Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director Pediatric Liver Transplant Program

• Patient Oriented Research
• Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Ross Shepherd joined the Faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 2000, from his previous appointment as Professor of Pediatrics, University of Queensland, and Director of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane. He has been a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist since 1979. His practice includes the treatment of all disorders affecting the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas in children. His special areas of expertise include pediatric liver diseases, specifically liver transplantation, spanning an experience of > 400 liver transplant patients over 20 years.
He is a principal investigator of the NIDDK-funded Biliary Atresia Research consortium, the Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation consortium and the Acute Liver Failure in Children study. He has contributed to >100 scientific publications in national/international medical journals and several books/chapters.

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

• Care for Kids Award, 2000
• Best Doctors 2004

Education

• Medical Degree: University of Queensland Medical School, 1970
• Residency: Pediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane , Australia 1971 - 74
• Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology , Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Gt Ormond St London, 1976 - 78
• The Hospital for Sick Children, Gt Ormond St London, 1978 - 79

Training

• Pediatric Gastroenterology: FRACP (Aust.), FRCP (UK), Board qualified (USA)
• Liver Transplant Physician: UNOS Certified

Clinical and Research Interests

• Liver diseases and liver transplantation in children, biliary atresia, liver failure
• Nutritional and gastrointestinal disorders in children, cystic fibrosis

Selected Publications

1. Pereira TN, Lewindon PJ, Smith JL, Murphy TL, Lincoln DJ, Shepherd RW, RammGA. Serum markers of hepatic fibrogenesis in cystic fibrosis liver disease. J Hepatol. 2004 Oct;41(4):576-83

2. Utterson EC, Shepherd RW, Sokol RJ, Bucuvalas J, Magee JC, McDiarmid SV,Anand R, The Split Research Group. Biliary Atresia: Clinical Profiles, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of 755 Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation. J Pediatr. 2005 Aug;147(2):180-185.

3. Smith JL, Lewindon PJ, Hoskins AC, Pereira TN, Setchell KD, O'Connell NC, Shepherd RW, Ramm GA. Endogenous ursodeoxycholic acid and cholic acid in liver disease due to cystic fibrosis. Hepatology. 2004 Jun;39(6):1673-82.

4. Weerasooriya VS, White FV, Shepherd RW. Hepatic fibrosis and survival in biliary atresia. J Pediatr. 2004 Jan;144(1):123-5.

5. Greer R, Lehnert M, Lewindon P, Cleghorn GJ, Shepherd RW. Body composition and components of energy expenditure in children with end-stage liver disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Mar;36(3):358-63.

6. Perlmutter DH, Shepherd RW. Extrahepatic biliary atresia: a disease or a phenotype? Hepatology. 2002 Jun;35(6):1297-304. Review.


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