Estella M. Alonso, MD

Clinical and Community Trials

Research Interests

  • Liver Transplantation
  • Liver Failure
  • Health Outcomes
  • Immunosuppression Withdrawal

Biography

  • Medical Director, The Siragusa Transplantation Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Sally Burnett Searle Professorship in Pediatric Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship, University of Chicago Hospital 1990
  • Residency, Children's Memorial Hospital 1988
  • MD, Northwestern University 1985

Clinical Studies

Recruiting

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Children

Longitudinal Assessment of Transient Elastography in Cystic Fibrosis

Recruiting

Longitudinal Study of Mitochondrial Hepatopathies

Recruiting

Longitudinal Study of Genetic Causes of Intrahepatic Cholestasis (LOGIC)

Recruiting

Genetic Collection Protocol

Recruiting

TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology

Prediction by Ultrasound of the Risk of Hepatic Cirrhosis in Cystic Fibrosis

Publications

Sep. 17, 2023

Immunosuppression-Free Life after Pediatric Liver Transplant: A Case-Control Study from the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplant (SPLIT) Registry.

Jun. 02, 2023

Effector memory CD8 T-cells as a novel peripheral blood biomarker for activated T-cell pediatric acute liver failure.

May. 31, 2023

Adenovirus is not detected in liver tissue from a historical multicenter cohort of children with acute liver failure.

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