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Nanda Kerkar, M.D.

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Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-2647

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Research Labs

Locations

Clinton Crossings
995 Senator Keating Blvd
Bldg E, Ste 340
Rochester, NY 14618-2779

Pediatric Gastroenterology: (585) 275-2647

Golisano Childrens' Hospital
601 Elmwood Ave
 AC-6
Rochester, NY 14642-0001

Pediatric Gastroenterology: (585) 275-2647

Faculty Appointments

  • Professor - Department of Pediatrics , Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SMD)
  • Director of Pediatric Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation - Department of Pediatrics , Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SMD)

Patient Care Settings

Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Kerkar has been involved in the management of children and adolescents with liver disease and liver transplants for over two decades. She has done her postgraduate training at King's College Hospital, London, UK and has been the Medical director of the Pediatric Transplant Programs at Mount Sinai in New York and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, before joining us. She will be building a multidisciplinary liver transplant service in collaboration with the adult transplant service as well as her colleagues in Pediatrics, so that liver transplants in children and adolescents can occur successfully locally. She will also be establishing services to ensure early and correct diagnosis of pediatric liver diseases as well as management of those with complex liver diseases. She has been named to the American Pediatric Society in 2014. She is a member of several national societies and work-groups. She has lectured nationally and internationally and regularly reviews manuscripts for journals.

Research

Dr. Kerkar has been involved in several multi-center studies funded by the NIDDK, FDA and pharmaceutical companies. She hopes to get some of the research studies started here, so that her patients can have access to diagnostic tests and therapies early, and also improved outcomes. Her research interests include autoimmune liver disease, cholestatic liver diseases including biliary atresia, alagille syndrome, sclerosing cholangitis as well as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. She is also interested in studying non-invasive markers of fibrosis. She has over a 100 peer reviewed publications and is currently co-editing a book on Wilson Disease.

Credentials

Education

1986
MBBS | India-Calcutta U Medical Coll
Medicine

2001
MD | UK-Univ of London
Medicine

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

11/1/1991 - 4/30/1992
Residency in Neonatology at All Saints Hospital

12/01/2001 - 06/30/2002
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

01/01/2001 - 08/31/2001
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

09/01/2001 - 11/30/2002
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at The Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

12/01/1999 - 5/31/2000
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

03/01/1999 - 08/31/1999
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

09/01/1999 - 11/30/1999
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at The Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

09/01/1998 - 02/28/1999
Fellowship in Pediatrics at Mary Sheridan Centre, Wooden Spoon House

08/01/1996 - 08/31/1998
Research in Pediatric Hepatology at Institute of Hepatology, University of London

02/01/1995 - 07/31/1996
Fellowship in Neonatology at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

02/01/1994 - 07/01/1994
Residency in Pediatrics at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

08/01/1993 - 01/31/1994
Residency in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Addenbrooke's Hospital

01/08/1992 - 01/31/1993
Residency in Neonatology at Southmead Hospital

11/01/1990 - 10/31/1991
Residency in Pediatrics at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

03/09/1987 - 06/24/1987
Internship in General Practice at Topiwala National Medical College

08/01/1987 - 07/01/1989
Residency in Neonatology at BJ Wadia Hospital for Children

06/16/1986 - 02/28/1987
Internship in at Medical College Kolkata West Bengal

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Awards

1996 - 1998
Children Nationwide Research Scholarship
Sponsor: Royal College of Physicians
Location: London

Publications

Journal Articles

11/2018
Alonso EM, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Venkat V, Loomes KM, Mack CL, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Romero R, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Shneider BL, Suchy FJ, Turmelle YP, Wang KS, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, Bezerra JA, Magee JC, . "Impact of Steroid Therapy on Early Growth in Infants with Biliary Atresia: The Multicenter Steroids in Biliary Atresia Randomized Trial." The Journal of pediatrics.. 2018 Nov 0; 202:179-185.e4. Epub 2018 Sep 21.

11/2018
Kerkar N, Chan A. "Autoimmune Hepatitis, Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Autoimmune Sclerosing Cholangitis or Overlap Syndrome." Clinics in liver disease.. 2018 Nov 0; 22(4):689-702.

9/17/2018
Baker A, Kerkar N, Todorova L, Kamath BM, Houwen RHJ. "Systematic review of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis." Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology.. 2018 Sep 17; Epub 2018 Sep 17.

Books & Chapters

2018
Chapter Title: SECTIONS; History, Cellular Physiology, ATP7B Gene, Clinical Aspects, WD Around the World, Treatment, Special Issues Relating to WD, Related Issues of Copper Disposition and Disease
Book Title: Clinical and Translational Perspectives on Wilson Disease (Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of the Identification of the Wilson Disease Gene ATP7B).
Author List: Kerkar, N; Roberts, EA
Published By: Academic Press 2018

2014
Chapter Title: Liver disease in Children
Book Title: Autoimmune hepatitis
Author List: Kerkar N. & Mack C.
Edited By: Suchy FJ, Sokol RJ and Ballistreri WF
Published By: Cambridge University Press 2014

2014
Chapter Title: Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Hepatology
Book Title: Liver transplantation: A Pediatric perspective
Author List: Kerkar N.
Edited By: Ahmad J, Friedman F, and Dancygier H.
Published By: Wiley publication 2014

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