Estella M. Alonso, MD

Medical Director, The Siragusa Transplantation Center

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Sally Burnett Searle Professorship in Pediatric Transplantation

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation, liver disease, fulminant hepatitic failure, neonatal cholestasis, outcomes research

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Pediatric Gastroenterology Care >

Education & Training

Education: Northwestern University, 1985

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, University of Chicago Hospital, 1988-1990; Residency in pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1985-1988

Board Certifications: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Research

Research Interests: Liver transplantation; liver failure; health outcomes; immunosuppression withdrawal

Publications

Most recent publications

Low Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Influences Fatigue and Quality of Life in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
A Learning Collaborative Approach Increases Specificity of Diagnosis of Acute Liver Failure in Pediatric Patients Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
Indeterminate pediatric acute liver failure is uniquely characterized by a CD103+CD8+ T-cell infiltrate Hepatology
Health Related Quality of Life and Neurocognitive Outcomes in the First Year after Pediatric Acute Liver Failure J Pediatr 196 129-138.e3
Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Young Children with Biliary Atresia and Native Liver: Results from the ChiLDReN Study J Pediatr 196 139-147.e3
The Effects of Gestational Alloimmune Liver Disease on Fetal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality J Pediatr 196 123-128.e1
Frailty in Children with Liver Disease: A Prospective Multicenter Study J Pediatr 194 109-115.e4
Self-Management Measurement and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Transplant J Pediatr 193 128-133.e2
Variceal Hemorrhage and Adverse Liver Outcomes in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Cirrhosis J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 66 (1): 122-127
Trajectory of adherence behavior in pediatric and adolescent liver transplant recipients - the MALT cohort Liver Transpl