Melissa Hurwitz, MD

Title(s)Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CAFellowship6/2004Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
    Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA, Los Angeles, CAInternship/Residency6/2000Pediatrics
    Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MAM.D.05/1997Medicine
    UCLA, Los Angeles, CAB.A.6/1992Psychology
    Collapse Awards and Honors
    LPCH, Stanford University2018  - 2018Laura Bachrach Faculty Mentor Award of Excellence
    LPCH, Stanford University2016  - 2017Pediatric Clerkship Teaching Honor Roll, Letter of Distinction
    LPCH, Stanford University2015  - 2016Pediatric Clerkship Teaching Honor Roll
    LPCH, Stanford University2004  - 2004Recipient, Outstanding Fellow of the Year
    American Transplant Congress2003  - 2003Recipient, Young Investigator Award
    Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA2000  - 2000Recipient, Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Research Award

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    1. Human hepatic organoids for the analysis of human genetic diseases. JCI Insight. 2023 Oct 23; 8(20). Guan Y, Xu D, Garfin PM, Ehmer U, Hurwitz M, Enns G, Michie S, Wu M, Zheng M, Nishimura T, Sage J, Peltz G. PMID: 37870959; PMCID: PMC10619485.
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    2. Open-label prospective therapeutic clinical trials: oral vancomycin in children and adults with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2020 Aug; 55(8):941-950. Ali AH, Damman J, Shah SB, Davies Y, Hurwitz M, Stephen M, Lemos LM, Carey EJ, Lindor KD, Buness CW, Alrabadi L, Berquist WE, Cox KL. PMID: 32633158.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Prenatal treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab. 2018 03; 123(3):297-300. Wilnai Y, Blumenfeld YJ, Cusmano K, Hintz SR, Alcorn D, Benitz WE, Berquist WE, Bernstein JA, Castillo RO, Concepcion W, Cowan TM, Cox KL, Lyell DJ, Esquivel CO, Homeyer M, Hudgins L, Hurwitz M, Palma JP, Schelley S, Akula VP, Summar ML, Enns GM. PMID: 29396029.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Human hepatic organoids for the analysis of human genetic diseases. JCI Insight. 2017 09 07; 2(17). Guan Y, Xu D, Garfin PM, Ehmer U, Hurwitz M, Enns G, Michie S, Wu M, Zheng M, Nishimura T, Sage J, Peltz G. PMID: 28878125; PMCID: PMC5621886.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 78     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures . Congenital Liver Failure and Neonatal Hepatitis. 2015; Chpt 40. Burgis J, Hurwitz M.
    6. Intermediate-term outcomes after combined heart-liver transplantation in children with a univentricular heart. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Mar; 32(3):368-70. Hollander SA, Reinhartz O, Maeda K, Hurwitz M, N Rosenthal D, Bernstein D. PMID: 23415318.
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    7. Evaluation of ethanol lock therapy in pediatric patients on long-term parenteral nutrition. Nutr Clin Pract. 2013 Apr; 28(2):226-31. Pieroni KP, Nespor C, Ng M, Garcia M, Hurwitz M, Berquist WE, Kerner JA. PMID: 23232749.
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    8. Impact of immunosuppression on the development of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) viremia after pediatric liver transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jan-Feb; 45(1):301-4. Lu BR, Park KT, Hurwitz M, Cox KL, Berquist WE. PMID: 23267800.
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    9. Acute liver failure in a pediatric patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Oct; 56(10):2780-3. Whitney J, Hurwitz M, Mojtahed A, Hwang C, Gallo A. PMID: 21695402.
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    10. Analysis of clinical variables associated with tolerance in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Dec; 14(8):976-9. Talisetti A, Hurwitz M, Sarwal M, Berquist W, Castillo R, Bass D, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Cox K. PMID: 21108705.
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    11. Increased number of regulatory T cells in children with eosinophilic esophagitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Sep; 51(3):283-9. Fuentebella J, Patel A, Nguyen T, Sanjanwala B, Berquist W, Kerner JA, Bass D, Cox K, Hurwitz M, Huang J, Nguyen C, Quiros JA, Nadeau K. PMID: 20639775.
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    12. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. Liver Transplantation. 2006; Chpt 349. Hurwitz M, Cox KL.
    13. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Parenteral Nutrition. 2006; Chpt 69. Hurwitz M, Kerner JA.
    14. Copper deficiency during parenteral nutrition: a report of four pediatric cases. Nutr Clin Pract. 2004 Jun; 19(3):305-8. Hurwitz M, Garcia MG, Poole RL, Kerner JA. PMID: 16215119.
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    15. Complete immunosuppressive withdrawal as a uniform approach to post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease in pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2004 Jun; 8(3):267-72. Hurwitz M, Desai DM, Cox KL, Berquist WE, Esquivel CO, Millan MT. PMID: 15176965.
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    16. Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia em Pediatria. Outras Alteracoes Pancreaticas. 2003; Ch25:329-331. Hurwitz M, Berquist WE.
    17. Evaluation of the use of botulinum toxin in children with achalasia. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2000 May; 30(5):509-14. Hurwitz M, Bahar RJ, Ament ME, Tolia V, Molleston J, Reinstein LJ, Walton JM, Erhart N, Wasserman D, Justinich C, Vargas J. PMID: 10817280.
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