Gastroenterology/Nutrition Fellowship

Fellowship Presentations at Regional, National and International Meetings

Cary Qualia, M.D. (fellow 2004-2007)

  • Qualia CM, Brown MR, Rossi TM, Ryan CK. Oral mucosal neuromas leading to the diagnosis of MEN Type 2B in a child with intestinal pseudoobstruction.
    • Pediatric Research Poster Symposium, Rochester, NY, October, 2006.
    • NASPGHAN conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2006.
  • Qualia CM, Brown MR, Kooros K, Rossi TM, Katzman PJ. Chronic abdominal pain relieved only by swallowed fluticasone in a child with celiac disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, and food allergies.
    • NASPGHAN conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2006
  • Sobti D, Qualia CM, Brown MR, Mathur J, Villalona JF. Eosinophilic esophagitis: 30 children’s response to swallowed fluticasone..
    • Pediatric Research Poster Symposium, Rochester, NY, October, 2006
  • Zaidi W, Qualia CM, Brown MR, Rossi TM, Kooros K, Villalona JF. Two cases of juvenile polyposis associated with hereditary  hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
    • NASPGHAN conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2006.
  • Qualia CM, Rossi TM. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue found in the esophagus of a 14 year-old female.
    • Pediatric Research Poster Symposium, Rochester, NY, October, 2005.
    • NASPGHAN conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October, 2005.
  • Qualia CM, Brown MR, Rossi TM. Short and long-term efficacy of infliximab in children with active ulcerative colitis refractory to  corticosteroids.
    • Pediatric Research Poster Symposium, Rochester, NY, October, 2006.
    • NASPGHAN conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2006.

Juan Villalona, M.D. (fellow 2003-2006)                                 

  • Villalona J, Kooros K, Rossi TR, Brown MR, French CA.  Esoinophilic Esophagitis: A Retrospective Review of 165 Patients.
    • Presented at Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting June, 2006.
  • Villalona J, Kooros K, Rossi TR, Brown MR, French CA.Small bowel polyps and angiodysplasia discovered by video capsule endoscopy in a 10 yr old Hispanic female with Peutz-Jegher syndrome. 
    • Poster at Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting, May, 2005.
  • Villalona J, Brown MR, Lehman R, Kooros K, Rossi TR.  Failure to Thrive: More than just nutritional and social causes, a case report. 
    • Poster at American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, October, 2005.
  • Villalona J,  Brown MR, Kooros K, Rossi, TR, Shah A, Katzman P.  Presenting symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis in adolescence: retrospective review. 
    • Poster presented at the American College of Gastroenterology, November, 2005.