Sofia Verstraete, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #4816
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-476-6730
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    U.C.S.F.Pediatric Gastroenterology2016Pediatrics
    U.C.S.F.Masters in Advanced Science2014Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    University of Miami/Jackson Memorial HospitalPediatrics2012Pediatrics
    Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoM.D.2008Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    U.C.S.F. Dept of Pediatrics2016Postdoctoral Fellow Teaching Award
    U.C.S.F.2016John A. Watson Faculty Scholar

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    1. Real-world effectiveness of ustekinumab and vedolizumab in TNF-exposed pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 Mar 14. Patel PV, Zhang A, Bhasuran B, Ravindranath VG, Heyman MB, Verstraete SG, Butte AJ, Rosen MJ, Rudrapatna VA, ImproveCareNow Pediatric IBD Learning Health System. PMID: 38482890.
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    2. Toxigenic Clostridium perfringens isolated from at-risk pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients. J Crohns Colitis. 2024 Jan 24. Kuo J, Uzunovic J, Jacobson A, Dourado M, Gierke S, Rajendram M, Keilberg D, Mar J, Stekol E, Curry J, Verstraete S, Lund J, Liang Y, Tamburini FB, Omattage NS, Masureel M, Rutherford ST, Hackos DH, Tan MW, Byrd AL, Keir ME, Skippington E, Storek KM. PMID: 38267224.
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    3. 862 TRAVEL TIME TO TREATING CENTER, BUT NOT RACE OR ETHNICITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC DELAY IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Gastroenterology. 2023 May 1; 164(6):s-189. McLaughlin MJ, Linville LT, Jester JT, Marciano MT, Lazare LF, Dotson DJ, Samson SC, Kugathasan KS, Cabrera CJ, Leibowitz LI, Batra BS, Ammoury AR, Strople SJ, Saeed SS, Sandberg SK, Tung TJ, Verstraete VS, Cox CR, Na NS, Steiner SS, Ali AS, Israel IE, Dorsey DJ, Adler AJ, Rekhtman RY, Egberg EM, Waduge WE, Savas SJ, McCauley MM, Brensinger BC, Lewis LJ, Kappelman KM. .
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    4. Evaluating the Relationship Between Nutrition and Post-colectomy Pouchitis in Pediatric Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 06; 68(6):2188-2195. Patel PV, Kao E, Stekol E, Heyman MB, Vu L, Verstraete SG. PMID: 36807017.
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    5. Personalised azithromycin+metronidazole (PAZAZ), in combination with standard induction therapy, to achieve a faecal microbiome community structure and metagenome changes associated with sustained remission in paediatric Crohn's disease (CD): protocol of a pilot study. BMJ Open. 2023 02 01; 13(2):e064944. Verburgt CM, Dunn KA, Otley A, Heyman MB, Verstraete S, Sunseri W, Sylvester F, de Meij T, Comeau A, Langille M, de Jonge WJ, Benninga MA, Van Limbergen JE. PMID: 36725090; PMCID: PMC9896212.
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    6. Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pancreatitis, and Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 10 01; 75(4):455-461. Cuneo AA, Abu-El-Haija M, Marsac ML, Verstraete S, Heyman MB, Ly N, Perito ER. PMID: 35881966.
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    7. Sa1635: IMPACT OF NUTRITION AND GROWTH MEASURES ON POUCHITIS FOLLOWING PROCTOCOLECTOMY FOR PEDIATRIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS. Gastroenterology. 2022 May 1; 162(7):s-449. Patel PP, Stekol SE, Kao KE, Heyman HM, Vu VL, Verstraete VS. .
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    8. Personalized Research on Diet in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease: A Series of N-of-1 Diet Trials. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 06 01; 117(6):902-917. Kaplan HC, Opipari-Arrigan L, Yang J, Schmid CH, Schuler CL, Saeed SA, Braly KL, Chang F, Murphy L, Dodds CM, Nuding M, Liu H, Pilley S, Stone J, Woodward G, Yokois N, Goyal A, Lee D, Yeh AM, Lee P, Gold BD, Molle-Rios Z, Zwiener RJ, Ali S, Chavannes M, Linville T, Patel A, Ayers T, Bassett M, Boyle B, Palomo P, Verstraete S, Dorsey J, Kaplan JL, Steiner SJ, Nguyen K, Burgis J, Suskind DL, ImproveCareNow Pediatric IBD Learning Health System. PMID: 35442220.
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    9. Improving ondansetron use and oral rehydration instructions for pediatric acute gastroenteritis. BMJ Open Qual. 2022 03; 11(1). Patel PV, Wallach T, Rosenbluth G, Heyman M, Verstraete S. PMID: 35347066; PMCID: PMC8961161.
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    10. Endpoints for extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease trials: the EXTRA consensus from the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 03; 7(3):254-261. Guillo L, Abreu M, Panaccione R, Sandborn WJ, Azevedo VF, Gensler L, Moghaddam B, Ahuja V, Ali SA, Allez M, Ananthakrishnan AN, Bhattacharya A, Dubinsky M, Griffiths A, Hart A, Korelitz B, Kotze PG, Koutroubakis IE, Lakatos PL, Lindsay JO, Magro F, Mantzaris GJ, Ng SC, O'Morain C, Panés J, Parigi T, Ran Z, Rogler G, Rubin DT, Sachar DB, Siegmund B, Steinwurz F, Tysk C, Vavricka S, Verstraete SG, Brezin AP, Haemel AK, Dignass A, Sands BE, Danese S, Peyrin-Biroulet L. PMID: 35051383.
