M Semrin, M.D. Associate Vice Chair for Ambulatory Practice Clinical 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. 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 (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 Featured Publications 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 Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 2006 Dec 12 12 1101-6 Celiac disease presenting with chilblains in an adolescent girl. St Clair NE, Kim CC, Semrin G, Woodward AL, Liang MG, Glickman JN, Leichtner AM, Binstadt BA Pediatr Dermatol 2006 Sep-Oct 23 5 451-4 Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Pappa HM, Semrin G, Walker TR, Grand RJ Curr. Opin. Gastroenterol. 2004 Jul 20 4 333-40 Results 1-3 of 3 1 Books Featured Books Anatomy, Histology, and Developmental Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum. In Feldman M, Friedman L, Brandt L, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Russo MA, Semrin MG. (2015). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 795-810. Honors & Awards Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in DallasD Magazine (2018) Mom-Approved DoctorDFW 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)
