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Bradley Barth, M.D.,  M.P.H.

Bradley Barth, M.D., M.P.H.

Titles and Appointments

Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Professor & Division Chief

School
Medical School
Department
Pediatrics

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  • Biography

    Bradley Barth, M.D., M.P.H., graduated from UT Austin and UT Medical School in San Antonio. He completed his internship and residency at the Floating Hospital for Children and Tufts University in 2001, and a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard University in 2004.

    Dr. Barth’s clinical and research interests include therapeutic endoscopy, ERCP, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis and endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding and complex esophageal strictures. He won the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Endoscopy Prize on two separate occasions, and is a fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

    He is presently a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and serves as the Director of Endoscopy, the Clinical Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology, and the president of the medical-dental staff at Children’s Health, Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

  • Education
    Medical School
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (1998)
    Internship
    Tufts Medical Center (1999), Pediatrics
    Residency
    Tufts Medical Center (2001), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Children's Hospital of Boston (2004), Pediatric Gi/nutrition
  • Research Interest
    • Acute, Chronic and Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children
    • Enteroscopy in Children
    • Therapeutic Endoscopy in Children
    • Therapeutic Interventions for Complex Childhood Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders
  • Publications
    Risk scores for choledocholithiasis perform poorly in patients with hemolytic diseases: a PEDI database report
    Thompson J, Ruan W, Fishman DS, Giefer M, Kim KM, Martinez M, Dall'Oglio L, Balassone V, Torroni F, De Angelis P, Faraci S, Tsai C, Wilsey M, Khalaf R, Mamula P, Liu Q, Zheng Y, Barth BA, Troendle DM Frontiers in Pediatrics 2025 13
    Editorial introductions
    Friedman AH, Barth B, Bernstein HH Current opinion in pediatrics 2023 Oct 35 V-VI
    Impact of Trainee Involvement on Pediatric ERCP Procedures: Results From the Pediatric ERCP Initiative
    Gupta R, Khalaf RT, Morrison J, Amankwah E, Ruan W, Fishman DS, Barth BA, Liu QY, Giefer M, Kim KM, Martinez M, Dall'oglio L, Torroni F, De Angelis P, Faraci S, Bitton S, Dua K, Werlin S, Gugig R, Huang C, Mamula P, Quiros JA, Zheng Y, Piester T, Grover A, Fox VL, Wilsey M, Troendle DM Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2023 Jul 77 126-130
    Pediatric ERCP in the Setting of Acute Pancreatitis: A Secondary Analysis of an International Multicenter Cohort Study
    Trocchia C, Khalaf R, Amankwah E, Ruan W, Fishman DS, Barth BA, Liu QY, Giefer M, Kim KM, Martinez M, Dall'oglio L, Torroni F, De Angelis P, Faraci S, Bitton S, Werlin SL, Dua K, Gugig R, Huang C, Mamula P, Antonio Quiros J, Zheng Y, Piester T, Grover A, Fox VL, Wilsey M, Troendle DM Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2023 Jun 76 817-821
    Technical Outcomes in Pediatric Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Data from an International Collaborative
    Troendle DM, Ruan W, Fishman DS, Barth BA, Liu QY, Giefer M, Kim KM, Martinez M, Dall'Oglio L, Torroni F, De Angelis P, Faraci S, Bitton S, Wilsey M, Khalaf R, Werlin S, Dua K, Gugig R, Huang C, Mamula P, Quiros JA, Zheng Y, Grover A, Fox VL Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2022 Dec 75 755-760
    Technological imbalance: seeking a small-caliber duodenoscope
    Lin TK, Barth B, Fishman DS, Fox VL, Giefer MJ, Gugig R, Kramer RE, Liu QY, Mamula P, McOmber ME, Vitale DS, Wilsey MJ, Troendle DM Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2022 Dec 96 1055-1057
    Predictors of Prolonged Fluoroscopy Exposure in Pediatric Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Results from the Large Pediatric Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Database Initiative Multicenter Cohort
    Liu QY, Ruan W, Fishman DS, Barth BA, Tsai CM, Giefer MJ, Kim KM, Martinez M, Dall'Oglio L, De Angelis P, Torroni F, Faraci S, Bitton S, Wilsey M, Khalaf RT, Werlin S, Dua K, Huang C, Gugig R, Mamula P, Fox VL, Grover AS, Quiros JA, Zheng Y, Troendle DM Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2022 Mar 74 408-412
    Outpatient Pain Management in Children with Chronic Pancreatitis
    Perito ER, Pohl JF, Bakker C, Armfield MA, Barth B, Cuneo A, Mascarenhas M, Mehta M, Schwarzenberg SJ Pancreas 2022 Feb 51 135-147
    A prospective multicenter analysis from the Pediatric ERCP Database Initiative: predictors of choledocholithiasis at ERCP in pediatric patients
    Fishman DS, Barth B, Man-Wai Tsai C, Giefer MJ, Martinez M, Wilsey M, Khalaf RT, Liu QY, DeAngelis P, Torroni F, Faraci S, Troendle DM Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2021 Aug 94 311-317.e1
    Same Anesthesia Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: The Pediatric ERCP Database Intiative Experience
    Fishman DS, Barth B, Mazziotti MV, Lazar DA, Brandt ML, Fallon SC, Tsai CM, Olutoye OO, Giefer M, Martinez M, Troendle DM Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020 Aug 71 203-207
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Doctors in America
      (2018)
    • Fellow, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
      (2012)
    • Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
      D Magazine (2010-2018)
    • Endoscopy Prize, NASPGHAN (2006, 2013)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Gastroenterology Association (2001)
    • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2002)
    • North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (2001)