MartaD.IlluecaMD

Pediatric Gastroenterology • Wilmington, DE

Pediatric Nutrition

Clergy Medical Liaison - The Episcopal Church in Delaware Yale Program for Medicine, Spirituality and Religion

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Office
1108 N. Adams Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone+1 302-601-1480
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Education & Training

Tufts University School of Medicine - Professional Degree ProgramsMaster of Science, Pain Research, Education and Policy (PREP) Program, Saltonstall Award for Excellence and Graduation Speech, 2015 - 2019
Yale University Divinity SchoolMaster of Divinity, Theology, 2015 - 2018
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1988 - 1990
Universidad de Panama Faculty of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1989 - 2025
DE State Medical License 2006 - 2015

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow Yale Program for Medicine, Spirituality and Religion, 2020-2024
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Trials

Evaluation of 24-Hour Intragastric pH Using Esomeprazole, Lansoprazole, and Pantoprazole in Hispanic Patients With GERD Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 4
Efficacy and Safety of Esomeprazole Once Daily for the Treatment of GERD in Neonatal Patients Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 3
Pharmacokinetic Study of Esomeprazole Magnesium in Patients 1 to 11 Years-Old With Endoscopically-Proven Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Start of enrollment: 2006 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The Pain and PRAYER Scale (PPRAYERS): development and validation of a scale to measure pain-related prayer.
Samantha M Meints, Marta Illueca, Megan M Miller, Dikachi Osaji, Benjamin Doolittle> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Jul 5
2 citations
Spiritual Pain: A Symptom in Search of a Clinical Definition.
Marta Illueca, Ylisabyth S Bradshaw, Daniel B Carr> ;Journal of Religion and Health. 2023 Jun 1
13 citations
The Use of Prayer in the Management of Pain: A Systematic Review
Marta Illueca, Benjamin R. Doolittle> ;Journal of Religion and Health. 2020 Jan 7
33 citations
Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescribing Patterns in Newborns and Infants
Marta Illueca, Berhanu Alemayehu, Nze N. Shoetan, Huiying Yang> ;The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2014 Dec 24
6 citations
Review of the persistence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children, adolescents and adults: does gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults sometimes begin in chi...
Harland S. Winter, Marta Illueca, Catherine Henderson, Michael F. Vaezi> ;Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2011 Sep 15
7 citations
Maintenance treatment with proton pump inhibitors for reflux esophagitis in pediatric patients: a systematic literature analysis.
Marta Illueca, Börje Wernersson, Catherine Henderson, Per Lundborg> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2010 Dec 1
9 citations
Relationship between esomeprazole dose and timing to heartburn resolution in selected patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Roy C. Orlando, Sherry Liu, Marta Illueca> ;Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. 2010 Sep 6
22 citations
Esomeprazole for the treatment of erosive esophagitis in children: an international, multicenter, randomized, parallel-group, double-blind (for dose) study
Vasundhara Tolia, Nader N. Youssef, Mark A. Gilger, Barry Traxler, Marta Illueca> ;BMC Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 11
9 citations
Effects of esomeprazole treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease on quality of life in 12- to 17-year-old adolescents: an international health outcomes study
Thirumazhisai S. Gunasekaran, Vasundhara Tolia, Richard B. Colletti, Benjamin D. Gold, Barry Traxler, Marta Illueca, Joseph A. Crawley> ;BMC Gastroenterology. 2009 Nov 18
39 citations
Safety and symptom improvement with esomeprazole in adolescents with gastroesophageal reflux disease
Benjamin D. Gold, Thirumazhisai S. Gunasekaran, Vasundhara Tolia, Graciela Wetzler, Howard Conter, Barry Traxler, Marta Illueca> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2007 Nov 1
31 citations
Pharmacokinetic properties of esomeprazole in children aged 1 to 11 years with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A randomized, open-label study
June Zhao, Jianguo Li, Jennifer E. Hamer-Maansson, Tommy B. Andersson, Rose Fulmer, Marta Illueca, Per Lundborg> ;Clinical Therapeutics. 2006 Nov 1
155 citations
Effects of esomeprazole 40 mg twice daily on asthma: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Toni O. Kiljander, Susan M. Harding, Stephen K. Field, Mark R. Stein, Harold S. Nelson, Jan Ekelund, Marta Illueca, Ola Beckman, Mark Sostek> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2006 May 15
26 citations
Pharmacokinetic properties of esomeprazole in adolescent patients aged 12 to 17 years with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A randomized, open-label study.
Jianguo Li, June Zhao, Jennifer E. Hamer-Maansson, Tommy B. Andersson, Rose Fulmer, Marta Illueca, Per Lundborg> ;Clinical Therapeutics. 2006 Mar 1
25 citations
Pancreatitis after surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: incidence and risk factors.
F. Javier Laplaza, Roger F. Widmann, Stephen Fealy, Elaine Moustafellos, Marta Illueca, Stephen W. Burke, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei> ;Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. 2002 Jan 1
2 citations
Neonatal Blastocystis hominis diarrhea.
Barbara B. Galantowicz, Marta D. Illueca, Joseph Levy, Joseph L. Rayburn, David J. Weinstock> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 1993 Apr 1
Healing of erosive esophagitis and improvement of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease after esomeprazole treatment in children 12 to 36 months old.
Tolia, V., Gilger, M. A., Barker, P. N., Illueca, M.> ;J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Nov
Safety and tolerability of esomeprazole in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Gilger, M. A., Tolia, V., Vandenplas, Y., Youssef, N. N., Traxler, B., Illueca, M.> ;J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2008 May
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
Fellow