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Veena Venkat, MD

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Venkat has a clinical focus in pediatric liver disease and liver transplantation. She is involved with clinical research studies related to pediatric liver disease and liver transplant outcomes. She is a co-investigator in the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) and has worked collaboratively to further understand the natural history and outcomes of children conditions such as biliary atresia, primary sclerosing cholangitis, Alagille syndrome, alpha-one antitrypsin deficiency and progressive familial cholestasis. She has published research related to natural history of biliaryatresia, and growth and nutrition in cholestatic liver disease. She has also been active in clinical trials of immunosuppression withdrawal in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Her clinical work with the liver transplant program has led to publications in challenging pediatric liver transplant populations including primary sclerosing cholangitis, re-transplantation, strategies to improve patient adherence to the medical regimen and immunosuppression withdrawal.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, 2004-Present
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, 2008-Present 
  • American Society of Transplantation, 2013-Present                                    

Education & Training

  • BS, Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 1997
  • Certificate, Asian Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1997
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2001
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 2001-2004
  • Residency in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 2004-2007

Selected Publications

Deneau MR, El-Matary W, Valentino PL, Abdou R, Alqoaer K, Amin M, Amir AZ, Auth M, Bazerbachi F, Broderick A, Chan A, Cotter J, Doan S, El-Youssef M, Ferrari F, Furuya KN, Gottrand M, Gottrand F, Gupta N, Homan M, Kamath BM, Mo Kim K, Kolho KL, Konidari A, Koot B, Iorio R, Ledder O, Mack C, Martinez M, Miloh T, Mohan P, O'Cathain N, Papadopoulou A, Ricciuto A, Saubermann L, Sathya P, Shteyer E, Smolka V, Tanaka A, Varier R, Venkat V, Vitola B, Vos MB, Woynarowski M, Yap J, Jensen MK.  The natural history of primary sclerosing cholangitis in 781 children: A multicenter, international collaboration.  Hepatology. 2017 Aug;66(2):518-527. doi: 10.1002/hep.29204. PMID: 28390159

Eberhard L, Quammie C, Alonso E, Englesbe M, Lin H, Hsu E, Furuya K, Gupta NA, Venkat V, Daniel JF, Leonis M, Miloh T, Telega GW, Yap J, Menedez J, Book L, Himes RW, Sundaram SS, Parekh R, Sonneday C, Bucuvalas J, Ng VL Kamath BM. Frailty in Children with Liver Disease.  J Pediatr. 2018 Mar;194:109-115.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.10.066. PMID:  29478492

Saif Al Qatarneh, Hilary Michel, Douglas Lindblad, John Ozolek, Veena Venkat, Daniel Weiner. Pancreatic Cystosis and Intrahepatic Biliopathy in a Young Adult with Cystic Fibrosis.  Pediatr. 2018 Jul 2. pii: S0022-3476(18)30767-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.05.054. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID 30041939

Alonso EM, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Venkat V, Loomes KM, Mack CL, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Romero R, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB,  Shneider BL, Suchy FJ, Turmelle YP, Wang KS, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, Bezerra JA, Magee JC, the ChiLDReN Network. “Impact of Steroid Therapy on Early Growth in Infants with Biliary Atresia: The Multi-center START Trial”. J Pediatr. 2018 Sep 21. pii: S0022-3476(18)30895-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.002. PMID: 30244988

Deneau MR, Mack C, Abdou R, Amin M, Amir A, Auth M, Bazerbachi F, Marie Broderick A, Chan A, DiGuglielmo M, El-Matary W, El-Youssef M, Ferrari F, Furuya KN, Gottrand F, Gupta N, Homan M, Jensen MK, Kamath BM, Mo Kim K, Kolho KL, Konidari A, Koot B, Iorio R, Martinez M, Mohan P, Palle S, Papadopoulou A, Ricciuto A, Saubermann L, Sathya P, Shteyer E, Smolka V, Tanaka A, Valentino PL, Varier R, Venkat V, Vitola B, Vos MB, Woynarowski M, Yap J, Miloh T. “Gamma Glutamyltransferase Reduction Is Associated With Favorable Outcomes in Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.” Hepatol Commun. 2018 Sep 25;2(11):1369-1378 PMID 30411083

Mack CL, Spino C, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Moore J, Goodhue C, Ng VL, Karpen SJ, Venkat V, Loomes KM, Wang K, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ; and The ChiLDReN Network. “ “ A Phase I/IIa Trial of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Following Portoenterostomy in Biliary Atresia.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Apr;68(4):495-501. PMID 30664564

Deneau M, Perito E, Ricciuto A, Gupta N, Kamath BM, Palle S, Vitola B, Smolka V, Ferrari F, Amir AZ, Miloh T, Papadopoulou A, Mohan P, Mack C, Kolho KL, Iorio R, El-Matary W, Venkat V, Chan A, Saubermann L, Valentino PL, Shah U, Miethke A, Lin H, Jensen MK. “Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy in Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Predictors of Gamma Glutamyltransferase Normalization and Favorable Clinical Course”.J Pediatr. 2019 Jun;209:92-96 PMID 30878206

Kim S, Moore J, Alonso E, Bednarek J, Bezerra JA, Goodhue C, Karpen SJ, Loomes KM, Magee JC, Ng VL, Sherker AH, Smith C, Spino C, Venkat V, Wang K, Sokol RJ, Mack CL; Childhood Liver Disease Research Network. “Correlation of Immune Markers With Outcomes in Biliary Atresia Following Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy.” Hepatol Commun. 2019 Mar 25;3(5):685-696 PMID 31061956

Deneau M, Valentino P, Mack C, Alqoaer K, Amin M, Amir A, Aumar M, Auth M, Broderick A, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, El-Matary W, Ferrari F, Furuya K, Gottrand F, Gupta N, Homan M, Jensen MK, Kamath BM, Kim KM, Kolho KL, Koot BG, Iorio R, Martinez M, Miloh T, Mohan P, Palle S, Papadopoulou A, Ricciuto A, Saubermann L, Sathya P, Shteyer E, Smolka V, Tanaka A, Varier R, Venkat V, Vitola B, Woynarowski M, Guthery S. “Assessing the Validity of Adult-Derived Prognostic Models for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes in Children.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Oct 22.  PMID:31651664

Taylor SA, Venkat V, Arnon R, Gopalareddy VV, Rosenthal P, Erinjeri J, Anand R, Daniel JF, Sociaety of Pediatric Liver Transplantation “Improved Outcomes for Liver Transplantation in Patients with Biliary Atresia Since Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Implementation: Implementation: Analysis of the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Registry  Journal of Pediatrics 2020 April; 219: 89-97.  PMID: 32005543

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