Sofia Verstraete, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Awards

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• John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, U.C.S.F., 2016
• Postdoctoral Fellow Teaching Award, U.C.S.F. Dept of Pediatrics, 2016

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
• Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatrics U.C.S.F. 2016
• Masters in Advanced Science Epidemiology and Biostatistics U.C.S.F. 2014
• Pediatrics Pediatrics University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital 2012
• M.D. Medicine Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2008

Publications (28)

Top publication keywords:
PouchitisCrohn DiseaseBenzhydryl CompoundsChild, HospitalizedPediatricsPhenolsParenteral NutritionTransgender PersonsUstekinumabGastroenteritisAntiemeticsProctocolectomy, RestorativeColitis, UlcerativeInflammatory Bowel DiseasesEndocrine Disruptors

• Real-world effectiveness of ustekinumab and vedolizumab in TNF-exposed pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2024 Patel PV, Zhang A, Bhasuran B, Ravindranath VG, Heyman MB, Verstraete SG, Butte AJ, Rosen MJ, Rudrapatna VA, ImproveCareNow Pediatric IBD Learning Health System
• Toxigenic Clostridium perfringens isolated from at-risk pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients.
  Journal of Crohn's & colitis 2024 Kuo J, Uzunovic J, Jacobson A, Dourado M, Gierke S, Rajendram M, Keilberg D, Mar J, Stekol E, Curry J, Verstraete S, Lund J, Liang Y, Tamburini FB, Omattage NS, Masureel M, Rutherford ST, Hackos DH, …
• 862 TRAVEL TIME TO TREATING CENTER, BUT NOT RACE OR ETHNICITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC DELAY IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
  Gastroenterology 2023 Joi F. McLaughlin, Tiffany Linville, Traci W. Jester, Tuvia Marciano, Farrah Lazare, Jennifer L. Dotson, Charles Samson, Subra Kugathasan, Jose Cabrera, Ian Leibowitz, Suruchi Batra, Rana Ammoury, …
• Evaluating the Relationship Between Nutrition and Post-colectomy Pouchitis in Pediatric Patients with Ulcerative Colitis.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2023 Patel PV, Kao E, Stekol E, Heyman MB, Vu L, Verstraete SG
• Personalised azithromycin+metronidazole (PAZAZ), in combination with standard induction therapy, to achieve a faecal microbiome community structure and metagenome changes associated with sustained remission in paediatric Crohn's disease (CD): protocol of a pilot study.
  BMJ open 2023 Verburgt CM, Dunn KA, Otley A, Heyman MB, Verstraete S, Sunseri W, Sylvester F, de Meij T, Comeau A, Langille M, de Jonge WJ, Benninga MA, Van Limbergen JE

