Isabel Rojas Santamaria, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Isabel Rojas is an assistant professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at UT Southwestern. Her clinical expertise includes general pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology with focus in liver diseases in particular cholestasis and acute liver failure. Dr. Rojas received her medical degree at Universidad del Rosario in Bogota, Colombia. She attended the residency program in Pediatrics at University of Oklahoma in Tulsa and finished her fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition here at UT Southwestern. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology. Education Medical School Colegio Mayor de Nuestro Senora del Rosario (1994) Other Post Graduate Training Fundacion Universitaria de Boyaca Management of Health Institutions (1996) Residency Oklahoma State University Medical Center (2008), Pediatrics Fellowship UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2012), Pediatric Gi/nutrition Research Interest Pathophysiology of itching from liver disease Publications Clinical impact and diagnostic yield of small bowel capsule endoscopy in children Kaihlanen K, Zhang S, Phen C, Rojas I Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2026 Feb 82 389-397 Incidental Colorectal Adenomas in Adolescents: Clinical Management, Genetic Evaluation, and Surveillance Hoskins B, Cohen S, Flahive C, Rojas I, Singh A, Attard T Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia) 2026 Advances in pediatric video capsule endoscopy: current applications and future directions Rojas I, Barth BA, Stewart JW Frontiers in Pediatrics 2026 13 Pediatric Lynch syndrome: Clinical, genotypic, and left-sided patterns of colorectal cancer Phen C, Rojas I, Friesen HJ, Swaggart K, Flahive CB, MacFarland SP, Attard T Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2026 The utility of artificial intelligence in visualization of pediatric gastrointestinal mucosa Stewart JW, Barth BA, Rojas I Frontiers in Pediatrics 2026 13 From Genes To Gut: Evolving Strategies in Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes Rojas I, Phen CC Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics 2025 Dec 11 Guidelines on Management of Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes in Pediatric Patients: Agreement, Disagreement and Where It Matters Hudson T, Phen C, Rojas I, Cohen S, Hyer W, Attard T Gastrointestinal Disorders 2025 Mar 7 Capsule Endoscopy and Small Bowel Enteroscopy Stewart J, Rojas I 2025 Jan 731-738.e5 Juvenile polyposis syndrome in children: The impact of SMAD4 and BMPR1A mutations on clinical phenotype and polyp burden Cohen S, Yerushalmy-Feler A, Rojas I, Phen C, Rudnick DA, Flahive CB, Erdman SH, Magen-Rimon R, Copova I, Attard T, Latchford A, Hyer W Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2024 Jul 79 161-167 Polygenic early-onset colorectal cancer in pediatric patients Phen C, Berens D, Moriarty K, Ng K, Sengupta A, Rojas I Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2022 Oct 69 Results 1-10 of 19 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Elevated Aminotransferases. In The NASPGHAN Fellows Concise Review of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, J. Sondheimer, C. Hurtado, eds. Rojas IC, Rodriguez-Baez N (2011). New York, Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing, Ltd. Wilson Disease. In The NASPGHAN Fellows Concise Review of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, J. Sondheimer, C. Hurtado, eds. Rojas IC, Rodriguez-Baez N (2011). New York, Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing, Ltd. Honors & Awards Intern best board review performanceUniversity of Oklahoma, Department of Pediatrics (2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2013) North America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) (2009)
