Sue Rhee, MD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Anita Ow Wing Endowed Chair Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program Medical Director, Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program Co-Director, Pediatric Pancreas Program Fellowship Director, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Awards

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• Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2015
• UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Award, UCSF, 2015

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 10/2020
• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Harvard Medical School 2005

Websites

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• Clinical Profile at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)

Publications (32)

Top publication keywords:
Pancreatitis, ChronicPancreasBile Duct DiseasesMesenteric VeinsAnastomotic LeakLiver TransplantationSalmonella Infections, AnimalShort Bowel SyndromeSelf Expandable Metallic StentsIntestinal DiseasesIliac VeinVascular MalformationsPancreatitisLiver FailureWaiting Lists

• Neighborhood Income Is Associated with Health Care Use in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2023 Gutierrez SA, Pathak S, Raghu V, Shui A, Huang CY, Rhee S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• Pediatric Gastrointestinal Bleed: A Novel Vascular Malformation.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2022 Monroy CI, Rhee S, Cohen RA, Rajendra C
• Caregiver perspectives on the everyday medical and social needs of long-term pediatric liver transplant patients.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Wadhwani SI, Barrera AG, Shifman HP, Baker E, Bucuvalas J, Gottlieb LM, Kotagal U, Rhee SJ, Lai JC, Lyles CR
• Non-operative management of biliary complications after Liver Transplantation in pediatric patients: A 30-year experience.
  Pediatric transplantation 2021 Lee AY, Lehrman ED, Perito ER, Kerlan RK, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Ostroff JW, Kang SM, Roberts JP, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Fidelman N
• Overdilation of a 6-mm Self-Expanding Stent with a 10-mm Balloon-Expandable Stent Graft Preserves Failing Meso-Rex Bypass.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2020 Koethe Y, Lokken RP, Lehrman ED, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP, Rhee SJ, Kohi MP, Kolli KP

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• Factors Associated With Frequent Opioid Use in Children With Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020 Perito ER, Palermo TM, Pohl JF, Mascarenhas M, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Fishman DS, Freedman S, Gariepy C, Giefer M, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Lin T, Liu Q, Maqbool A, …
• Impact of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD) growth failure thresholds on mortality among pediatric liver transplant candidates.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Swenson SM, Roberts JP, Rhee S, Perito ER
• Pancreas Divisum in Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Report From INSPPIRE.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2019 Lin TK, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD, Palermo JP, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Husain SZ, Liu Q, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron B, …
• Split Liver Transplantation and Pediatric Waitlist Mortality in the United States: Potential for Improvement.
  Transplantation 2019 Perito ER, Roll G, Dodge JL, Rhee S, Roberts JP
• INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort Study: Design and Rationale for INSPPIRE 2 From the Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer.
  Pancreas 2018 Uc A, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Shah U, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas MR, McFerron BA, …
• Impact of Obesity on Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis.
  Pancreas 2018 Uc A, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Palermo JJ, Ooi CY, Liu Q, Lin TK, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Husain SZ, Himes R, …
• Pharmacokinetics of fludarabine and its association with clinical outcomes in paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients.
  Bone marrow transplantation 2018 Chung H, Hong KT, Lee JW, Rhee SJ, Kim S, Yoon SH, Yu KS, Kang HJ
• Relief for Young Children With Severe Chronic Pancreatitis.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2017 Perito ER, Rhee S
• De novo inflammatory bowel disease after pediatric kidney or liver transplant.
  Pediatric transplantation 2016 Fernandes MA, Braun HJ, Evason K, Rhee S, Perito ER
• Improved enteral tolerance following step procedure: systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
  Pediatric surgery international 2016 Fernandes MA, Usatin D, Allen IE, Rhee S, Vu L
• Detection of bowel inflammation with fused DWI/T2 images versus contrast-enhanced images in pediatric MR enterography with histopathologic correlation.
  Clinical imaging 2016 Ehman EC, Phelps AS, Ohliger MA, Rhee SJ, MacKenzie JD, Courtier JL
• Nonanesthesia magnetic resonance enterography in young children: feasibility, technique, and performance.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2015 Courtier J, Cardenas A, Tan C, Towne M, Rhee SJ, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD
• Predictors of Enteral Autonomy in Children with Intestinal Failure: A Multicenter Cohort Study.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2015 Khan FA, Squires RH, Litman HJ, Balint J, Carter BA, Fisher JG, Horslen SP, Jaksic T, Kocoshis S, Martinez JA, Mercer D, Rhee S, Rudolph JA, Soden J, Sudan D, Superina RA, Teitelbaum DH, Venick R, …
• Non-Anesthesia MR Enterography in Very Young Children-Feasibility, Technique and Performance.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2015 Courtier J, Cardenas A, Tan C, Towne M, Rhee SJ, Heyman M, MacKenzie JD
• Pediatric liver transplantation for urea cycle disorders and organic acidemias: United Network for Organ Sharing data for 2002-2012.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013 Perito ER, Rhee S, Roberts JP, Rosenthal P
• Shooting a moving target: use of real-time cine magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of the small bowel.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2013 Courtier J, Ohliger M, Rhee SJ, Terreblanche O, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD
• Posttransplant metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents after liver transplantation: a systematic review.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Rothbaum Perito E, Lau A, Rhee S, Roberts JP, Rosenthal P
• Impact of the donor body mass index on the survival of pediatric liver transplant recipients and post-transplant obesity.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Perito ER, Rhee S, Glidden D, Roberts JP, Rosenthal P
• Natural history of pediatric intestinal failure: initial report from the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2012 Squires RH, Duggan C, Teitelbaum DH, Wales PW, Balint J, Venick R, Rhee S, Sudan D, Mercer D, Martinez JA, Carter BA, Soden J, Horslen S, Rudolph JA, Kocoshis S, Superina R, Lawlor S, Haller T, Kurs-…
• 703 Impact of Donor BMI on Survival and Post-Transplant Obesity in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
  Gastroenterology 2012 Emily R. Perito, Sue Rhee, David Glidden, John P. Roberts, Philip Rosenthal
• Targeted MRI contrast agents for pediatric hepatobiliary disease.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2012 Courtier JL, Perito ER, Rhee S, Tsai P, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD
• Morphologic findings in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis 2 (PFIC2): correlation with genetic and immunohistochemical studies.
  The American journal of surgical pathology 2011 Evason K, Bove KE, Finegold MJ, Knisely AS, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Miethke AG, Karpen SJ, Ferrell LD, Kim GE
• Image of the month--quiz case. Gastric duplication cyst.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2010 Zaid HB, Rhee SJ, Hirose S, Mackenzie TC
• Deficiency of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enhances commensal-induced antibody responses and protects against Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis.
  Infection and immunity 2008 Harrington L, Srikanth CV, Antony R, Rhee SJ, Mellor AL, Shi HN, Cherayil BJ
• Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management 1348 pp. $235.00RobertWyllieJeffrey S.HyamsMarshaKay3rd ed.2006SaundersPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaISBN 0-7216-3924-0. Web site for ordering: www.elsevierhealth.com.
  Gastroenterology 2007 Sue J. Rhee, Melvin B. Heyman
• Developmentally regulated intestinal expression of IFN-gamma and its target genes and the age-specific response to enteric Salmonella infection.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2005 Rhee SJ, Walker WA, Cherayil BJ
• Blocking lymphocyte adhesion: new treatment for sticky cases of Crohn disease?
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2003 Rhee SJ, Bousvaros A