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Sue Rhee, MD

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Title(s)Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #4701
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-476-2385
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    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA2005Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
    University of California, San Francisco, CA10/2020Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    UCSF2015UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Award
    UCSF2015Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award

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    Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
    Anita Ow Wing Endowed Chair
    Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
    Medical Director, Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program
    Co-Director, Pediatric Pancreas Program
    Fellowship Director, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

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    1. 808: RACIAL DISPARITIES IN INTESTINAL TRANSPLANT WAIT-LIST TIMES ARE NOT EXPLAINED BY SOCIOECONOMIC MEASURES. Gastroenterology. 2025 May 1; 169(1):s-194. Gutierrez GS, Truby TT, Raghu RV, Sudan SD, Rhee RS, Lai LJ, Wadhwani WS. .
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    2. Central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in pediatric short bowel syndrome in the United States: A retrospective cohort study from 2016 to 2023. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2025 Jul; 49(5):572-579. Gutierrez SA, Raghu V, Oliveira SB, Nguyen V, Shui AM, Sudan DL, Cole C, Huang CY, Rhee S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. PMID: 40295793; PMCID: PMC12443164.
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    3. Associations between hospital-level socioeconomic patient mix and rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in short bowel syndrome: A retrospective cohort study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2024 08; 48(6):678-685. Gutierrez SA, Chiou SH, Raghu V, Cole CR, Rhee S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. PMID: 38924098; PMCID: PMC11731075.
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    4. Tu1035 THE INFLUENCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME ON HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION IN PEDIATRIC LIVER TRANSPLANT. Gastroenterology. 2024 May 1; 166(5):s-1232. Gutierrez GS, Chiou CS, Rhee RS, Lai LJ, Wadhwani WS. .
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    5. The influence of neighborhood income on healthcare utilization in pediatric liver transplant. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 Jul; 79(1):100-109. Gutierrez SA, Chiou SH, Rhee S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. PMID: 38693791; PMCID: PMC11216888.
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    6. Efficacy and Safety of Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 Analogs for the Treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 07; 116(1):72-81. Jeong C, Han N, Jeon N, Rhee SJ, Staatz CE, Kim MS, Baek IH. PMID: 38666606.
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    7. Neighborhood Income Is Associated with Health Care Use in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2024 02; 265:113819. Gutierrez SA, Pathak S, Raghu V, Shui A, Huang CY, Rhee S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. PMID: 37940084; PMCID: PMC10847979.
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    8. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Bleed: A Novel Vascular Malformation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 11 01; 75(5):e106-e107. Monroy CI, Rhee S, Cohen RA, Rajendra C. PMID: 36305886.
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    9. Caregiver perspectives on the everyday medical and social needs of long-term pediatric liver transplant patients. Liver Transpl. 2022 11; 28(11):1735-1746. Wadhwani SI, Barrera AG, Shifman HP, Baker E, Bucuvalas J, Gottlieb LM, Kotagal U, Rhee SJ, Lai JC, Lyles CR. PMID: 35524767; PMCID: PMC9949888.
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    10. Non-operative management of biliary complications after Liver Transplantation in pediatric patients: A 30-year experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Sep; 25(6):e14028. Lee AY, Lehrman ED, Perito ER, Kerlan RK, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Ostroff JW, Kang SM, Roberts JP, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Fidelman N. PMID: 33951255.
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    11. Application of an Inter-Species Extrapolation Method for the Prediction of Drug Interactions between Propolis and Duloxetine in Humans. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Mar 09; 21(5). Ngo TL, Lee CH, Han N, Back HM, Rhee SJ, Noh K, Yun HY, Kang W, Chae JW. PMID: 32182820; PMCID: PMC7084906.
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    12. Overdilation of a 6-mm Self-Expanding Stent with a 10-mm Balloon-Expandable Stent Graft Preserves Failing Meso-Rex Bypass. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 03; 31(3):521-523. Koethe Y, Lokken RP, Lehrman ED, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP, Rhee SJ, Kohi MP, Kolli KP. PMID: 32007411.