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• Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pancreatitis, and Cystic Fibrosis.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2022 Cuneo AA, Abu-El-Haija M, Marsac ML, Verstraete S, Heyman MB, Ly N, Perito ER
• Sa1635: IMPACT OF NUTRITION AND GROWTH MEASURES ON POUCHITIS FOLLOWING PROCTOCOLECTOMY FOR PEDIATRIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS.
  Gastroenterology 2022 Perseus Patel, Emily Stekol, Emily Kao, Mel Heyman, Lan T. Vu, Sofia G. Verstraete
• Personalized Research on Diet in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease: A Series of N-of-1 Diet Trials.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2022 Kaplan HC, Opipari-Arrigan L, Yang J, Schmid CH, Schuler CL, Saeed SA, Braly KL, Chang F, Murphy L, Dodds CM, Nuding M, Liu H, Pilley S, Stone J, Woodward G, Yokois N, Goyal A, Lee D, Yeh AM, Lee P, …
• Improving ondansetron use and oral rehydration instructions for pediatric acute gastroenteritis.
  BMJ open quality 2022 Patel PV, Wallach T, Rosenbluth G, Heyman M, Verstraete S
• Endpoints for extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease trials: the EXTRA consensus from the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
  The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2022 Guillo L, Abreu M, Panaccione R, Sandborn WJ, Azevedo VF, Gensler L, Moghaddam B, Ahuja V, Ali SA, Allez M, Ananthakrishnan AN, Bhattacharya A, Dubinsky M, Griffiths A, Hart A, Korelitz B, Kotze PG, …
• Experience Using Ustekinumab in Pediatric Patients With Medically Refractory Crohn Disease.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2021 Kim FS, Patel PV, Stekol E, Ali S, Hamandi H, Heyman MB, Verstraete SG
• Recommendations for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adolescents and Young Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2021 Schenker RB, Wilson E, Russell M, Cooke LC, Heyman MB, Verstraete SG
• Telemedicine for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Era of COVID-19.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020 Verstraete SG, Sola AM, Ali SA
• Mo1894 APPROACH TO TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING (TGNC) YOUTH IN A PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE CENTER.
  Gastroenterology 2020 Rachel Schenker, Erin Wilson, Meredith Russell, Laura C. Cooke, Mel Heyman, Sofia G. Verstraete
• Mo1901 CHILDREN WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE EXPERIENCE HIGH RATES OF TRAUMA SECONDARY TO MEDICAL TREATMENT.
  Gastroenterology 2020 Addison Cuneo, Sofia G. Verstraete, Mel Heyman, Becca Trombler, Joanna Curry, Emily Perito
• Sa1851 LOW PREVALENCE OF NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
  Gastroenterology 2020 Emilie Regner, Vivek Rudrapatna, Sofia G. Verstraete, Bilal Hameed, Uma Mahadevan
• Depression Predicts Prolonged Length of Hospital Stay in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019 Patel PV, Pantell MS, Heyman MB, Verstraete S
• Tu1710 – Ustekinumab to Treat Pediatric Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Single Center Experience.
  Gastroenterology 2019 Francis Kim, Perseus Patel, Emily Stekol, Laura C. Cooke, Mel Heyman, Sofia G. Verstraete
• P019 DEPRESSION PREDICTS LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2019 Perseus Patel, Sofia G Verstraete, Matt Pantel
• P019 DEPRESSION PREDICTS LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
  Gastroenterology 2019 Perseus Patel, Sofia G. Verstraete, Matt Pantel
• Enteric Virome and Bacterial Microbiota in Children With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn Disease.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019 Fernandes MA, Verstraete SG, Phan TG, Deng X, Stekol E, LaMere B, Lynch SV, Heyman MB, Delwart E
• Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling and Metabolism Gene Signature in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Matched-case Control Pilot Study.
  Inflammatory bowel diseases 2018 Suh JH, Degagné É, Gleghorn EE, Setty M, Rodriguez A, Park KT, Verstraete SG, Heyman MB, Patel AS, Irek M, Gildengorin GL, Hubbard NE, Borowsky AD, Saba JD
• Bisphenol a increases risk for presumed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic adolescents in NHANES 2003-2010.
  Environmental health : a global access science source 2018 Verstraete SG, Wojcicki JM, Perito ER, Rosenthal P
• Natural History of Pediatric Indeterminate Colitis.
  Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2017 Melissa A. Fernandes, Sofia Verstraete, Melvin B. Heyman
• A Risk Score for Childhood Obesity in an Urban Latino Cohort.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2016 Robson JO, Verstraete SG, Shiboski S, Heyman MB, Wojcicki JM
• Addition of Histology to the Paris Classification of Pediatric Crohn Disease Alters Classification of Disease Location.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2016 Fernandes MA, Verstraete SG, Garnett EA, Heyman MB
• Energy Contents of Frequently Ordered Restaurant Meals and Comparison with Human Energy Requirements and U.S. Department of Agriculture Database Information: A Multisite Randomized Study.
  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2016 Urban LE, Weber JL, Heyman MB, Schichtl RL, Verstraete S, Lowery NS, Das SK, Schleicher MM, Rogers G, Economos C, Masters WA, Roberts SB
• Breastfeeding offers protection against obesity in children of recently immigrated Latina women.
  Journal of community health 2014 Verstraete SG, Heyman MB, Wojcicki JM