Estella M. Alonso, MD

Medical Director, The Siragusa Transplantation Center

Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) and Medical Social Sciences, 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:

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

Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Young Children with Biliary Atresia and Native Liver: Results from the ChiLDReN Study J Pediatr196139-147.e3
Self-Management Measurement and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Transplant J Pediatr193128-133.e2
Five year histological and serological follow-up of operationally tolerant pediatric liver transplant recipients enrolled in WISP-R Hepatology
Five-year histological and serological follow-up of operationally tolerant pediatric liver transplant recipients enrolled in WISP-R Hepatology65 (2): 647-660
Long-Term Follow-Up of Children Treated With Peginterferon and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C Virus Infection J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr64 (1): 89-94
Impaired physical function following pediatric LT Liver Transpl22 (4): 495-504
Successful treatment with rituximab of an epstein-barr virus-associated leiomyosarcoma occurring after liver transplantation J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr58 (1): e2-4
Rituximab as therapy for the recurrence of bile salt export pump deficiency after liver transplantation Liver Transpl19 (12): 1403-10
Long-term medical management of the pediatric patient after liver transplantation: 2013 practice guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Society of Transplantation Liver Transpl19 (8): 798-825
Health status of patients with Alagille syndrome J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr51 (6): 759-65

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