Melissa Hurwitz, MD

Education
Fellowship, 6/2004 - Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University
Internship/Residency, 6/2000 - Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA
M.D., 05/1997 - Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
B.A., 6/1992 - Psychology, UCLA
Honors and Awards
  • Laura Bachrach Faculty Mentor Award of Excellence, LPCH, Stanford University, 2018
  • Pediatric Clerkship Teaching Honor Roll, Letter of Distinction, LPCH, Stanford University, 2016-2017
  • Pediatric Clerkship Teaching Honor Roll, LPCH, Stanford University, 2015-2016
  • Recipient, Outstanding Fellow of the Year, LPCH, Stanford University, 2004
  • Recipient, Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress, 2003
  • Recipient, Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Research Award, Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA, 2000

  1. Guan Y, Xu D, Garfin PM, Ehmer U, Hurwitz M, Enns G, Michie S, Wu M, Zheng M, Nishimura T, Sage J, Peltz G. Human hepatic organoids for the analysis of human genetic diseases. JCI insight 2023. PMID: 37870959


  2. Ali AH, Damman J, Shah SB, Davies Y, Hurwitz M, Stephen M, Lemos LM, Carey EJ, Lindor KD, Buness CW, Alrabadi L, Berquist WE, Cox KL. Open-label prospective therapeutic clinical trials: oral vancomycin in children and adults with primary sclerosing cholangitis. 2020. PMID: 32633158


  3. Wilnai Y, Blumenfeld YJ, Cusmano K, Hintz SR, Alcorn D, Benitz WE, Berquist WE, Bernstein JA, Castillo RO, Concepcion W, Cowan TM, Cox KL, Lyell DJ, Esquivel CO, Homeyer M, Hudgins L, Hurwitz M, Palma JP, Schelley S, Akula VP, Summar ML, Enns GM. Prenatal treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. 2018. PMID: 29396029


  4. Guan Y, Xu D, Garfin PM, Ehmer U, Hurwitz M, Enns G, Michie S, Wu M, Zheng M, Nishimura T, Sage J, Peltz G. Human hepatic organoids for the analysis of human genetic diseases. 2017. PMID: 28878125


  5. Burgis J, Hurwitz M. Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures 2015. PMID:


  6. Hollander SA, Reinhartz O, Maeda K, Hurwitz M, N Rosenthal D, Bernstein D. Intermediate-term outcomes after combined heart-liver transplantation in children with a univentricular heart. 2013. PMID: 23415318


  7. Pieroni KP, Nespor C, Ng M, Garcia M, Hurwitz M, Berquist WE, Kerner JA. Evaluation of ethanol lock therapy in pediatric patients on long-term parenteral nutrition. 2012. PMID: 23232749


  8. Lu BR, Park KT, Hurwitz M, Cox KL, Berquist WE. Impact of immunosuppression on the development of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) viremia after pediatric liver transplantation. 2012. PMID: 23267800


  9. Whitney J, Hurwitz M, Mojtahed A, Hwang C, Gallo A. Acute liver failure in a pediatric patient with disseminated tuberculosis. 2011. PMID: 21695402


  10. Talisetti A, Hurwitz M, Sarwal M, Berquist W, Castillo R, Bass D, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Cox K. Analysis of clinical variables associated with tolerance in pediatric liver transplant recipients. 2010. PMID: 21108705


  11. Fuentebella J, Patel A, Nguyen T, Sanjanwala B, Berquist W, Kerner JA, Bass D, Cox K, Hurwitz M, Huang J, Nguyen C, Quiros JA, Nadeau K. Increased number of regulatory T cells in children with eosinophilic esophagitis. 2010. PMID: 20639775


  12. Hurwitz M, Cox KL. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 2006. PMID:


  13. Hurwitz M, Kerner JA. Nutrition in Pediatrics 2006. PMID:


  14. Hurwitz M, Desai DM, Cox KL, Berquist WE, Esquivel CO, Millan MT. Complete immunosuppressive withdrawal as a uniform approach to post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease in pediatric liver transplantation. 2004. PMID: 15176965


  15. Hurwitz M, Garcia MG, Poole RL, Kerner JA. Copper deficiency during parenteral nutrition: a report of four pediatric cases. 2004. PMID: 16215119


  16. Hurwitz M, Berquist WE. Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia em Pediatria 2003. PMID:


  17. Hurwitz M, Bahar RJ, Ament ME, Tolia V, Molleston J, Reinstein LJ, Walton JM, Erhart N, Wasserman D, Justinich C, Vargas J. Evaluation of the use of botulinum toxin in children with achalasia. 2000. PMID: 10817280