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    11. Experience Using Ustekinumab in Pediatric Patients With Medically Refractory Crohn Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 11 01; 73(5):610-614. Kim FS, Patel PV, Stekol E, Ali S, Hamandi H, Heyman MB, Verstraete SG. PMID: 34415711; PMCID: PMC8542638.
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    12. Recommendations for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adolescents and Young Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 05 01; 72(5):752-755. Schenker RB, Wilson E, Russell M, Cooke LC, Heyman MB, Verstraete SG. PMID: 33394890.
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    13. Telemedicine for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Era of COVID-19. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 06; 70(6):e140. Verstraete SG, Sola AM, Ali SA. PMID: 32443060; PMCID: PMC7273933.
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    14. Mo1901 CHILDREN WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE EXPERIENCE HIGH RATES OF TRAUMA SECONDARY TO MEDICAL TREATMENT. Gastroenterology. 2020 May 1; 158(6):s-970. Cuneo CA, Verstraete VS, Heyman HM, Trombler TB, Curry CJ, Perito PE. .
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    15. Sa1851 LOW PREVALENCE OF NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Gastroenterology. 2020 May 1; 158(6):s-451. Regner RE, Rudrapatna RV, Verstraete VS, Hameed HB, Mahadevan MU. .
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    16. Mo1894 APPROACH TO TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING (TGNC) YOUTH IN A PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE CENTER. Gastroenterology. 2020 May 1; 158(6):s-967. Schenker SR, Wilson WE, Russell RM, Cooke CL, Heyman HM, Verstraete VS. .
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    17. Depression Predicts Prolonged Length of Hospital Stay in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 11; 69(5):570-574. Patel PV, Pantell MS, Heyman MB, Verstraete S. PMID: 31261246; PMCID: PMC7183311.
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    18. Tu1710 – Ustekinumab to Treat Pediatric Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Single Center Experience. Gastroenterology. 2019 May 1; 156(6):s-1094. Kim KF, Patel PP, Stekol SE, Cooke CL, Heyman HM, Verstraete VS. .
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    19. P019 DEPRESSION PREDICTS LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2019 Feb 7; 25(Supplement_1):s10-s10. Patel PP, Verstraete VS, Pantel PM. .
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    20. P019 DEPRESSION PREDICTS LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Gastroenterology. 2019 Feb 1; 156(3):s15. Patel PP, Verstraete VS, Pantel PM. .
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    21. Enteric Virome and Bacterial Microbiota in Children With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 01; 68(1):30-36. Fernandes MA, Verstraete SG, Phan TG, Deng X, Stekol E, LaMere B, Lynch SV, Heyman MB, Delwart E. PMID: 30169455; PMCID: PMC6310095.
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    22. Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling and Metabolism Gene Signature in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Matched-case Control Pilot Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 05 18; 24(6):1321-1334. Suh JH, Degagné É, Gleghorn EE, Setty M, Rodriguez A, Park KT, Verstraete SG, Heyman MB, Patel AS, Irek M, Gildengorin GL, Hubbard NE, Borowsky AD, Saba JD. PMID: 29788359; PMCID: PMC5986285.
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    23. Bisphenol a increases risk for presumed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic adolescents in NHANES 2003-2010. Environ Health. 2018 02 01; 17(1):12. Verstraete SG, Wojcicki JM, Perito ER, Rosenthal P. PMID: 29391015; PMCID: PMC5796302.
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    24. Natural History of Pediatric Indeterminate Colitis. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 2017 Jan 1; 103-107. Fernandes FM, Verstraete VS, Heyman HM. .
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    25. A Risk Score for Childhood Obesity in an Urban Latino Cohort. J Pediatr. 2016 05; 172:29-34.e1. Robson JO, Verstraete SG, Shiboski S, Heyman MB, Wojcicki JM. PMID: 26952117; PMCID: PMC4846503.
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    26. Addition of Histology to the Paris Classification of Pediatric Crohn Disease Alters Classification of Disease Location. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Feb; 62(2):242-5. Fernandes MA, Verstraete SG, Garnett EA, Heyman MB. PMID: 26334258; PMCID: PMC5357324.
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    27. Energy Contents of Frequently Ordered Restaurant Meals and Comparison with Human Energy Requirements and U.S. Department of Agriculture Database Information: A Multisite Randomized Study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016 Apr; 116(4):590-8.e6. Urban LE, Weber JL, Heyman MB, Schichtl RL, Verstraete S, Lowery NS, Das SK, Schleicher MM, Rogers G, Economos C, Masters WA, Roberts SB. PMID: 26803805; PMCID: PMC5746190.
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    28. Breastfeeding offers protection against obesity in children of recently immigrated Latina women. J Community Health. 2014 Jun; 39(3):480-6. Verstraete SG, Heyman MB, Wojcicki JM. PMID: 24249439; PMCID: PMC4618504.
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