FrankWDiPaolaMD
Pediatric Gastroenterology • Charlottesville, VAPediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
Associate Professor
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Office
PO Box 800386
1204 West Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22908Phone+1 434-924-2457Fax+1 434-924-8798- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- - Board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
- Expertise includes the diagnosis and management of pediatric liver diseases and the clinical management of children before and after liver transplantation
- Research interests include Fontan-associated liver disease, liver elastography, and drug-induced liver injury
Education & Training
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, 2012 - 2013- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2009 - 2012
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2009
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2006, Doctor of Medicine with Distinction
University of North CarolinaBS, Biology, with Honors, 1998 - 2002
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2020 - 2024
MI State Medical License 2013 - 2023
OH State Medical License 2009 - 2015
KY State Medical License 2011 - 2013- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Award American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2012
- Alexander M. White III Postdoctoral Research Fellowship American Liver Foundation, 2011
- Eugene S. Mayer Community Service Honor Society University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2005
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Clinical Trials
- Increased Liver Stiffness: A Study of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 11
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPreclinical, randomized phase 1, and compassionate use evaluation of REGN4461, a leptin receptor agonist antibody for leptin deficiency.Judith Y Altarejos, Jeffrey Pangilinan, Simona Podgrabinska, Baris Akinci, Maria Foss-Freitas, Adam H Neidert, Yonaton Ray, Wenjun Zheng, Steven Kim, Vishal Kamat, Mei...> ;Science Translational Medicine. 2023 Nov 22
- 2 citationsFontan-associated liver disease after heart transplant.Eric R Griffiths, Linda M Lambert, Zhining Ou, Akraam Shaaban, Maryam Rezvani, Waldemar F Carlo, Kurt R Schumacher, Frank DiPaola, Matthew J O'Connor, Deipanjan Nandi,...> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2023 Mar 1
- 4 citationsFeasibility of using a patient-reported outcome measure into clinical practice following pediatric liver transplantation: The Starzl Network experience.Vicky Lee Ng, Claire Dunphy, Eyal Shemesh, Steven Lobritto, Elizabeth Eisenberg, Claudia Pomponi, Jonathan Szolna, Dawn Wilkerson, Nitika Gupta, Rene Romero, Emily R P...> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2023 Feb 1
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Abernethy malformation: associations, complications, and outcomes – a single center experienceDiPaola F, Walther A, Tiao G, Alonso MH, Sheridan R, Bove KE, Bezerra JA, Nathan JD, Annual Meeting, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Washington, DC, 11/3/2013
- Acute liver failure of indeterminate cause associated with immune activation: towards a paradigm for rapid recognition and management.DiPaola F and Bucuvalas J, Annual Meeting, Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Denver, CO, 10/11/2012
- Oral presentation: Peribiliary glands connect to form three-dimensional epithelial networks within the wall of extrahepatic bile ducts and proliferate in response to i...DiPaola F, Shivakumar P, Pfister J, Sabla G, Walters S, Bezerra J, Annual Liver Meeting, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA, 11/7/2011
Grant Support
- Co-I, Michigan Hepatotoxicity Clinical Research NetworkNIH2013–2018
- PI, Charles Woodson Biostatistics AwardDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan2016–2017
- PI, T2 Translational Science AwardMichigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research2014–2016
Committees
- Member, Education Committee, Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) 2016 - 2020
Professional Memberships
- American Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesMember
- American Society of TransplantationMember
- North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and NutritionMember
- Society of Pediatric Liver TransplantationMember
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Virginia Childrens HospitalCharlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, Virginia
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