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PubMed

• Availability and utilization of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography at children's hospitals.
  Matthew Hall, Melvin B Heyman, Emily R Perito, Sagar J Pathak, Thomas Attard, Mustafa Arain> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2024 Mar 20
• Endoscopy in pediatric polyposis syndromes: why, when and how.
  Cohen, S., Hyer, W., Attard, T.> ;European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2024 Mar 1
• Small Intestinal Polyp Burden in Pediatric Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Assessed through Capsule Endoscopy: A Longitudinal Study.
  Nathan R Fleishman, Vincent S Staggs, Mike Thomson, Nicole Stoecklein, Caitlin E Lawson, Michael P Washburn, Shahid Umar, Thomas M Attard, Jeremy Stewart> ;Children. 2023 Oct 12
• Incidental Finding of an Inverted Appendix.
  Moises Alatorre-Jimenez, Attard, T. M., Thomas Attard> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2023 Sep 1
• Don't Look Back and Spray! Risk of Endoscope Adhesion with Hemospray Application in Retroflexion in a Pediatric Patient.
  Sarah T Edwards, Diana G Lerner, Moises Alatorre Jimenez, Thomas M Attard> ;JPGN Reports. 2023 Aug 1
• 1 citations
  The Role of Capsule Endoscopy in the Management of Pediatric Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes.
  Claudia Phen, Thomas M Attard> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2023 Oct 1
• Fundic Gland Polyps: Strategizing a Surveillance Framework for Children and Adolescents.
  Ahmad Salah Sami, Francisco A Sylvester, Thomas Attard, Sabina Mir> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2023 Oct 1
• 1 citations
  Polyps and Polyposis Syndromes in Children: Novel Endoscopic Considerations.
  Thomas M Attard, Shlomi Cohen, Carol Durno> ;Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 2023 Apr 1
• 1 citations
  Microbiome insights into pediatric familial adenomatous polyposis.
  Thomas M Attard, Seth Septer, Caitlin E Lawson, Mark I Attard, Sonny T M Lee, Shahid Umar> ;Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2022 Nov 14
• Pediatric colon cancer-When enemies collude.
  Thomas M Attard> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2022 Oct 1
• Demographics of children with feeding difficulties from a large electronic health record database.
  Sarah T Edwards, Earl F Glynn, Michael Slogic, Ann M Davis, Haley J Killian, Jose Cocjin, Thomas M Attard> ;JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2022 Jul 1
• 5 citations
  Improving Cohort Definitions in Research Using Hospital Administrative Databases-Do We Need Guidelines?
  Matt Hall, Thomas M Attard, Jay G Berry> ;JAMA Pediatrics. 2022 Jun 1
• Analysis of Neurogastrointestinal and Motility Disorders From the National Pediatric Database (Kid's Inpatient Database): Exploring Demographic Access and Outcomes.
  Dhiren Patel, Noor Al-Hammadi, Evan Xu, Leslie Hinyard, Thomas Attard> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022 Jul 1
• 1 citations
  Gastric cancer in the pediatric population, a multicenter cross-sectional analysis of presentation and coexisting comorbidities.
  Thomas M Attard, Uraizee Omar, Earl F Glynn, Nicole Stoecklein, Shawn D St Peter, Mike A Thomson> ;Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 2023 Mar 1
