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Robert N. Baldassano, M.D.

Robert N. Baldassano, M.D.

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Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
324 S. 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-5711
Education:
B.S. (Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science)
State University at Albany, New York, 1977.
M.D.
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, College of Medicine, New York, 1984.
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Selected Publications

Kelsen J, Hunter A, Baldassano RN: Pediatric Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Advanced Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 3rd Edition Vol 2: IBD and Crohn’s Disease, Crohn’s Disease Therapy. Bayless TM, Hanauer SB (eds.). People’s Medical Publishing House-USA August 2011.

Gray WN, Denson LA, Baldassano RN, Hommel KA: Disease activity, behavioral dysfunction, and health-related quality of life in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis, doi: 10.1002/ibd.21520. Epub 2010 Nov 4 17(7): 1581-6, July 2011.

Orange JS, Glessner JT, Resnick E, Sullivan KE, Lucas M, Ferry B, Kim CE, Hou C, Wang F, Chiavacci R, Kugathasan S, Sleasman JW, Baldassano RN, Perez EE, Chapel H, Cunningham-Rundles C, Hakonarson H: Genome-wide association identifies diverse causes of common variable immunodeficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol. Epub 2011 Apr 17. 127(6): 1360-1367, June 2011.

Hyams J, Damaraju L, Blank M, Johanns J, Guzzo C, Winter H. Kugathasan S, Cohen S, Markowitz J, Veereman-Wauters G. Crandall W, Baldassano RN, Griffths A: A randomized, multicenter, open-label phase 3 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of infliximab in pediatric patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. 44th Annual Meeting of The European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Sorento, Italy May 25-28 2011.

Baldassano RN, Ghanem L: Ulcerative Colitis The Complete Guide to Medical Management. Lichtenstein GR (eds.). Slack, Inc., Thorofare NJ 08086, April 2011.

Turner D, Travis SP, Griffiths AM, Ruemmele FM, Levine A, Benchimol El, Dubinsky M, Alex G, Baldassano RN, et al: Consensus for managing acute severe ulcerative colitis in children: a systematic review and joint statement from ECCO, ESPGHAN, and the Porto IBD Working Group of ESPGHAN. Am J Gastroenterol, Epub 2011 Jan 11. 106(4): 574-88, April 2011.

Hyams J, Walters TD, Crandall W, Kugathasan…Baldassano RN, et al: Safety and efficacy of maintenance infliximab therapy for moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease in children: REACH open-label extension. Curr Med Res Opin. Epub 2011 Jan 18. 27(3): 651-62, Mar 2011.

Anderson CA, Boucher G, Lees CW, Franke A, D’Amato M, Taylor KD, Lee JC, Goyette P, Imielinski M, Latiano A, Legace C, Scott R, Amininejad L, Bumpstead S, Baidoo L, Baldassano RN, et al: Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47. Nat Genet, Epub 2011 Feb 6 43(3): 246-52, Mar 2011.

Hommel KA, Denson LA, Baldassano RN: Oral medication adherence and disease severity in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23(3): 250-4, Mar 2011.

Herzer M. Denson LA, Baldassano RN, Hommel KA: Patient and parent psychosocial factors associated with health-related quality of life in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 52(3): 295-9, Mar 2011.

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