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M Semrin, M.D.

M Semrin, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Associate Vice Chair for Ambulatory Practice

Clinical Professor

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Medical School
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Pediatrics

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  • Biography

    Dr. Gaith Semrin is a graduate of the University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric Residency at the Children’s floating hospital in conjunction with Tufts Medical School and completed his Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in conjunction with Harvard Medical School.

    Dr. Semrin is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern and provides medical care at Children's Medical Center Dallas and Children's Medical Center Plano.

    His interests are inflammatory bowel disease as well as general gastroenterology (reflux, vomiting, constipation, functional abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, failure to thrive, diarrhea, poor weight gain, and eosinophilic esophagitis), hepatology, and nutrition.

  • Education
    Medical School
    University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine, Jordan (1995)
    Internship
    Al-Basheer Hospital - Ministry of Health (1996), Rotating
    Residency
    Tufts Medical Center (2000), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Tufts Medical Center (2001), Pediatric Gastroenterology
    Fellowship
    Children's Hospital Boston (2004), Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Research Interest
    • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Publications
    Augmented ustekinumab dosing is needed to achieve clinical response in patients with anti-TNF refractory pediatric Crohn's disease: A retrospective chart review
    Do P, Andersen J, Patel A, Semrin G, Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Luu P, Gurram B F1000Research 2021 9
    Anatomy, Histology, and Developmental Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum
    Semrin MG 2020 Jan 720-734.e2
    Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, and Developmental Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum
    Semrin MG, Russo MA 2010 Jan 773-788
    Impaired intestinal iron absorption in Crohn's disease correlates with disease activity and markers of inflammation
    Semrin G, Fishman DS, Bousvaros A, Zholudev A, Saunders AC, Correia CE, Nemeth E, Grand RJ, Weinstein DA Inflammatory bowel diseases 2006 Dec 12 1101-1106
    Celiac disease presenting with chilblains in an adolescent girl
    Clair NE, Kim CC, Semrin G, Woodward AL, Liang MG, Glickman JN, Leichtner AM, Binstadt BA Pediatric dermatology 2006 Sep 23 451-454
    Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
    Pappa HM, Semrin G, Walker TR, Grand RJ Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 2004 Jul 20 333-340
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
      D Magazine (2018)
    • Mom-Approved Doctor
      DFW Child Magazine (2012) (2018)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Medical Advisor, CCFA North Texas Chapter (2008)
    • Member, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2001)