• A multicenter cohort analysis of fractures in histamine-2-receptor antagonist treated pediatric patients.
  Nathan R Fleishman, Troy Richardson, Thomas M Attard> ;Current Medical Research and Opinion. 2022 Apr 1
• Evaluation of a Symptom-Based Algorithm for Managing Battery Ingestions in Children.
  James A Fraser, Kayla B Briggs, Wendy Jo Svetanoff, Thomas M Attard, Tolulope A Oyetunji, Shawn D St Peter> ;European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2022 Feb 1
• 7 citations
  Dietary Interventions Ameliorate Infectious Colitis by Restoring the Microbiome and Promoting Stem Cell Proliferation in Mice.
  Ishfaq Ahmed, Kafayat Yusuf, Badal C Roy, Jason Stubbs, Shrikant Anant, Thomas M Attard, Venkatesh Sampath, Shahid Umar> ;International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021 Dec 29
• A comparison of panoramic radiographic findings in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis and the general population: a multicenter study.
  Camila Pacheco-Pereira, Fabiana Tolentino Almeida, Ana Carolina Acevedo, Hassem Geha, Seth Septer, Lynn Roosa Friesen, Thomas M. Attard, Eliete Neves Silva Guerra> ;Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 2021 Sep 27
• 1 citations
  Correction: DCLK1 isoforms and aberrant Notch signaling in the regulation of human and murine colitis
  Badal C. Roy, Ishfaq Ahmed, Jason R. Stubbs, Jun Zhang, Thomas M. Attard, Seth Septer, Danny R. Welch, Shrikant Anant, Venkatesh Sampath, Shahid Umar> ;Cell Death Discovery. 2021 Aug 2
• PTEN Hamartoma Syndrome in a Child Presenting With Malrotation, Panintestinal Polyps, Severe Anemia, and Protein-Losing Enteropathy.
  Nicole Stoecklein, Atif A Ahmed, Caitlin E Lawson, Thomas Attard> ;JPGN Reports. 2021 Aug 1
• 13 citations
  DCLK1 isoforms and aberrant Notch signaling in the regulation of human and murine colitis.
  Badal C. Roy, Ishfaq Ahmed, Jason R. Stubbs, Jun Zhang, Thomas M. Attard, Seth Septer, Danny R. Welch, Shrikant Anant, Venkatesh Sampath, Shahid Umar> ;Cell Death Discovery. 2021 Jun 17
• 3 citations
  High pressure systems as sustainable extraction and pre-treatment technologies for a holistic corn stover biorefinery.
  Pakin Noppawan, Adrienne Gallant Lanctôt, Maria Magro, Pablo Gil Navarro, Nontipa Supanchaiyamat, Thomas M. Attard, Andrew J. Hunt> ;BMC Chemistry. 2021 May 29
• 1 citations
  Small Bowel Hemolymphangioma Treated by Polypectomy in a Pediatric Patient with Cystic Fibrosis.
  Thomas Attard, Halma, J.> ;JPGN Reports. 2021 May 1
• 7 citations
  ACG Clinical Report and Recommendations on Transition of Care in Children and Adolescents With Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes.
  Thomas M. Attard, Carol A Burke, Warren Hyer, Carol Durno, Karen E Hurley, Caitlin E Lawson, James M. Church, Shlomi Cohen, Michele H Maddux> ;The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2021 Apr 1
• 1 citations
  Meckel's diverticulum in adults: seldom suspected and frequently found.
  Chance S. Friesen, Thomas M. Attard, Maria Cole, Jay G. Berry, Matthew Hall> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2021 Mar 1
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Journal Articles