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    13. Factors Associated With Frequent Opioid Use in Children With Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 01; 70(1):106-114. Perito ER, Palermo TM, Pohl JF, Mascarenhas M, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Fishman DS, Freedman S, Gariepy C, Giefer M, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Lin T, Liu Q, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle DM, Werlin S, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Zimmerman MB, Lowe M, Uc A. PMID: 31567889; PMCID: PMC6934913.
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    14. Impact of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD) growth failure thresholds on mortality among pediatric liver transplant candidates. Am J Transplant. 2019 12; 19(12):3308-3318. Swenson SM, Roberts JP, Rhee S, Perito ER. PMID: 31370108; PMCID: PMC6883133.
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    15. Pancreas Divisum in Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Report From INSPPIRE. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 07; 53(6):e232-e238. Lin TK, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD, Palermo JP, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Husain SZ, Liu Q, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito E, Pohl JF, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman MB, Lowe ME, Uc A. PMID: 29864067; PMCID: PMC6275137.
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    16. Split Liver Transplantation and Pediatric Waitlist Mortality in the United States: Potential for Improvement. Transplantation. 2019 03; 103(3):552-557. Perito ER, Roll G, Dodge JL, Rhee S, Roberts JP. PMID: 29684000; PMCID: PMC6773658.
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    17. INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort Study: Design and Rationale for INSPPIRE 2 From the Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas. 2018 Nov/Dec; 47(10):1222-1228. Uc A, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Shah U, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas MR, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Lin TK, Liu QY, Nathan JD, Rhee SJ, Ooi CY, Sellers ZM, Schwarzenberg SJ, Serrano J, Troendle DM, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC). PMID: 30325861; PMCID: PMC6195325.
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    18. Impact of Obesity on Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2018 09; 47(8):967-973. Uc A, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Palermo JJ, Ooi CY, Liu Q, Lin TK, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Freedman SD, Fishman DS, Bellin MD, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Lowe ME. PMID: 30059474; PMCID: PMC6095802.
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    19. Pharmacokinetics of fludarabine and its association with clinical outcomes in paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 02; 54(2):284-292. Chung H, Hong KT, Lee JW, Rhee SJ, Kim S, Yoon SH, Yu KS, Kang HJ. PMID: 29915216.
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    20. Relief for Young Children With Severe Chronic Pancreatitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 03; 64(3):338-339. Perito ER, Rhee S. PMID: 28231070; PMCID: PMC5325043.
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    21. De novo inflammatory bowel disease after pediatric kidney or liver transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Feb; 21(1). Fernandes MA, Braun HJ, Evason K, Rhee S, Perito ER. PMID: 27862714; PMCID: PMC5272825.
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    22. Improved enteral tolerance following step procedure: systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2016 Oct; 32(10):921-6. Fernandes MA, Usatin D, Allen IE, Rhee S, Vu L. PMID: 27461428.
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    23. Detection of bowel inflammation with fused DWI/T2 images versus contrast-enhanced images in pediatric MR enterography with histopathologic correlation. Clin Imaging. 2016 Nov - Dec; 40(6):1135-1139. Ehman EC, Phelps AS, Ohliger MA, Rhee SJ, MacKenzie JD, Courtier JL. PMID: 27497037.
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    24. Nonanesthesia magnetic resonance enterography in young children: feasibility, technique, and performance. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Jun; 60(6):754-61. Courtier J, Cardenas A, Tan C, Towne M, Rhee SJ, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD. PMID: 25996792.
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    25. Predictors of Enteral Autonomy in Children with Intestinal Failure: A Multicenter Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2015 Jul; 167(1):29-34.e1. Khan FA, Squires RH, Litman HJ, Balint J, Carter BA, Fisher JG, Horslen SP, Jaksic T, Kocoshis S, Martinez JA, Mercer D, Rhee S, Rudolph JA, Soden J, Sudan D, Superina RA, Teitelbaum DH, Venick R, Wales PW, Duggan C, Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium. PMID: 25917765; PMCID: PMC4485931.
