle D, Tsai CM, Lowe ME, Uc A. Vascular Complications in Pediatric Pancreatitis: A Case Series. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2021. PMID: 34224489


  28. Qin CX, Auerbach SR, Charnaya O, Danziger-Isakov LA, Ebel NH, Feldman AG, Hsu EK, McAteer J, Mohammad S, Perito ER, Thomas AM, Chiang TP, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Mogul DB. Antibody Response to 2-Dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021. PMID: 34517430


  29. Martinez M, Perito ER, Valentino P, Mack CL, Aumar M, Broderick A, Draijer LG, Fagundes EDT, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Horslen S, Jonas MM, Kamath BM, Kerkar N, Kim KM, Kolho KL, Koot BG, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Miloh T, Mogul D, Mohammed S, Ovchinsky N, Rao G, Ricciuto A, Schwarz KB, Smolka V, Tanaka A, Tessier MEM, Venkat VL, Vitola BE, Woynarowski M, Zerofsky M, Deneau MR. Recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplant in children: an international observational study. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021. PMID: 34008252



  30. Perito E, Gonska T, Bellin MD, Schwarzenberg SJ. Complications of chronic pancreatitis in children. Current opinion in gastroenterology 2021. PMID: 34127575


  31. Geena Zhou, Prachi Singh, Emily R. Perito, Naomi Bardach, Nicole Penwill, William Burrough, Ann Cheung, Margaret Nguyen, Shalini Mittal, Grace Cheng, Mia-Ashley Spad. Optimizing COVID-19 Symptom Screening in the Pediatric Population. 2021. PMID:



  32. Lee AY, Lehrman ED, Perito ER, Kerlan RK, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Ostroff JW, Kang SM, Roberts JP, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Fidelman N. Non-operative management of biliary complications after Liver Transplantation in pediatric patients: A 30-year experience. Pediatric transplantation 2021. PMID: 33951255


  33. Andrew T. Trout, Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Sudha A. Anupindi, Megan Marine, Michael Murati, Andrew S. Phelps, Mitchell A. Rees, Judy H. Squires, Kate Ellery, Cheryl E. Gariepy, Asim Maqbool, Brian A. Mcferron, Emily Perito, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Bin Zhang, Mark Lowe, Aliye Uc. 577 INTER-RATER AGREEMENT ON IMAGING FINDINGS OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS IN A PEDIATRIC COHORT. Gastroenterology 2021. PMID:



  34. Feng S, Bucuvalas JC, Mazariegos GV, Magee JC, Sanchez-Fueyo A, Spain KM, Lesniak A, Kanaparthi S, Perito E, Venkat VL, Burrell BE, Alonso EM, Bridges ND, Doo E, Gupta NA, Himes RW, Ikle D, Jackson AM, Lobritto SJ, Jose Lozano J, Martinez M, Ng VL, Rand EB, Sherker AH, Sundaram SS, Turmelle YP, Wood-Trageser M, Demetris AJ. Efficacy and Safety of Immunosuppression Withdrawal in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: Moving Toward Personalized Management. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021. PMID: 32786149



  35. Perito ER, Squires JE, Bray D, Bucuvalas J, Krise-Confair C, Eisenberg E, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Gupta N, Hsu EK, Kosmach-Park B, Lobritto S, Logan B, Mohammad S, Ng VL, Pillari T, Rasmussen S, Shemesh E, Soltys K, Szolna J, Superina R, Tunno J, Mazariegos GV. A Learning Health System for Pediatric Liver Transplant: The Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2021. PMID: 33560758


  36. Deneau MR, Mack C, Mogul D, Perito ER, Valentino PL, Amir AZ, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, El-Matary W, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Hochberg JT, Horslen S, Jensen MK, Jonas MM, Kerkar N, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Martinez M, Miethke A, Miloh T, Mohammad S, Ovchinsky N, Rao G, Ricciuto A, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Singh R, Vitola B, Zizzo A, Guthery SL. Oral Vancomycin, Ursodeoxycholic Acid, or No Therapy for Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Matched Analysis. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021. PMID: 32946600



  37. Cho SJ, Perito ER, Shafizadeh N, Kim GE. Dialogs in the assessment of neonatal cholestatic liver disease. Human pathology 2021. PMID: 33359238


  38. Deneau MR, Mack C, Perito ER, Ricciuto A, Valentino PL, Amin M, Amir AZ, Aumar M, Auth M, Broderick A, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, Tavares Fagundes ED, El-Matary W, Ferrari F, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Hochberg JT, Homan M, Horslen S, Iorio R, Jensen MK, Jonas MM, Kamath BM, Kerkar N, Kim KM, Kolho KL, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Martinez M, Miethke A, Miloh T, Mogul D, Mohammad S, Mohan P, Moroz S, Ovchinsky N, Palle S, Papadopoulou A, Rao G, Rodrigues Ferreira A, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Shteyer E, Singh R, Smolka V, Soufi N, Tanaka A, Varier R, Vitola B, Woynarowski M, Zerofsky M, Zizzo A, Guthery SL. The Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes in Pediatrics (SCOPE) Index: A Prognostic Tool for Children. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020. PMID: 32464706



