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Steven J. Lobritto, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Advanced Transplant Hepatology
Attending of Pediatrics and Medicine MS Children's Hospital
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Expertise:

Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Autoimmune Liver Disease
Biliary Atresia
Complications of Liver Transplantation
Fatty Liver Disease in Children
Hepatic Masses
Immunosupression Management
Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease
Liver Disease In Children
Liver Transplant, Pediatric
Liver Transplantation
Liver Tumors
Living Donor Transplantation
Multivisceral Transplantation
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy
Pediatric Metabolic Liver Disease
Pediatric Sclerosing Cholangitis
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Portal Hypertension
Viral Hepatitis Management in Children
Wilson's Disease

About:

Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver

Honors:

2016-Present Academy of Clinical Excellence at Columbia University (ACE)

2008-Present New York Magazine Best Doctors

2018 Annual Honoree - Fairy Godmother Foundation of NY

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Interests:

Hepatitis B and C treatment in children
Non-alcoholic related fatty liver disease
Novel immunosuppression approaches in pediatric liver transplantation
Immunosuppression Minimization and Withdrawal
Portal Hypertension, Endoscopic and Surgical Management
Quality Improvement in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Treatment and Management of Metabolic Liver Diseases

Publications:

Peer-Reviewed ArticlesGoldner D, Vittorio J, Barrios DM, McGuire J, Brodlie S, Brown J, Lobritto S, Martinez M. Bone Fractures in Children With Cholestatic Liver Disease May MimicThose Seen in Child Abuse. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Jan 21. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000001740. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30672906.

Leung DH, Wirth S, Yao BB, Viani RM, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Jonas MM, LobrittoSJ,Narkewicz MR, Sokal E, Fortuny C, Hsu EK, Del Valle-Segarra A, Zha J, Larsen L, Liu L, Shuster DL, Cohen DE, Rosenthal P. Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/RitonavirWith or Without Dasabuvir and With or Without Ribavirin for Adolescents With HCV Genotype 1 or 4.Hepatol Commun. 2018 Oct 5;2(11):1311-1319. doi:10.1002/hep4.1250. eCollection 2018 Nov. PubMed PMID: 30411078; PubMed CentralPMCID: PMC6211326.

Elfar W, Järvinen E, Ji W, Mosorin J, Sega AG, Iuga AC, Lobritto SJ,Konstantino M, Chan A, Finel M, Lakhani SA. A Novel Pathogenic UGT1A1 Variant in a Sudanese Child with Type 1 Crigler-Najjar Syndrome. Drug Metab Dispos. 2019 Jan;47(1):45-48. doi: 10.1124/dmd.118.084368. Epub 2018 Nov 1. PubMed PMID:30385458.

Feng S, Bucuvalas JC, Demetris AJ, Burrell BE, Spain KM, Kanaparthi S, MageeJC, Ikle D, Lesniak A, Lozano JJ, Alonso EM, Bray RA, Bridges NE, Doo E, GebelHM, Gupta NA, Himes RW, Jackson AM, Lobritto SJ, Mazariegos GV, Ng VL, Rand EB,Sherker AH, Sundaram S, Turmelle YP, Sanchez-Fueyo A. Evidence of ChronicAllograft Injury in Liver Biopsies From Long-term Pediatric Recipients of LiverTransplants. Gastroenterology. 2018 Dec;155(6):1838-1851.e7. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2018.08.023. Epub 2018 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 30144432; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6279538.

Arterbery AS, Yao J, Ling A, Avitzur Y, Martinez M, Lobritto S, Deng Y,Geliang G, Mehta S, Wang G, Knight J, Ekong UD. Inflammasome Priming Mediated via Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4, Induces Th1-Like Regulatory T Cells in De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis. Front Immunol. 2018 Jul 19;9:1612. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.01612. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30072988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6060440.

Bull LN, Pawlikowska L, Strautnieks S, Jankowska I, Czubkowski P, Dodge JL,Emerick K, Wanty C, Wali S, Blanchard S, Lacaille F, Byrne JA, van Eerde AM,Kolho KL, Houwen R, Lobritto S, Hupertz V, McClean P, Mieli-Vergani G, Sokal E,Rosenthal P, Whitington PF, Pawlowska J, Thompson RJ. Outcomes of surgicalmanagement of familial intrahepatic cholestasis 1 and bile salt export proteindeficiencies. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Mar 30;2(5):515-528. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1168.eCollection 2018 May. PubMed PMID: 29761168; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5944593.

Lobritto SJ. Transplantation's cooperative future. Liver Transpl. 2018Jun;24(6):729-730. doi: 10.1002/lt.25192. PubMed PMID: 29729118.

Narkewicz MR, Horslen S, Hardison RM, Shneider BL, Rodriguez-Baez N, AlonsoEM, Ng VL, Leonis MA, Loomes KM, Rudnick DA, Rosenthal P, Romero R, Subbarao GC, Li R, Belle SH, Squires RH; Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Study Group. A LearningCollaborative Approach Increases Specificity of Diagnosis of Acute Liver Failure in Pediatric Patients. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Nov;16(11):1801-1810.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.04.050. Epub 2018 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 29723692; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6197895.

Bernstein DL, Lobritto S, Iuga A, Remotti H, Schiano T, Fiel MI, Balwani M.Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency allograft recurrence and liver failure-clinicaloutcomes of 18 liver transplantation patients. Mol Genet Metab. 2018May;124(1):11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.03.010. Epub 2018 Mar 27. Review.PubMed PMID: 29655841.

Quillin RC 3rd, Bongu A, Kasper V, Vittorio JM, Martinez M, Lobritto SJ,Griesemer AD, Guarrera JV. Roux-en-Y enterolith leading to obstruction andischemic necrosis after pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation. PediatrTransplant. 2018 May;22(3):e13160. doi: 10.1111/petr.13160. Epub 2018 Apr 1.PubMed PMID: 29607581.

Sorensen LG, Neighbors K, Hardison RM, Loomes KM, Varni JW, Ng VL, SquiresRH, Alonso EM; Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Health Related Quality of Life and Neurocognitive Outcomes in the First Year after Pediatric Acute LiverFailure. J Pediatr. 2018 May;196:129-138.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.030.Epub 2018 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 29551316; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5933443.

Elnaggar AS, Griesemer AD, Bentley-Hibbert S, Brown RS Jr, Martinez M,Lobritto SJ, Kato T, Emond JC. Liver atrophy and regeneration in noncirrhoticportal vein thrombosis: Effect of surgical shunts. Liver Transpl. 2018Jul;24(7):881-887. doi: 10.1002/lt.25024. Epub 2018 Apr 6. PubMed PMID:29377486.