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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

Call (212) 305-3000 for appointments.
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About Steven J. Lobritto, MD:

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

Expertise:

Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Autoimmune Liver Disease
Autoimmune Liver Disorder
Biliary Atresia
Biliary Disease
Cholangitis
Clinical Research
Colonoscopy
Complications of Liver Transplantation
EGD
Endoscopy
Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
Fatty Liver Disease in Children
Fatty Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic
Gastrointestinal Tumors
Gastrostomy Tube Placement
Hepatic Masses
Hepatitis
Immunosupression Management
Inborn Error of Metabolism
Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease
Intestinal Transplant
Liver Disease In Children
Liver Surgery
Liver Transplant, Pediatric
Liver Transplantation
Liver Tumors
Living Donor Transplantation
Metabolic and Fatty Liver Disease
Multivisceral Transplantation
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy
Pediatric Liver Cancer
Pediatric Metabolic Liver Disease
Pediatric Sclerosing Cholangitis
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Portal Hypertension
Sclerotherapy
Upper Endoscopy
Viral Hepatitis Management in Children
Wilson's Disease

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

Appointments:

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: New York Medical College, NY
Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 305-3000
Fax:
(212) 342-2996

ColumbiaDoctors - 300 Frank Burr Blvd

300 Frank W Burr Blvd
Suite 130
Teaneck, NJ 07666

Other Locations:

ColumbiaDoctors - 15 North Broadway

15 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10601

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [Student Health, Aetna Signature Administrators, NY Signature, NYP Employee Plan]
Affinity Health Plan [Medicaid Managed Care]
AmeriHealth of New Jersey [POS - New Jersey Services, PPO - New Jersey Services, HMO - New Jersey Services, EPO - New Jersey Services]
Amerigroup of New Jersey [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care), New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
CIGNA [EPO, PPO, HMO, Great West (National), POS, Medicare Managed Care, POS]
Capital District Physician Health Plan (CDPHP) [Medicaid Managed Care, EPO, PPO, HMO]
Emblem/GHI [PPO, Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/HIP [POS, Medicare Managed Care, PPO, HMO, EPO, ConnectiCare, Essential Plan, Select Care (Exchange), Vytra, ConnectiCare]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [HMO, PPO, EPO, EPO]
Fidelis Care [Essential Plan, Medicare Managed Care, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange), Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO - New Jersey Services]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, Local 1199]
MVP Health Care [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, HMO, Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare, MagnaCare]
Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare, Railroad]
Multiplan [Multiplan, Multiplan]
QualCare [PPO - New Jersey Services, POS - New Jersey Services, HMO - New Jersey Services, POS - New Jersey Services, HMO - New Jersey Services, PPO - New Jersey Services]
Quality Health Management [Quality Health Management]
TRICARE [TRICARE, TRICARE]
UnitedHealthcare [Columbia University Employee Plan, POS, Empire Plan, Medicaid (Community Plan), PPO, HMO, Compass (Exchange), Oxford Liberty, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO]
VNSNY CHOICE [Special Needs, Special Needs, SelectHealth]
WellCare [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care), Medicare Managed Care, New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

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.