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    26. Non-Anesthesia MR Enterography in Very Young Children-Feasibility, Technique and Performance. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Jan 05. Courtier J, Cardenas A, Tan C, Towne M, Rhee SJ, Heyman M, MacKenzie JD. PMID: 25564800.
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    27. Pediatric liver transplantation for urea cycle disorders and organic acidemias: United Network for Organ Sharing data for 2002-2012. Liver Transpl. 2014 Jan; 20(1):89-99. Perito ER, Rhee S, Roberts JP, Rosenthal P. PMID: 24136671; PMCID: PMC3877181.
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    28. Shooting a moving target: use of real-time cine magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of the small bowel. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Oct; 57(4):426-31. Courtier J, Ohliger M, Rhee SJ, Terreblanche O, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD. PMID: 24080754; PMCID: PMC9040679.
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    29. Posttransplant metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents after liver transplantation: a systematic review. Liver Transpl. 2012 Sep; 18(9):1009-28. Rothbaum Perito E, Lau A, Rhee S, Roberts JP, Rosenthal P. PMID: 22641460; PMCID: PMC3429630.
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    30. Impact of the donor body mass index on the survival of pediatric liver transplant recipients and post-transplant obesity. Liver Transpl. 2012 Aug; 18(8):930-9. Perito ER, Rhee S, Glidden D, Roberts JP, Rosenthal P. PMID: 22467594; PMCID: PMC4559411.
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    31. Natural history of pediatric intestinal failure: initial report from the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium. J Pediatr. 2012 Oct; 161(4):723-8.e2. Squires RH, Duggan C, Teitelbaum DH, Wales PW, Balint J, Venick R, Rhee S, Sudan D, Mercer D, Martinez JA, Carter BA, Soden J, Horslen S, Rudolph JA, Kocoshis S, Superina R, Lawlor S, Haller T, Kurs-Lasky M, Belle SH, Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium. PMID: 22578586; PMCID: PMC3419777.
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    32. 703 Impact of Donor BMI on Survival and Post-Transplant Obesity in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Gastroenterology. 2012 May 1; 142(5):s-924-s-925. Perito PE, Rhee RS, Glidden GD, Roberts RJ, Rosenthal RP. .
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    33. Targeted MRI contrast agents for pediatric hepatobiliary disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Apr; 54(4):454-62. Courtier JL, Perito ER, Rhee S, Tsai P, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD. PMID: 22193178; PMCID: PMC3744898.
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    34. Morphologic findings in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis 2 (PFIC2): correlation with genetic and immunohistochemical studies. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 May; 35(5):687-96. Evason K, Bove KE, Finegold MJ, Knisely AS, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Miethke AG, Karpen SJ, Ferrell LD, Kim GE. PMID: 21490445; PMCID: PMC3416050.
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    35. Image of the month--quiz case. Gastric duplication cyst. Arch Surg. 2010 Oct; 145(10):1019, 1020. Zaid HB, Rhee SJ, Hirose S, Mackenzie TC. PMID: 20956774.
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    36. Deficiency of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enhances commensal-induced antibody responses and protects against Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis. Infect Immun. 2008 Jul; 76(7):3045-53. Harrington L, Srikanth CV, Antony R, Rhee SJ, Mellor AL, Shi HN, Cherayil BJ. PMID: 18426872; PMCID: PMC2446721.
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    37. Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management 1348 pp. $235.00RobertWyllieJeffrey S.HyamsMarshaKay3rd ed.2006SaundersPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaISBN 0-7216-3924-0. Web site for ordering: www.elsevierhealth.com. Gastroenterology. 2007 Oct 1; 133(4):1387-1388. Rhee RS, Heyman HM. .
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    38. Developmentally regulated intestinal expression of IFN-gamma and its target genes and the age-specific response to enteric Salmonella infection. J Immunol. 2005 Jul 15; 175(2):1127-36. Rhee SJ, Walker WA, Cherayil BJ. PMID: 16002714.
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    39. Blocking lymphocyte adhesion: new treatment for sticky cases of Crohn disease? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Aug; 37(2):211-3. Rhee SJ, Bousvaros A. PMID: 12916502.
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