  39. Laborda TJ, Ricciuto A, Aumar M, Carman N, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Koot BGP, Loomes KM, Lytvyak E, Martinez M, Miloh T, Montano-Loza AJ, Perito ER, Sathya P, Shah U, Shteyer E, Singh R, Taylor A, Valentino PL, Vitola B, Zerofsky M, Zizzo A, Deneau MR. Vedolizumab Therapy in Children With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Data From the Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Consortium. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020. PMID: 32740528



  40. Mogul DB, Perito ER, Wood N, Mazariegos GV, VanDerwerken D, Ibrahim SH, Mohammad S, Valentino PL, Gentry S, Hsu E. Impact of Acuity Circles on Outcomes for Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates. Transplantation 2020. PMID: 32732840


  41. Dike CR, Zimmerman B, Zheng Y, Wilschanski M, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Pohl J, Perito ER, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Morinville VD, McFerron B, Mascarenhas M, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Husain SZ, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Fishman DS, Bellin M, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Lowe ME, Uc A. Clinical and Practice Variations in Pediatric Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis: Report From the INSPPIRE Study. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020. PMID: 32079978



  42. Addison Cuneo, Sofia G. Verstraete, Mel Heyman, Becca Trombler, Joanna Curry, Emily Perito. Mo1901 CHILDREN WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE EXPERIENCE HIGH RATES OF TRAUMA SECONDARY TO MEDICAL TREATMENT. Gastroenterology 2020. PMID:


  43. El-Matary W, Guthery SL, Amir AZ, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Hochberg JT, Horslen S, Kerkar N, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Loomes KM, Mack C, Martinez M, Miethke A, Miloh T, Mogul D, Mohammed S, Moroz S, Ovchinsky N, Perito ER, Rao G, Ricciuto A, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Singh R, Soufi N, Valentino PL, Zizzo A, Deneau MR. Colorectal Dysplasia and Cancer in Pediatric-Onset Ulcerative Colitis Associated With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2020. PMID: 32360820


  44. Abu-El-Haija M, Lowe M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Fishman DS, Freedman S, Gariepy C, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Husain S, Lin TK, Liu Q, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville V, Nathan J, Ooi CY, Perito E, Pohl JF, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin S, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman B, Uc A. Pediatric chronic pancreatitis without prior acute or acute recurrent pancreatitis: A report from the INSPPIRE consortium. Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] 2020. PMID: 32332002


  45. Perito ER, Palermo TM, Pohl JF, Mascarenhas M, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Fishman DS, Freedman S, Gariepy C, Giefer M, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Lin T, Liu Q, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle DM, Werlin S, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Zimmerman MB, Lowe M, Uc A. Factors Associated With Frequent Opioid Use in Children With Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020. PMID: 31567889



  46. Palermo TM, Murray C, Aalfs H, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Goday P, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Husain SZ, Lin TK, Liu QY, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Shah U, Troendle D, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe M, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer. Web-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for pain in pediatric acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: Protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial from the study of chronic pancreatitis, diabetes and pancreatic cancer (CPDPC). Contemporary clinical trials 2019. PMID: 31756383


  47. Bellin MD, Lowe M, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin S, Troendle DM, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Pohl JF, Perito E, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Freedman SD, Fishman DS, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Uc A. Diabetes Mellitus in Children with Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Data From the INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019. PMID: 31651815




  48. Liu QY, Abu-El-Haija M, Husain SZ, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Lin TK, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman MB, Lowe ME, Uc A. Risk Factors for Rapid Progression From Acute Recurrent to Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: Report From INSPPIRE. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019. PMID: 31136562


  49. Squires JE, Logan B, Lorts A, Haskell H, Sisaithong K, Pillari T, Szolna J, Dodd D, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Hsu E, Kelly B, Kosmach-Park B, Lobritto S, Ng VL, Perito E, Rasmussen S, Romero R, Shemesh E, Karolak H, Mazariegos GV. A learning health network for pediatric liver transplantation: Inaugural meeting report from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation. Pediatric transplantation 2019. PMID: 31328841


  50. Lin TK, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD, Palermo JP, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Husain SZ, Liu Q, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito E, Pohl JF, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman MB, Lowe ME, Uc A. Pancreas Divisum in Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Report From INSPPIRE. Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2019. PMID: 29864067


  51. Julia Ritchie, Dominika Seidman, Yanin Srisengfa, Vanessa L. Jacoby, Emily Perito, Monika Sarkar. Deficiencies in Reproductive Health Counseling in Liver Transplant Patients [2H]. Obstetrics and gynecology 2019. PMID:


  52. Schwarzenberg SJ, Uc A, Zimmerman B, Wilschanski M, Wilcox CM, Whitcomb DC, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Tang G, Slivka A, Singh VK, Sherman S, Shah U, Sandhu BS, Romagnuolo J, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Muniraj T, Morinville VD, McFerron B, Mascarenhas M, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Lewis M, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Guda N, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gelrud A, Gariepy CE, Gardner TB, Freedman SD, Forsmark CE, Fishman DS, Cote GA, Conwell D, Brand RE, Bellin M, Barth B, Banks PA, Anderson MA, Amann ST, Alkaade S, Abu-El-Haija M, Abberbock JN, Lowe ME, Yadav D. Chronic Pancreatitis: Pediatric and Adult Cohorts Show Similarities in Disease Progress Despite Different Risk Factors. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019. PMID: 30897605


  53. Perito ER, Mogul DB, VanDerwerken D, Mazariegos G, Bucuvalas J, Book L, Horslen S, Kim HB, Miloh T, Ng V, Reyes J, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Valentino PL, Gentry S, Hsu E. The Impact of Increased Allocation Priority for Children Awaiting Liver Transplant: A Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Analysis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019. PMID: 30720563



  54. Deneau M, Perito E, Ricciuto A, Gupta N, Kamath BM, Palle S, Vitola B, Smolka V, Ferrari F, Amir AZ, Miloh T, Papadopoulou A, Mohan P, Mack C, Kolho KL, Iorio R, El-Matary W, Venkat V, Chan A, Saubermann L, Valentino PL, Shah U, Miethke A, Lin H, Jensen MK. Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy in Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Predictors of Gamma Glutamyltransferase Normalization and Favorable Clinical Course. The Journal of pediatrics 2019. PMID: 30878206




  55. Amar Nijagal, Emily R. Perito. Editorial. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019. PMID:






  56. Uc A, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Shah U, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas MR, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Lin TK, Liu QY, Nathan JD, Rhee SJ, Ooi CY, Sellers ZM, Schwarzenberg SJ, Serrano J, Troendle DM, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort Study: Design and Rationale for INSPPIRE 2 From the Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas 2018. PMID: 30325861


  57. Uc A, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Palermo JJ, Ooi CY, Liu Q, Lin TK, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Freedman SD, Fishman DS, Bellin MD, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Lowe ME. Impact of Obesity on Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis. Pancreas 2018. PMID: 30059474



  58. Scheers I, Palermo JJ, Freedman S, Wilschanski M, Shah U, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Fishman DS, Gariepy C, Giefer MJ, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Lin TK, Liu Q, Lowe M, Mascarenhas M, Morinville V, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Piccoli DA, Pohl JF, Schwarzenberg SJ, Troendle D, Werlin S, Zimmerman B, Uc A, Gonska T. Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Childhood: Consensus From INSPPIRE. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2018. PMID: 29746340




  59. Perito ER, Ajmera V, Bass NM, Rosenthal P, Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, Yates KP, Diehl AM, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Scheimann A, Gill R, Glidden D, Aouizerat B. Association Between Cytokines and Liver Histology in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatology communications 2017. PMID: 29130075



  60. Scheers I, Palermo JJ, Freedman S, Wilschanski M, Shah U, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Fishman DS, Gariepy C, Giefer MJ, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Lin TK, Liu Q, Lowe M, Mascarenhas M, Morinville V, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Piccoli DA, Pohl JF, Schwarzenberg SJ, Troendle D, Werlin S, Zimmerman B, Uc A, Gonska T. Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Children: Characteristic Features, Diagnosis, and Management. The American journal of gastroenterology 2017. PMID: 28374818


  61. Usatin D, Fernandes M, Allen IE, Perito ER, Ostroff J, Heyman MB. Reply. The Journal of pediatrics 2017. PMID: 28365024





  62. Fernandes MA, Braun HJ, Evason K, Rhee S, Perito ER. De novo inflammatory bowel disease after pediatric kidney or liver transplant. Pediatric transplantation 2016. PMID: 27862714


  63. Phelps A, Ramachandran R, Courtier J, Perito E, Rosenthal P, MacKenzie JD. Ultrasound elastography: is there a shear wave speed cutoff for pediatric liver fibrosis and inflammation? Clinical imaging 2016. PMID: 27840268


  64. Ajmera V, Perito ER, Bass NM, Terrault NA, Yates KP, Gill R, Loomba R, Diehl AM, Aouizerat BE, NASH Clinical Research Network. Novel plasma biomarkers associated with liver disease severity in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2016. PMID: 27532276











  65. Emily Rothbaum Perito, Philip Rosenthal. Liver in Systemic Disease. Diseases of the Liver in Children 2014. PMID:




  66. Perito ER, Rodriguez LA, Lustig RH. Dietary treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Current opinion in gastroenterology 2013. PMID: 23283181




  67. Emily R. Perito, Sue Rhee, David Glidden, John P. Roberts, Philip Rosenthal. 703 Impact of Donor BMI on Survival and Post-Transplant Obesity in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Gastroenterology 2012. PMID:


  68. Courtier JL, Perito ER, Rhee S, Tsai P, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD. Targeted MRI contrast agents for pediatric hepatobiliary disease. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2012. PMID: 22193178


  69. Perito ER, Mileti E, Dalal DH, Cho SJ, Ferrell LD, McCracken M, Heyman MB. Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome in children and adolescents. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2012. PMID: 22094902