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Nandini Channabasappa, M.D.

Nandini Channabasappa, M.D.

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  • Biography

    Dr. Nandini Channabasappa is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and attended medical school at the University of the West Indies. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Henry Ford Hospital and Childrens Hopsital of Michigan and her fellowship in Pediatric gastroenterolgy, hepatology and nutrition here at UT Southwestern. Her clinical interest is in intestinal failure and short gut syndrome and is currently director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program within the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. She is also actively involved in advanced therapeutic endoscopy. Dr. Channabasappa is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas. 

  • Education
    Medical School
    University of the West Indies (2000)
    Other Post Graduate Training
    Children's Clinic East (2001), Pediatrics
    Other Post Graduate Training
    Vanderbilt Medical Center (2002), Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Internship
    Henry Ford Hospital (2002), Pediatrics
    Residency
    Children's Hospital of Michigan (2005), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2008), Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Research Interest
    • Intestinal failure
    • Therapeutic endoscopy in pediatrics
  • Publications
    Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Intestinal Failure from Infancy to Adolescence: An International, Multi-Center Evaluation
    Modi BP, Piper HG, Belza C, Staffa S, Arnold MA, Boctor DL, Channabasappa N, Cohran VC, Galloway DP, Sudan D, Wales PW, Warner BW, Murtadi G, Javid PJ Journal of Pediatrics 2025 Jul 282
    Enteral Nutrition in Pediatric Short-Bowel Syndrome
    Channabasappa N, Girouard S, Nguyen V, Piper H Nutrition in Clinical Practice 2020 Oct 35 848-854
    The Impact of Lactobacillus Probiotics on the Gut Microbiota in Children With Short Bowel Syndrome
    Piper HG, Coughlin LA, Hussain S, Nguyen V, Channabasappa N, Koh AY Journal of Surgical Research 2020 Jul 251 112-118
    A comparison of small bowel and fecal microbiota in children with short bowel syndrome
    Piper HG, Coughlin LA, Nguyen V, Channabasappa N, Koh AY Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2020 May 55 878-882
    A Comparison of Smoflipid® and Intralipid® in the Early Management of Infants with Intestinal Failure
    Casson C, Nguyen V, Nayak P, Channabasappa N, Berris K, Panczuk J, Bhiladvala C, Dasgupta T, Piper HG Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2020 Jan 55 153-157
    Over the scope clips for treatment of acute nonvariceal gastrointestinal bleeding in children are safe and effective
    Tran P, Carroll J, Barth BA, Channabasappa N, Troendle DM Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2018 Oct 67 458-463
    Anticoagulation results in increased line salvage for children with intestinal failure and central venous thrombosis
    McLaughlin CM, Bennett M, Channabasappa N, Journeycake J, Piper HG Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018 May 53 1052-1055
    Growth Trajectory in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome during the First 2 Years of Life
    McLaughlin CM, Channabasappa N, Pace J, Nguyen H, Piper HG Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2018 Mar 66 484-488
    A comparison of lipid minimization strategies in children with intestinal failure
    Gonzalez-Hernandez J, Prajapati P, Ogola G, Nguyen V, Channabasappa N, Piper HG Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018 Jan 53 96-100
    Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis: A Presentation of Eosinophilic Granulomatous Colitis
    Walls T, Cavuoti D, Channabasappa N, Yang M, Southern P, Gill MA, Park JY International Journal of Surgical Pathology 2017 Dec
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
      D Magazine (2018)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    • American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
    • North American Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2005)