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Sue J. Rhee, M.D.

Sue J. Rhee, M.D.

  • Professor, Pediatrics
  • Clinical Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program
  • Co-Director, Pediatric Pancreas Program
  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
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Education

Albany Medical College 1998

Residencies

  • University of Maryland Medical Center, Pediatrics 2002

Fellowships

  • Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2005

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology  Subspecialty
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Subspecialty

Program Affiliations

  • Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program
  • Liver Transplant Program
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Program

Clinical Expertise

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Intestinal Failure
  • Intestinal Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Short Bowel Syndrome

Research Interests

  • Chronic use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with focus on prevention of TPN associated liver disease
  • Liver transplantation
  • Pediatric intestinal failure

Biography

Dr. Sue Rhee is the clinical director of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition who specializes in pediatric gastroenterology, intestinal failure, liver disease and the transplantation of the intestines and liver. She is also the medical director of the Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, a program that provides nutritional, medical and surgical support for infants and children with intestinal failure.

She completed fellowship training in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School, where she conducted research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-specific differences in intestinal immune response. She is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology and pediatric transplant hepatology.

Awards & Honors

  Award  
  Confired By    
  Date    
  • Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award
  • UCSF
  • 2015
  • UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Award
  • UCSF
  • 2015

    • Research Overview

     At UCSF, Dr. Rhee's research interests focus on pediatric intestinal failure, liver transplantation and chronic use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with focus on prevention of TPN associated liver disease.

    Clinical Trials

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    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 34
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    1. Gutierrez SA, Pathak S, Raghu V, Shui A, Huang CY, Rhee S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Neighborhood Income is Associated with Healthcare Utilization in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2023 Nov 06; 113819. View in PubMed
    2. Monroy CI, Rhee S, Cohen RA, Rajendra C. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Bleed: A Novel Vascular Malformation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Nov 01; 75(5):e106-e107. View in PubMed
    3. Wadhwani SI, Barrera AG, Shifman HP, Baker E, Bucuvalas J, Gottlieb LM, Kotagal U, Rhee SJ, Lai JC, Lyles CR. Caregiver perspectives on the everyday medical and social needs of long-term pediatric liver transplant patients. Liver Transpl. 2022 11; 28(11):1735-1746. View in PubMed
    4. 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. Non-operative management of biliary complications after Liver Transplantation in pediatric patients: A 30-year experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Sep; 25(6):e14028. View in PubMed
    5. Koethe Y, Lokken RP, Lehrman ED, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP, Rhee SJ, Kohi MP, Kolli KP. 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. View in PubMed
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    Patient Stories

    • Lorelei Batty

      A Complex Procedure for Life-Threatening Pancreatitis

      UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital -  by Katherine Griffin - February 01, 2016
      A Complex Procedure for Life-Threatening Pancreatitis One morning in December 2014, Lorelei Batty woke up screaming in pain and sick to her stomach. Emergency room doctors in her hometown of Santa Maria, Calif., thought the 3-year-old had the flu and sent her home. But Lorelei didn't improve over the next week and a half, and a far more serious diagnosis soon came in: pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas that's rare in children and can be difficult to treat. After spending most of the next nine months in seven different hospitals with deteriorating health, Lorelei finally[...]
      Story Categories: Chronic PancreatitisIslet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis

     

     
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