Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Thomas J. Sferra, MD
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Dr. Thomas J. Sferra practices Pediatric Gastroenterology. He went to medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He has 1 awards "Oklahoma Magazine". Thomas Sferra is a published doctor. He published 62 publications, including: 'Successful DNA transfer in cultured human mesangial cells using replication deficient recombinant adenovirus.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children: A Study From the Pediatric Health Information System.
- Outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.
- Epidemiology and Healthcare Resource Utilization Associated With Children With Short Bowel Syndrome in the United States.
- Understanding pediatric chronic pancreatitis: inspiration and hard work required.
- Emergency department visits for acute pancreatitis in children: results from the nationwide emergency department sample 2006-2011.
- Qing Hua Chang Yin inhibits the LPS-induced activation of the IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway in human intestinal Caco-2 cells.
- Emergency Department Visits Related to Clostridium difficile Infection: Results From the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, 2006 Through 2010.
- Emergency department visits for gastrointestinal bleeding in children: results from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample 2006 -2011.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.
- Gastrointestinal bleeding in hospitalized children in the United States.
- Trends in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Children within the United States from 2000 to 2009.
- Diagnostic Testing for Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- Diarrhea in solid-organ transplant recipients: a review of the evidence.
- Trends in Hospitalizations of Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Within the United States From 2000 to 2009.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in Children: A Comprehensive Review.
- Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in the Hospitalized Pediatric Population: Increasing Trend in Disease Incidence.
- T Cell Co-Stimulatory Molecules: A Co-conspirator in the Pathogenesis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis?
- Health Care Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- Acid-suppressive therapy is associated with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients: A meta-analysis.
- Early Presentation of Low Phospholipid-Associated Cholelithiasis Syndrome.
- Pien Tze Huang inhibits tumor cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis via suppressing the STAT3 pathway in a colorectal cancer mouse model.
- VEGF signaling mediates bladder neuroplasticity and inflammation in response to BCG.
- Association between proton pump inhibitor therapy and Clostridium difficile infection in a meta-analysis.
- Loss of intestinal core 1-derived O-glycans causes spontaneous Colitis in mice.
- Serum markers for severe Clostridium difficile infection in immunosuppressed hospitalized patients.
- Neuropilin-VEGF signaling pathway acts as a key modulator of vascular, lymphatic, and inflammatory cell responses of the bladder to intravesical BCG treatment.
- Molecular targeting and treatment of composite EGFR and EGFRvIII-positive gliomas using boronated monoclonal antibodies.
- Molecular targeting and treatment of an epidermal growth factor receptor-positive glioma using boronated cetuximab.
- Gene transfer to the gastrointestinal tract after peroral administration of recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors.
- Molecular targeting and treatment of EGFRvIII-positive gliomas using boronated monoclonal antibody L8A4.
- Molecular characterization of adeno-associated viruses infecting children.
- Widespread correction of lysosomal storage following intrahepatic injection of a recombinant adeno-associated virus in the adult MPS VII mouse.
- Application of the Cre/loxP System to enhance thyroid-targeted expression of sodium/iodide symporter.
- Glomerular beta-galactosidase expression following transduction with microsphere-adenoviral complexes.
- Clostridium difficile infection is associated with poor outcomes in end-stage renal Disease.
- Clinical approach to severe Clostridium difficile infection: update for the hospital practitioner.
- Millimeter wave treatment inhibits the mitochondrion-dependent apoptosis pathway in chondrocytes.
- Pien Tze Huang induced apoptosis in human colon cancer HT-29 cells is associated with regulation of the Bcl-2 family and activation of caspase 3.
- Patrinia scabiosaefolia extract suppresses proliferation and promotes apoptosis by inhibiting the STAT3 pathway in human multiple myeloma cells.
- Hedyotis Diffusa Willd extract induces apoptosis via activation of the mitochondrion-dependent pathway in human colon carcinoma cells.
- Epidemiology of acute pancreatitis in hospitalized children in the United States from 2000-2009.
- Letter in response to the article "Optimum timing of blood tests for monitoring patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea" (J Investig Med.2010;58[4]:621...
- Site-specific induction of lymphatic malformations in a rat model for image-guided therapy.
- Recombinant AAV serotype 1 transduction efficiency and tropism in the murine brain.
- Simultaneous recovery of bacterial and viral pathogens from cerebrospinal fluid.
- The molecular biology of cystic fibrosis.
- Characterization of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator promoter region. Chromatin context and tissue-specificity.
- Gastrointestinal gas formation and infantile colic.
- Ménétrier Disease of childhood: role of cytomegalovirus and transforming growth factor alpha.
- Escherichia coli arthritis as the presenting manifestation of posterior urethral valves.
- Recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors mediate long-term transgene expression in muscle.
- Gene transfer to the intestinal tract: a new approach using selective injection of the superior mesenteric artery.
- Successful DNA transfer in cultured human mesangial cells using replication deficient recombinant adenovirus.
- Adeno-associated virus-mediated gene transfer to the brain: duration and modulation of expression.
- Fluoroscopically guided biopsies of the stomach and duodenum through a 10-French feeding tube in pigs: potential for use in pediatric patients.
- A phase I study of adenovirus-mediated transfer of the human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene to a lung segment of individuals with cystic fibr...
- Gene transfer into the CNS using recombinant adeno-associated virus: analysis of vector DNA forms resulting in sustained expression.
- Recombinant adeno-associated virus-mediated correction of lysosomal storage within the central nervous System of the adult mucopolysaccharidosis type VII mouse.
- Expression and activity of human Na+/I- symporter in human glioma cells by adenovirus-mediated gene delivery.
- Microsphere-adenoviral complexes target and transduce the glomerulus in vivo.
Schools
Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine
Chldns Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
- Cholecystitis and Gallstones
- Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Oklahoma Magazine
Education
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Nationwide Children's Hospital -
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Hospital
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University Hospitals Case Medical Center -
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City
Helpful Reviews
Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1841288784 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SFERRA |
| First Name Of The Provider | THOMAS |
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