Bhaskar Gurram, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Bhaskar Gurram received his medical degree from the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College in India. He completed his pediatric residency at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit. Dr. Gurram then continued his training with a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Medical College of Wisconsin and received his board-certification in pediatric gastroenterology by the American Board of Pediatrics in 2013. Dr. Gurram was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee before joining the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2015. He has clinical expertise in gastrointestinal manifestations of immune deficiency, immune dysregulation disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). His research interests are in work-up of early-onset inflammatory bowel disease and in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Gurram is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, fellows and nurses. Education Medical School Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College (2001) Residency All India Institute of Medical Sciences (2005), Pediatrics Residency Children's Hospital of Michigan (2010), Pediatrics Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program (2013), Pediatric Gastroenterology Research Interest Gastrointestinal manifestations of immune deficiency and immune dysregulation disorders Inflammatory bowel disease Publications Featured Publications O-011 Paneth Cell Phenotypes Define a Subtype of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Through Alterations in Host-Microbial Interactions. Liu TC, Gurram B, Baldridge M, Head R, Lam V, Luo C, Cao Y, Simpson P, Hayward M, Holtz M, Noe J, Lerner D, Cabrera J, Biank V, Stephens M, Huttenhower C, McGovern D, Xavier R, Stappenbeck T, Salzman N Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 2016 Mar 22 Suppl 1 S4 Intact Regulatory T Cell Function But Defective Generation of IL-17A Producing CD4+ T Cells in XIAP Deficiency. Gurram B, Hammelev E, Syverson G, Haribhai D, Yan K, Simpson P, Salzman N, Verbsky JW J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2016 Jan Plasma induced signatures reveal an extracellular milieu possessing an immunoregulatory bias in treatment-naive pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Gurram B, Salzman NH, Kaldunski ML, Jia S, Li BU, Stephens M, Sood MR, Hessner MJ Clin. Exp. Immunol. 2015 Dec Challenges in meeting fellowship procedural guidelines in pediatric therapeutic endoscopy and liver biopsy. Lerner DG, Li BU, Mamula P, Fishman DS, Kramer R, Goh VL, El-Chammas K, Pentiuk SP, Rothbaum R, Gurrum B, Rahhal RM, Goday PS, Vitola B J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2014 Jan 58 1 27-33 Nutrition in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gurram B, Joeckel R, Stephens M PRACTICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY 2012 Apr XXXVI Issue 4 56 to 58 and 60 to 62 Unusual complications of empyema thoracis: diaphragmatic palsy and Horner's syndrome. Bhaskar G, Lodha R, Kabra SK Indian J Pediatr 2006 Oct 73 10 941-3 Griscelli syndrome. Malhotra AK, Bhaskar G, Nanda M, Kabra M, Singh MK, Ramam M J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 2006 Aug 55 2 337-40 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Bhaskar G, Lodha R, Kabra SK Indian J Pediatr 2003 May 70 5 401-5 Fecal microbiota transplantation in children: current concepts. Gurram B, Sue PK, Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 2019 Jun Mosaic Tetrasomy 9p Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Starokadomskyy P, Welch J, Gurram B, Park JY, Koduru P, Burstein E, J Crohns Colitis 2019 Apr Results 1-10 of 14 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Disorders of Digestion in the Neonate. In Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 10th edition, R. Martin, A. Fanaroff, M. Walsh, eds. Larson-Nath C, Gurram B, Chelimsky G. (2015). Philadelphia, Elsevier Diarrhea. In Nelson Pediatric-Symptom Based Diagnosis, Kliegman RM, Lye PS, Bordini BJ, Toth H, Basel D, eds. Gurram B (2018). Elsevier; 182-203 Honors & Awards Outstanding Medical Student TeacherAwarded yearly for one faculty/fellow in the department of pediatrics by The Medical College of Wisconsin medical students rotating in pediatrics (2010-2011) Sorel Catherine Freymann PrizeAwarded yearly for best post graduate (resident) in Pediatrics at All India Institure of Medical sciences, New Delhi, INDIA (2005-2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations Member, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) (2011) Member, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2010)
