• Peds - Gastroenterology

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Focus on clinical, translational and basic science research to improve the care of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Study mechanisms of action in the immune dysfunction in IBD, improving and individualizing treatment of children with IBD and investigating novel treatments in pediatric IBD with participation and leadership in clinical trials. Study the relationship of bacteria, immunology, and inflammation as it pertains to diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer.

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• Medical School: Tufts Medical School, 2001
• Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2004
• Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2008

• Digestive Diseases Center
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
• Department of Pediatrics
• Pediatrics
• Maxine Dunitz Children's Health Center

• CTSI Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Junior Investigator Award, 2011
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, 2009
• American Gastroenterology Association, 2007
• North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2004

• Wick E*, Rabizadeh S* (*co-first authors), Albesiano E, Wu SW, Rhee KJ, Ortega G, Wu X, Huso DL, Pardoll D, Housseau F, et al. Stat3 Activation in Murine Colitis Induced by Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014;20(5):821-834.
• Vahabnezhad E, Rabizadeh S, Dubinsky MC. A Ten-Year, Single Tertiary Care Center Experience on the Durability of Infliximab in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014;20(4):606-613.
• Wu S, Rhee KJ, Albesiano E, Rabizadeh S, Wu X, Yen HR, Huso DL, Brancati FL, Wick E, McAllister F, et al. A human colonic commensal promotes colon tumorigenesis via activation of T helper type 17 T cell responses. Nat. Med. 2009;15(9):1016-1022.