Biography

Current Appointments University 2007 - present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Hospital 1996 – present Attending Physician, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Personal Data Business Address Division Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Department Pediatrics Building and Room CMSC 2-123 600 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21287 Tel 410-955-8769 Fax 410-955-1464 E-mail ccuffar1@jhmi.edu Education and Training Undergraduate 9/79-6/82 BSc., University of Ottawa, Canada 9/82-6/83 BSc., (Hons. Physiology) University of Ottawa, Canada 9/83-6/85 Kinanthropology, University of Ottawa, Canada Doctoral/graduate 1989 M.D., University of Ottawa, Canada Postdoctoral 6/89-6/90 General internship, St. Joseph Health Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 7/90-6/93 Pediatric Resident I-III, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada 7/93-9/96 Clinical Fellow, Pediatric GI/Nutrition, Hospital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada Professional Experience 1996 - 2007 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2007 - present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2001-present Fellowship Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

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Research Interest

BMC Res Notes. 2017 Sep 25;10(1):491. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2814-3. PMID: 28946891. Thimm MA, Rhee D, Takemoto CM, Karnsakul W, Cuffari C, Guerrerio AL, Garcia A, Gearhart J, Huisman TAGM, Hwang M. Diagnosis of congenital and acquired focal lesions in the neck, abdomen, and pelvis with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a pictorial essay. Eur J Pediatr. 2018 Jul 3. doi: 10.1007/s00431-018-3197-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 2997155. Miller SD, Cuffari C, Akhuemonkhan E, Guerrerio AL, Lehmann H, Hutfless S (2018) Anemia screening, prevalence, and treatment in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in the United States, 2010-2014. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2019 Mar;22(2):152-16. Thimm MA, Cuffari C, Garcia A, Sidhu S, Hwang M. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography Evaluation of Crohn's Disease Activity in Three Adolescent Patients. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2019 May;22(3):282-290. doi: 10.5223/pghn.2019.22.3.282. Epub 2019 Apr 17. Cuffari C, Ciciora SL, Ando M, Boules M et. al. Pediatric Bowel Preparation: Sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, citric acid vs polyethylene glycol- a randomized trial. W J Gastroenterol 2020 (in press).