Robert N. Baldassano, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Physician, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, CHOP
Director, Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, CHOP
Senior Physician, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, CHOP
Colman Family Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, CHOP
Medical Director, Abington Memorial Hospital Specialty Care Center, CHOP
Co-Director, PennCHOP Microbiome Program
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-7791
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Selected Publications
Sibylle Koletzko, Gigi Veereman, Jeffrey S. Hyams, Marla C. Dubinsky, Bridget Godwin, Christopher Busse, Richard Strauss, Sheri Volger, Yanli Wang, Anne M. Griffiths, Richard B. Colletti, Subra Kugathasan, James Markowitz, Winter Harland, Johanna C. Escher, Robert N. Baldassano, Frank Ruemmele, William Faubion, Benjamin D. Gold: Mo2037 USTEKINUMAB IN DEVELOP: A SAFETY ANALYSIS FROM AN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE MULTICENTER, PROSPECTIVE, LONG-TERM REGISTRY OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. Gastroenterology 166(5), May 2024.Joachim H⊘g Mortensen, Gili Focht, Martin Pehrsson, Anne M. Griffiths, Marta Sorokina Alexdóttir, Ahmad Quteineh, Peter Church, Robert N. Baldassano, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen, Jared Silverstein, Morten Asser Karsdal, Dan Turner: Tu1758 PRO-C11 AND PRO-C16 ARE MARKERS OF INTESTINAL FIBROSIS AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MRE-CONFIRMED INTESTINAL STRICTURES – RESULTS FROM THE IMAGEKIDS STUDY. Gastroenterology 166(5), May 2024.
Jessica Breton, Ceylan Tanes, Bittinger Kyle, Kelly Kachelries, Melissa Crisci, Charlene Compher, Robert Baldassano, Lindsey Albenberg: THE MODULATORY EFFECT OF PREBIOTIC INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS ON THE MICROBIOME PROFILE OF CHILDREN WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. Gastroenterology 166(3), Febuary 2024.
Lemons JMS, Conrad M, Tanes C, Chen J, Friedman ES, Roggiani M, Curry D, Chau L, Hecht AL, Harling L, Vales J, Kachelries KE, Baldassano RN, Goulian M, Bittinger K, Master SR, Liu L, Wu GD. : Enterobacteriaceae Growth Promotion by Intestinal Acylcarnitines, a Biomarker of Dysbiosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 2024.
Zhang D, Tong J, Stein R, Lu Y, Jing N, Yang Y, Boland MR, Luo C, Baldassano RN, Carroll RJ, Forrest CB, Chen Y.: One-shot distributed algorithms for addressing heterogeneity in competing risks data across clinical sites. J Biomed Inform 2024.
Zhang D, Stein R, Lu Y, Zhou T, Lei Y, Li L, Chen J, Arnold J, Becich MJ, Chrischilles EA, Chuang CH, Christakis DA, Fort D, Geary CR, Hornig M, Kaushal R, Liebovitz DM, Mosa ASM, Morizono H, Mirhaji P, Dotson JL, Pulgarin C, Sills MR, Suresh S, Williams DA, Baldassano RN, Forrest CB, Chen Y.: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Outcomes During the Post-Acute Phase of COVID-19. medRxiv 2024.
Conrad MA, Bittinger K, Ren Y, Kachelries K, Vales J, Li H, Wu GD, Bushman FD, Devoto M, Baldassano RN, Kelsen JR: The intestinal microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease across the pediatric age range. Gut Microbes 2024.
Geem D, Hercules D, Pelia RS, Venkateswaran S, Griffiths A, Noe JD, Dotson JL, Snapper S, Rabizadeh S, Rosh JR, Baldassano RN, Markowitz JF, Walters TD, Ananthakrishnan A, Sharma G, Denson LA, Hyams JS, Kugathasan S.: Progression of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Is Associated with Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Timing and Body Mass Index Z-Score Normalization. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024.
Joachim Hog Mortensen, Gili Focht, Martin Pehrsson, Anne M. Griffiths, Marta Sorokina Alexdóttir, Ahmad Quteineh, Peter Church, Robert N. Baldassano, Jared Silverstein, Morten Asser Karsdal, Dan Turner: PROTEIN FINGERPRINT ASSAYS REFLECTING NEUTROPHIL ACTIVITY, MUCOSAL DAMAGE, AND TISSUE FIBROSIS ARE SURROGATE BIOMARKERS FOR MUCOSAL HEALING IN PEDIATRIC CROHN'S DISEASE. Gastroenterology,2023 Volume 164, Issue 6, July 2023.
Noor Nema, Noor Dawany, Lindsey Albenberg, Robert N. Baldassano, Brooke Boyer, Brad D. Constant, Andrew B. Grossman, Elana Mitchel, Trusha Patel, Ronen E. Stein, Judith R. Kelsen, Maire A. Conrad: 349 UPADACITINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Gastroenterology 2023 164, Issue 6, July 2023.