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Robert J. Rothbaum, MD

Specialty Areas
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Areas of Clinical Interest
Gastroenterology in children, nutrition in children, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease, schwachman-diamond syndrome

Areas of Research Interest
Research interests include the gastrointestinal and nutritional manifestations of cystic fibrosis as well as medical and psychophysiologic management of children with inflammatory bowel disease.

Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Honors and Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003-2009 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Listed in America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2002-2009

Physician of the Year, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America 1998

Selected Recent Publications

Mack DR, Langton C, Markowitz J, LeLeiko N, Griffiths A, Bousvaros A, Evans J, Kugathasan S, Otley A, Pfefferkorn M, Rosh J, Mezoff A, Moyer S, Oliva-Hemker M, Rothbaum R, Wyllie R, delRosario JF, Keljo D, Lerer T, Hyams J; Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group: Laboratory values for children with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatrics 2007;119 (6):1113-9.

Hyams J, Markowitz J. Lerer T, Griffiths A, Mack D, Bousvaros A, Otley A, Evans J, Pfefferkorn M, Rosh J, Rothbaum R, Kugathasan S, Mezoff A, Wyllie R, Tolia V, Delrosario JF, Moyer MS, Oliva-Hemker M, Leleiko N; Pediatriac Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group. The Natural History of Corticosteroid Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis in Children. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006 Jul 1;[Epub ahead of print]

Otley AR, Griffiths AM, Hale S, Kugathasan S, Pfefferkorn M, Mezoff A, Rosh J, Tolia V, Markowitz J, Mack D, Oliva-Hemker M, Wyllie R, Rothbaum R, Bousvaros A, Del Rosario JF, Evans J, Blanchard W, Hyams J; Pediatric IBD Collaborative Research Group. Health-related quality of life in the first year after a diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2006 Aug; 12(8):684-91.

Markowitz J, Hyams J, Mack D, Leleiko N, Evans J, Kugathasan S, Pfefferkorn M, Mezoff A, Rosh J, Tolia V, Otley A, Griffiths A, Moyer MS, Oliva-Hemker M, Wyllie R, Rothbaum R, Bousvaros A, Del Rosario JF, Hale S, Lerer T; for the Pediatric IBD Collaborative Research Group. Corticosteroid therapy in the Age of Infliximab: Acute and 1-year outcomes in newly diagnosed children with Crohn’s disease. Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2006 Jul 21;

Rothbaum, R. Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. James P. Keating. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2005 40(1), 22-23.

Hyams J, Markowitz J, Otley A, Rosh J, Mack D, Bousvaros A, Kugathasan S, Pfefferkorn M, Tolia V, Evans J, Treem W, Wyllie R, Rothbaum R, del Rosario J, Katz A, Mezoff A, Oliva-Hemker M, Lerer T, Griffiths A; Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group. Evaluation of the pediatric crohn disease activity index: a prospective multicenter experience. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Oct;41(4):416-421.

Yang YYL, Rothbaum RJ, Chapman WC, Jendrisak MD, Shenoy S, Desai NM, Lowell JA. Image of the month: Focal nodular hyperplasia. Archives of Surgery 2004; 139(1) 113-114.

Kodner IJ, Lefrak SS, Dresser R, Rothbaum R: Integrating social and ethics-based aspects of medicine into physician education. Mo Med. 2004;Sep-Oct;101(5):500-502.

Woloszynek JR, Rothbaum RJ, Rawls AS, Minx PJ, Wilson RK, Mason PJ, Bessler M, Lind DC. Mutations of the SBDS gene are present in most patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Blood. 2004 Dec 1;104(12):3588-3590. Epub 2004 Jul 29.

Keller P. Debaun MR. Rothbaum RJ. Bessler M. Bone marrow failure in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome does not select for clonal haematopoiesis of the paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria phenotype. British Journal of Haematology; 2002 119(3):830-2.

Rothbaum RJ, Perrault, Vlachos A, Cipolli M; and the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board to the Shwachman- Diamond Syndrome International. Shwachman- Diamond Syndrome: Report from international conference. J Peds, 2002 141(2):266-70.

Robert J. Rothbaum, MD