Bhaskar Gurram, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Jawahalal Nehru Medical College (2001)
- Residency
- Childrens Hospital of Michigan GME (2010), Pediatrics
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (2005), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- Medical College of Wisconsin (2013), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Conditions
- Abdominal migraines
- Achalasia
- Celiac disease
- Chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
- Colic
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer (CRC)
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulitis
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
- Encopresis
- Esophageal stricture
- Failure to thrive (FTT)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Fecal incontinence
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- Functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
- Gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose intolerance
- Malabsorption
- Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Pediatric H. pylori infection
- Peptic ulcer
- Rumination syndrome (merycism)
- Ulcerative colitis
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Gastrointestinal manifestations of immune deficiency and immune dysregulation disorders
- Inflammatory bowel disease
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Publications
Publications
- Fecal microbiota transplantation in children: current concepts. Gurram B, Sue PK, Current opinion in pediatrics 2019 Jun
- Mosaic Tetrasomy 9p Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Starokadomskyy P, Welch J, Gurram B, Park JY, Koduru P, Burstein E, Journal of Crohn's & colitis 2019 Apr
- Outcomes after fecal diversion for colonic and perianal Crohn disease in children. Dharmaraj R, Nugent M, Simpson P, Arca M, Gurram B, Werlin S Journal of pediatric surgery 2017 Aug
- Paneth cell defects in Crohn's disease patients promote dysbiosis. Liu TC, Gurram B, Baldridge MT, Head R, Lam V, Luo C, Cao Y, Simpson P, Hayward M, Holtz ML, Bousounis P, Noe J, Lerner D, Cabrera J, Biank V, Stephens M, Huttenhower C, McGovern DP, Xavier RJ, Stappenbeck TS, Salzman NH JCI insight 2016 Jun 1 8 e86907
Books
- Disorders of Digestion in the Neonate. In Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 10th edition, R. Martin, A. Fanaroff, M. Walsh, eds. Larson-Nath C, Gurram B, Chelimsky G. (2015). Philadelphia, Elsevier
- Diarrhea. In Nelson Pediatric-Symptom Based Diagnosis, Kliegman RM, Lye PS, Bordini BJ, Toth H, Basel D, eds. Gurram B (2018). Elsevier; 182-203
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Professional Activities
- Member, American Gastroenterological Association (2011)
- Member, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2010)
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Doctor (2022)
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialists (2021)
- Outstanding Medical Student Teacher, Department of pediatrics, The Medical College of Wisconsin (2010-2011)
- Sorel Catherine Freymann Prize, All India Institute of Medical sciences, New Delhi, India (2005)
