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Jorge Abdon Bezerra, MD $$

Pediatric Hepatologist

Professor and Chair at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children's Health

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English

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Biography

Dr. Jorge Bezera with patient Emily - GI Transplant - Children's Health

Jorge A. Bezerra, M.D. is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Health℠ and a Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. 

Dr. Bezerra earned his medical degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte School of Medicine in Brazil. He completed his residency at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and he completed clinical and research fellowships in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Bezerra's research interest include biliary atresia and the study of liver diseases.

Education and Training

Medical School
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (1984)
Residency
Univ. of Arizona Health Sciences Center (1990), Pediatrics
Fellowship
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (1993), Pediatric Gastroenterology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology

  • Research Interests

    • Biliary atresia
    • Cholestatic liver diseases
    • Inherited liver diseases
    • Viral hepatitis

  • Publications

    Publications

    • Plasticity between type 2 innate lymphoid cell subsets and amphiregulin expression regulates epithelial repair in biliary atresia. Russi AE, Shivakumar P, Luo Z, Bezerra JA, Hepatology 2023 Oct 78 4 1035-1049
    • Customized Postoperative Therapy Improves Bile Drainage in Biliary Atresia: A Single Center Preliminary Report. Pandurangi S, Kim S, Asai A, Bondoc A, Balistreri W, Campbell K, Miethke A, Peters A, Rogers M, Taylor A, Attia SL, Gibbons T, Mullapudi B, Sheridan R, Tiao G, Bezerra JA, J Pediatr Surg 2023 Aug 58 8 1483-1488
    • Serum Bile Acids as a New Prognostic Biomarker in Biliary Atresia Following Kasai Portoenterostomy. Harpavat S, Hawthorne K, Setchell KDR, Narvaez Rivas M, Henn L, Beil CA, Karpen SJ, Ng VL, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Guthery SL, Horslen S, Loomes KM, McKiernan P, Magee JC, Merion RM, Molleston JP, Rosenthal P, Thompson RJ, Wang KS, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL, Hepatology 2022 Sep.
    • Serum Biomarkers Correlated with Liver Stiffness Assessed in a Multi-center Study of Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease. Leung DH, Devaraj S, Goodrich NP, Chen X, Rajapakshe D, Ye W, Andreev V, Minard CG, Guffey D, Molleston JP, Bass LM, Karpen SJ, Kamath BM, Wang KS, Sundaram SS, Rosenthal P, McKiernan P, Loomes KM, Jensen MK, Horslen S, Bezerra JA, Magee JC, Merion RM, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL, Hepatology 2022 Sep
    • Use of funded multicenter prospective longitudinal databases to inform clinical trials in rare diseases-Examination of cholestatic liver disease in Alagille syndrome. Shneider BL, Kamath BM, Magee JC, Goodrich NP, Loomes KM, Ye W, Spino C, Alonso EM, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Wang KS, Karpen SJ, Horslen SP, Guthery SL, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Sokol RJ, Hepatol Commun 2022 Aug 6 8 1910-1921
    • Serum Proteomics Uncovers Biomarkers of Clinical Portal Hypertension in Children With Biliary Atresia. Osborn J, Mourya R, Thanekar U, Su W, Fei L, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, Hepatol Commun 2022 05 6 5 995-1004
    • The Liver Biopsy in Neonatal Cholestasis: Just a Cherry on Top? Russi AE, Pandurangi S, Bezerra JA, Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken) 2022 Mar 19 3 111-113
    • Maternal regulation of biliary disease in neonates via gut microbial metabolites. Jee JJ, Yang L, Shivakumar P, Xu PP, Mourya R, Thanekar U, Yu P, Zhu Y, Pan Y, Wang H, Duan X, Ye Y, Wang B, Jin Z, Liu Y, Cao Z, Watanabe-Chailland M, Romick-Rosendale LE, Wagner M, Fei L, Luo Z, Ollberding NJ, Tang ST, Bezerra JA, Nat Commun 2022 01 13 1 18
    • Biliary organoids uncover delayed epithelial development and barrier function in biliary atresia. Amarachintha SP, Mourya R, Ayabe H, Yang L, Luo Z, Li X, Thanekar U, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, Hepatology 2022 01 75 1 89-103
    • The 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for the Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus: A Triumph of Curiosity and Persistence. Ghany MG, Lok ASF, Dienstag JL, Feinstone SM, Hoofnagle JH, Jake Liang T, Seeff LB, Cohen DE, Bezerra JA, Chung RT, Hepatology 2021 11 74 5 2813-2823

    Books

    • Endoscopia Pediatrica (Pediatric Endoscopy). In Gastrointestinal evaluation in immunodeficient children. Guthery S, Bezerra JA (2004). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Guanabara Koogan
    • Biliary atresia. In Textbook of Pediatric Gatrointestinal Disease: 4th Edition, Volume 2. Campbell K, Bezerra JA. (2004). Lewiston, NY, BC Decker
    • Metabolic liver disease. In Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia em Pediatria: Diagnostico e Tratamento. Bezerra JA (2003). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Medsi
    • Neonatal cholestasis. In Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia em Pediatria. Bezerra JA (2003). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Medsi

  • Professional Activities

    • American Association for Advancement of Science (2000)
    • American Association for Studies of Liver Diseases (1994)
    • American Association for Studies of Liver Diseases, Fellow (2014)
    • American Association of Physicians (2015)
    • American Gastroenterological Association (1994)
    • American Gastroenterological Association, Fellow (2015)
    • American Pediatric Society (2005)
    • American Physiological Society (2003)
    • American Society for Clinical Investigation (2005)
    • North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (1994)
    • Society for Pediatric Research (2000)

  • Awards and Honors

    • Chairman. Board of Scientific Councilors, Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (2021)
    • Honorary Member. Academy of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte School of Medicine, Natal, Brazil (2021)
    • The Klatskin Lecturer - Yale University (2021)
    • President - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2020)
    • Castle Conolly Top Doctors in America (2018-2021)
    • Chairman. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 DKUS-P (03) (2017)
    • Councilor and Governing Board Member - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2016)
    • Trustee. Foundation of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2016-2018)
    • Fellow American Gastroenterological Association (2015)
    • Award for distinguished scientific accomplishments - 15th Brazilian Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Natal, Brazil (2014)
    • Fellow American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2014)
    • Mentorship Achievement Award - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2014)
    • Associate Editor - Hepatology (2012)
    • William and Rebecca Balistreri Chair of Pediatric Hepatology - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2009-2022)
    • The Best Doctors in America 2005 (2008-2021)
    • Graduating Resident Award for Excellence in Clinical Service - Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ (1989)
    • Graduating Resident Award for Excellence in Research - Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ (1989)
    • Graduating Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching - Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ (1989)
    • Pediatric Resident Research Award - American Academy of Pediatrics (1989)
    • Best Graduating Student, Merit Medal - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte School of Medicine (1984)
    • Top Doctor, Pediatrics (2014-2015, 2017-2021), Cincinnati Magazine

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