Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Valeria C Cohran, MD

Valeria C Cohran, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)

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My primary interest is intestinal failure and transplantation. Children with intestinal failure are living longer with transplant free survival given advances in intestinal rehabilitation. I have participated in the first trial of teduglutide in pediatric short bowel syndrome. In the future there are other clinical trials that I hope to be able to participate in. There are patients who are unable to be tapered from TPN and will undergo intestinal transplantation. This is also a fragile popu...[Read full text]My primary interest is intestinal failure and transplantation. Children with intestinal failure are living longer with transplant free survival given advances in intestinal rehabilitation. I have participated in the first trial of teduglutide in pediatric short bowel syndrome. In the future there are other clinical trials that I hope to be able to participate in. There are patients who are unable to be tapered from TPN and will undergo intestinal transplantation. This is also a fragile population that require special expertise with regard to the nutrition and immunosuppression.[Shorten text]

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Short Bowel SyndromeTransplantationPediatric Gastroenterology

Education and Certification

  • MD: Washington University (1997)
  • Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatrics (2000)
  • Board Certification: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

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312-227-4200

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Box 57
225 E Chicago Avenue
Chicago IL 60611

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