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Ross W. Shepherd, M.D.

 

Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Program
Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Gastroenterology/Nutrition

 

Ross W. Shepherd, M.D.

 

Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Program
Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Gastroenterology/Nutrition

 

Education
  • MBBS, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD Australia, 1970

  • MD (by Thesis) University of Queensland, 1978-1979

  • FRACP (by Exam) Royal Australian College of Physicians, 1979-1980

  • MBBS, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD Australia, 1970

  • MD (by Thesis) University of Queensland, 1978-1979

  • FRACP (by Exam) Royal Australian College of Physicians, 1979-1980

Training
  • Resident Medical Officer, Rockhampton General Hospital, 1971-1974
  • Senior Resident Medical Officer, Rockhampton General Hospital, 1972-1974
  • Senior House Physician/Registrar: The Hospital for Sick Children; London UK and Clinical tutor in Pediatrics: University of London Medical School, 1974-1976
  • GI Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Canada, 1976-1978
  • Resident Medical Officer, Rockhampton General Hospital, 1971-1974
  • Senior Resident Medical Officer, Rockhampton General Hospital, 1972-1974
  • Senior House Physician/Registrar: The Hospital for Sick Children; London UK and Clinical tutor in Pediatrics: University of London Medical School, 1974-1976
  • GI Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Canada, 1976-1978
Licensure and Board Certification
  • Certified as a Medical Practitioner; Qld, 1971
  • Certified as Consultant Pediatrician (FRACP) Australia, 1979
  • Certified as qualified pediatric endoscopist with GESA; Australia, 1984
  • Certified as Pediatric Gastroenterologist (GESA), Australia, 1984
  • UNOS Certification- Pediatric Liver Transplant Physician, 2000
  • MO - #2003002179, 2003
  • Certified as a Medical Practitioner; Qld, 1971
  • Certified as Consultant Pediatrician (FRACP) Australia, 1979
  • Certified as qualified pediatric endoscopist with GESA; Australia, 1984
  • Certified as Pediatric Gastroenterologist (GESA), Australia, 1984
  • UNOS Certification- Pediatric Liver Transplant Physician, 2000
  • MO - #2003002179, 2003
Honors
  • Canadian GE Society Young Investigator Award, 1978
  • Australasian College of Physicians - JT Tweddle Reseach Award, 1984
  • Nominated/Elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, 1995
  • Patented discovery (with G Cleghorn & C Wall) - Rice-based ORS Australian patent #709607, 1996
  • Children's Hospital Foundation Care for Kids Award, 2000
  • Canadian GE Society Young Investigator Award, 1978
  • Australasian College of Physicians - JT Tweddle Reseach Award, 1984
  • Nominated/Elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, 1995
  • Patented discovery (with G Cleghorn & C Wall) - Rice-based ORS Australian patent #709607, 1996
  • Children's Hospital Foundation Care for Kids Award, 2000
Selected Publications
  1. Turmelle YP, Shepherd RW. Biliary atresia: a mostly preventable disease? J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(1):3-4, Jan.
  2. Shepherd RW, Turmelle Y, Nadler M, Lowell JA, Narkewicz MR, McDiarmid SV, Anand R, SongC; SPLIT Research Group Risk factors for rejection and infection in pediatric liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(2):396-403, Feb. Epub 2007 Dec 19.
  3. DeRusso P, Ye W, Shepherd R, et al: Growth failure and outcomes in infants with biliary atresia: A report from the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium. Hepatology 2007; 46(5): 1632-1638, Nov. 
  4. Wadhwani S, Turmelle Y, Nagy R, Lowell J, Dillon P and Shepherd R: Prolonged neonatal jaundice and the diagnosis of biliary atresia: A single center analysis of trends in age of diagnosis and outcomes. Accepted November 2007 for future publication in the Journal of Pediatrics.
  5. Sokol RJ, Shpeherd RW, Superina R, Bezerra JA, Robuck P, Hoofnagle JH: Screening and outcomes in biliary atresia: Summary of a National Institutes of Health workshop. Hepatology 2007;46(2):566-81, Aug.
  6. Hmiel SP, Canter C, Shepherd R, Lassa-Claxton S, Nadler M: Limitations of cyclosporine C2 monitoring in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplantation 2007;11:524-529.
  7. Chen LE, Shepherd RW, Nadler ML, Chapman WC, Kotru A, Lowell JA. Liver transplantation and chemotherapy in children with unresectable primary hepatic malignancies: development of a management algorithm. J. Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006; 43(4):487-493, Oct.
  1. Turmelle YP, Shepherd RW. Biliary atresia: a mostly preventable disease? J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(1):3-4, Jan.
  2. Shepherd RW, Turmelle Y, Nadler M, Lowell JA, Narkewicz MR, McDiarmid SV, Anand R, SongC; SPLIT Research Group Risk factors for rejection and infection in pediatric liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(2):396-403, Feb. Epub 2007 Dec 19.
  3. DeRusso P, Ye W, Shepherd R, et al: Growth failure and outcomes in infants with biliary atresia: A report from the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium. Hepatology 2007; 46(5): 1632-1638, Nov. 
  4. Wadhwani S, Turmelle Y, Nagy R, Lowell J, Dillon P and Shepherd R: Prolonged neonatal jaundice and the diagnosis of biliary atresia: A single center analysis of trends in age of diagnosis and outcomes. Accepted November 2007 for future publication in the Journal of Pediatrics.
  5. Sokol RJ, Shpeherd RW, Superina R, Bezerra JA, Robuck P, Hoofnagle JH: Screening and outcomes in biliary atresia: Summary of a National Institutes of Health workshop. Hepatology 2007;46(2):566-81, Aug.
  6. Hmiel SP, Canter C, Shepherd R, Lassa-Claxton S, Nadler M: Limitations of cyclosporine C2 monitoring in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplantation 2007;11:524-529.
  7. Chen LE, Shepherd RW, Nadler ML, Chapman WC, Kotru A, Lowell JA. Liver transplantation and chemotherapy in children with unresectable primary hepatic malignancies: development of a management algorithm. J. Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006; 43(4):487-493, Oct.
 
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