Claudia Phen, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Florida College of Medicine (2015)
- Residency
- All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine (2018), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2021), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Conditions
- Chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
- Colon polyps
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulitis
- Eosinophilic colitis (EC)
- Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE)
- Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs)
- Failure to thrive (FTT)
- Fecal incontinence
- Functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Protein calorie malnutrition (PCM)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Liver disease
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Hereditary GI cancer syndromes
- Liver disease
- Pediatric polyposis
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Publications
- Juvenile polyposis syndrome in children: The impact of SMAD4 and BMPR1A mutations on clinical phenotype and polyp burden. Cohen S, Yerushalmy-Feler A, Rojas I, Phen C, Rudnick DA, Flahive CB, Erdman SH, Magen-Rimon R, Copova I, Attard T, Latchford A, Hyer W, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2024 May
- Mucosal prolapse syndrome mimicking Peutz-Jeghers syndrome in a pediatric patient. Do P, Phen C, Alkalay M, Singh V, Rojas I, JPGN Rep 2024 May 5 2 170-174
- Phen C, Attard T. The Role of Capsule Endoscopy in the Management of Pediatric Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Jul 26. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 37491708.
- Kidder M, Phen C, Brown J, et al. Effectiveness and Complication Rate of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement in Pediatric Oncology Patients. Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. 2021, August; 24(6): 546-554. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 34796099.
- Phen C and Rojas I. Paediatric polyposis syndromes: burden of disease & current concepts. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2021, July. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 34261898.
- Yerlioglu D*, Taylor H*, Phen C*, et al. mTOR inhibitors reduce enteropathy, intestinal bleeding and colectomy rate in patients with juvenile polyposis of infancy with PTEN-BMPR1A deletion. Hum Mol Genet. 2021, Jun; 30(14): 1273-1282. Cited in PubMed; PMID 33822054. *co-first authorship
- Phen C and Ramirez C. Hepatic Steatosis in the Pediatric Population: An Overview of Pathophysiology, Genetics, and Diagnostic Work-up. Clin Liver Dis. 2021, Apr; 17(3): 191-195. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 33868664.
- Khalaf R, Phen C, Karjoo S, Wilsey M. Cholestasis Beyond the Neonatal and Infancy Periods. Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. 2016, Mar; 19(1): 1-11. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 27066444.
- Phen C, Berens B, Moriarty K, Ng K, Sengupta A, Rojas I. Polygenic Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in Pediatric Patients. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2022; e29790.
- Phen C, Woolley J, Kelley S, Garcia J, Hernandez N, Aqul A. COVID-19 in a Pediatric Patient: Novel Presentation of Cardiac Failure resulting in Chylous Ascites and Abdominal Pain. JPGN reports. 2021, Mar; 2(2): pe068.
- Russell J, Peck J, Phen C, Linehan J, Karjoo S, Nguyen J, Wilsey M. Gastric Xanthoma in the Pediatric Population: A Possible Herald for Malignancy? Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2020, January; 23(1): 110-114. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 31988882.
- Phen C, Wilsey A, Swan E, Falconer V, Summers L, Wilsey M. Non-Surgical Management of Gastroduodenal Fistula Caused by Ingested Neodymium Magnets. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2018, October; 21(4): 336-340. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 30345248.
- Peck J, Khalaf R, Marth R, Phen C, Sosa R, Cordero FB, Wilsey M. Endoscopic Balloon Dilation For Treatment of Congenital Antral Web. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2018, October; 21(4): 351-354. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 30345251.
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2015-2023)
- North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2018-2023)
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Awards and Honors
- Presenter of the Year Award - Awarded by the UTSW Pediatric Residency Program (2023)
- Clinical Training Grant - Awarded by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2018-2020)
- Institutional Research Grant - Awarded by Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (2018)
- Peers Recognizing Peers Resident Award for Outstanding Care - Awarded by Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (2017)
- Resident Scholar of the Year Award - Awarded by Johns Hopkins All Children's Pediatric Residency Program (2017)
- Jean Lester Bennett Scholarship for Outstanding Performance in Pediatrics - Awarded by the University of Florida College of Medicine (2015)
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