
Dr. Estella Maria Alonso M.D.
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
2300 Children's Plaza Box 65 Chicago IL, 60614About
Dr. Estella Alonso is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Alonso specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 1992
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Research agenda for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition: hepatobiliary disorders. Report of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition for the Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundat
- Recombinant factor VIIa improves coagulopathy caused by liver failure.
- Long-term renal function in pediatric liver and heart recipients.
- Simultaneous surgical and interventional radiological approach to treat complicated biliary strictures after pediatric liver transplantation.
- Presence of multiple bile ducts in the liver graft increases the incidence of biliary complications in pediatric liver transplantation.
- Acute liver failure in children: the role of defects in fatty acid oxidation.
- Regional variation and use of exception letters for cadaveric liver allocation in children with chronic liver disease.
- Histologic characteristics of late cellular rejection, significance of centrilobular injury, and long-term outcome in pediatric liver transplant recipients.
- Outcomes and risk factors for failure of radiologic treatment of biliary strictures in pediatric liver transplantation recipients.
- Medical and surgical management of portal hypertension in children.
- Growth and developmental considerations in pediatric liver transplantation.
- Outcomes after liver transplantation in young infants.
- Graft histology characteristics in long-term survivors of pediatric liver
- Fatigue and health-related quality of life in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
- Cognitive development following pediatric solid organ transplantation.
Clinical Trials
- Post?Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) in Transplant Recipients
- A Cohort Study of Operationally Tolerant Allograft Recipients
- Longitudinal Study of Mitochondrial Hepatopathies
- Evaluating the Genetic Causes and Progression of Cholestatic Liver Diseases (LOGIC)
- Biliary Atresia Study in Infants and Children
- PROBE: A Prospective Database of Infants With Cholestasis
Treatments
- Liver Transplant, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastrointestinal Problems (stomach & Intestines) And More
Fellowships
- pediatric gastroenterology, University of Chicago Hospital 1988
- University of Chicago Medical Center 1992
- University of Chicago Hospital 1992
- University of Southern California 1991
- Univ. of Chicago Hospital, Pediatrics Gastroenterology 1990
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Ashish Chogle M.D. , M.P.H.700 W Fullerton Ave Chicago IL 60614
- Dr. Emily C Hon MD2300 N Childrens Plz Chicago IL 60614
- Dr. Valeria C Cohran M.D.2300 Children's Plaza, Box 65 Chicago IL 60614
- Dr. Jennifer Armstrong Strople M.D.2300 Children's Plaza Chicago IL 60614
- Dr. Joshua Prozialeck MD2300 N Childrens Plz Chicago IL 60614
- Dr. Maria Triantafyllopoulou Greene M.D.2300 N Childrens Plz Chicago IL 60614
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