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Dennis Black, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Memphis, TN, Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals

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Pediatric Gastroenterology Memphis, TN

Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Malabsorption Syndromes, Pediatric Nutrition

J. D. Buckman Professor of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Children's Foundation Research Institute; Vice President for Research, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

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Education & Training

  • Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
    Le Bonheur Children's Hospital1981 - 1984
  • University of Tennessee
    University of TennesseeResidency, Pediatrics, 1979 - 1981
  • University of Tennessee
    University of TennesseeInternship, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1979
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1978
  • University of Memphis
    University of MemphisBS, Physical Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1971 - 1975

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 1981 - 2025
  • AR State Medical License
    AR State Medical License 1993 - 1999
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1984 - 1996
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2023
  • Memphis Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2023
  • Listing in "10 Gastroenterologists to Know" Becker's Healthcare Review, 2021
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Study Comparing 20 and 40 Mg of Pantoprazole for Symptom Relief in Adolescents (12 to 16 Years of Age) With Gastroesophageal Refl...  
    Tsou, VM, Baker, R, Book, L, Hammo, AH, Soffer, EF, Wang, W, Comer, GM, and the 326 Study Group, Clin Pediatr, 1/1/2006
  • NASPGN Guidelines for Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology  
    Rudolph, CD, Winter, HS, Black, DD, Colleti, RB, Dickinson, CJ, Ferry, GD, Heyman, M, Roberts, EA, Schwarz, KB, Shulman, RJ, Smith, L., Sokol, RJ, Squires, RH, Gilger,..., J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/1/1999
  • Transport of Lipid and Apolipoproteins A-I and A-IV in Intestinal Lymph of the Rat  
    Hayashi, H, Nutting, DF, Fujimoto, K, Cardelli, JA, Black, DD, and Tso, P, J Lipid Res, 1/1/1990

Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Bile Acid-induced Hepatocellular Apoptosis Occurs by Additional Mechanisms Independent of Death Receptors
    Tillman, EM, Guan, P, Helms, RA, and Black, DD, ASPEN Clinical Nutrition Week, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2013
  • Colitis Enhances Liver Injury and Inflammation in a Preterm Porcine Model of Parenteral Nutrition-associated Liver Disease
    Tillman, E, Black, DD, Buddington, R, Sylvestre, PB, Guan, P, and Helms, R, Hepatology, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor-alpha Expression and Activity Are Altered by Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Long-chain Fatty Acids in a Cholestatic Liver Disease M...
    Tillman, E, Helms, R, and Black, DD, Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Boston, MA, 1/29/2012
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Lectures

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Intestinal Lipid Transport and Metabolism 
    Snowmass, CO - 1/6/2014
  • Our Pediatric Obesity Epidemic 
    Rhodes College, Memphis, TN - 1/27/2013
  • Lipids-Chemistry, Digestion and Absorption 
    Honolulu, HI - 1/20/2013
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Grant Support

  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy In Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitisa PilotFood And Drug Administration2009–2010
  • Intestinal Lipoproteins In The NeonateEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development1998–2007
  • Intestinal Lipoproteins In The NeonateEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development1994–1998
  • Intestinal Lipoproteins In The NeonateEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development1989–1991
  • Intestinal Lipoproteins In The Neonatal PigletEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development1988
  • Intestinal Lipoproteins In The NeonatalEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development1987

Hospital Affiliations

Industry Relationships

  • Consultant, Intercept PharmaceuticalsDMC Chair2015 - Present