Department of Pediatrics
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Reed Dimmitt, MD, DVM, MSPH

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Mucosal immunology, in particular the interaction between innate and adaptive immunity in the development of an animal model of necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Development of murine model of small bowel disease to study the role of intestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis of injury
  • The development of the premature infant intestinal microbiota
  • Clinic trials in peritoneal drainage versus laparotomy for surgical NEC

  • Recent Publications:

    Maheshwari A, Kurundkar AR, Shaik SS, Kelly DR, Hartman Y, Zhang W, Dimmitt R, et al. Epithelial cells in fetal intestine produce chemerin to recuit microphages.  Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009.

Shyam Varadarajulu, MD

Recent Publications

  1. EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided drainage of pelvic-fluid collections (with video).
    Varadarajulu S, Lee YT; EUS 2008 Working Group.
    Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Feb;69(2 Suppl):S32-6.
  2. EUS for the management of peripancreatic fluid collections after distal pancreatectomy.
    Varadarajulu S, Trevino JM, Christein JD.
  3. EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation with a prototype electrode array system in an animal model (with video).
    Varadarajulu S, Jhala NC, Drelichman ER
  4. Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: breaching the boundaries safely.
    Varadarajulu S, Drelichman ER.
    Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Jan;69(1):115-6.
  5. Use of a pancreatic stent as a guide for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of a solid pancreatic mass lesion in a patient with underlying chronic pancreatitis.
    Varadarajulu S, Jhala NC.
    Endoscopy. 2008 Sep;40 Suppl 2:E153-4