• Comparison of the Demographic Characteristics of Pediatric and Adult Colorectal Cancer Patients: A National Inpatient Sample Based Analysis  
  Thomas Attard, MD, World Journal of Pediatrics
• Thyroid cancer complicating familial adenomatous polyposis: mutation spectrum of at-risk individuals  
  Septer S, Slowik V, Morgan R, Dai H, Attard T. Hered, Cancer Clin Pract, 10/5/2013
• Aggressive juvenile polyposis in children with chromosome 10q23 deletion  
  Septer S, Zhang L, Lawson CE, Cocjin J, Attard T, Ardinger HH, World J Gastroenterol, 4/14/2013
• Esophageal Polyps in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Routine Diagnositic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Multicenter Study  
  Septer S, Cuffari C, Lynch HT, Attard TM, Dis Esophagus, 4/2/2013
• The Clinical Outcome of Pediatric Collagenous Gastritis: Case Series and Review of literature  
  Hijaz M, Septer S, Degaetano J, Attard TM, World Journal of Gastroenterology, 3/7/2013
• Mucosal Inflammation as a Component of Tufting Enteropathy  
  Gerada J, DeGaetano J, Sebire NJ, Hill S, Vassallo M, Attard TM, Immunogastroenterology, 1/1/2013
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  Azzopardi N, Ellul P, Attard T, Attard J, DeGaetano J, Vassallo M, Piscopo T, BMJ Case Reports, 1/1/2011
• Diagnosis and management of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes: Lynch syndrome as a model  
  Lynch HT, Lynch JF, Attard TM, CMAJ, 9/1/2009
• A web-based assessment of pediatrics resident medical knowledge in childhood hereditary gastrointestinal cancer predisposing syndrome  
  Stoner J, Qi Y, Erdman SH, Attard TM, J Cancer Educ, 1/1/2009
• Mycophenolic Acid Metabolite Levels in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Correlation with a Limited Sampling Strategy  
  Attard TM, Dhawan A. Tredger JM, Kling C, Colombani P, Thompson R, Cuffari C, The Journal of Applied Research, 4/1/2008
• Hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes: molecular genetics, genetic counseling, diagnosis and management  
  Lynch HT, Lynch JF, Lynch PM, Attard TM, Familial Cancer, 3/1/2008
• Brain Tumors in Individuals with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis  
  AttardTM, Giglio P, Koppula S, Snyder C, Lynch HT, Cancer, 2/1/2007
• Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Polyps: Pediatric Considerations  
  Attard, TM, Young RJ, Gastroenterology Nursing, 1/1/2006
• Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: An Updated Review (Part II)  
  Lynch HT, Jass J, Lynch JF, Attard TM, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 9/1/2005
• Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: An Updated Review (Part I)  
  Lynch HT, Jass J, Lynch JF, Attard TM, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 5/1/2005
• Extracolonic Manifestations of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis After Proctocolectomy (commentary)  
  Attard TM, Lynch HT, Arch Surg, 1/1/2005
• Challenging pedigrees seen in a hereditary cancer consultation center  
  Lynch HT, Tinley ST, Lynch JF, Attard TM, Canc Genet Cytogenet, 9/1/2004
• Pediatric jejunoileitis: A severe Crohn's disease phenotype that requires intensive nutritional management  
  Attard TM, Horton KM, DeVito K, Darbari A, Oliva-Hemker M, Thompson R, Cuffari C, Inflammatory Bowel Dis, 7/1/2004
• Challenging colonic polyposis pedigrees: Differential diagnosis, surveillance, and management concerns  
  Lynch HT, Tinley ST, Shaw TG, Lynch JF, Howe JR, Attard TM, Canc Genet Cytogenet, 1/1/2004
• Diagnosis and Management issues in Pediatric Patients with Gastrointestinal Polyps  
  Attard TM, Lynch HT, Practical Gastroenterology, 4/1/2003
• Gastric polyps in pediatrics: an 18-year hospital based analysis  
  Attard TM, Yardley JH, Currari C, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2002
• High grade dysplasia in fundic gland polyps in a child with attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis and familial gastric cancer  
  Attard TM, Giardiello FM, Argani P, Brensinger JD, Booker S, Cuffari C, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/1/2001
• Appendiceal inversion as a lead point for ileocolic intussUniversity of Southern Californiaeption in a child with cystic fibrosis  
  Attard TM, Frederic BA, Cuffari C, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/1/2000
• Use of disodium pamidronate in children with hypercalcemia awaiting liver transplantation  
  Attard TM, Dhawan A, Kaufman SS, Collier DS, Langnas AN, Pediatr Transpl, 1/1/1998
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Books/Book Chapters

• Pediatric Nutrition Handbook 
  Chapter: Persistent Diarrheal Disease 
  Thomas Attard, MDAmerican Academy of PediatricsEdition 6th,

Abstracts/Posters

• EPCAM in Celiac Pathophysiology-Variable Expression at the Time of Initial Diagnosis correlates with serologic findings.
  Septer S, Aquilina S, Gerada J, Degaetano J, Attard TM, NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
• Large deletion in the EPCAM gene giving rise to the milder phenotype of Congenital Tufting Enteropathy.
  Gerada J, Grech G, Galdies R, Cassar W, Saliba C, Scerri C, Hill S, Vassallo MJ, Attard TM, NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
• Fecal Calprotectin is raised in pediatric patients with Eosinophilic Enteropathy.
  Borg K, Degaetano J, Attard TM, NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
• Current standard in pediatric gastroenterology fellowship training in interpretation of capsule endoscopy.
  Hijaz NM, Septer SS, Attard TM, NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
• Desmoid tumors associated with Familial Adenomatous polyposis.
  Slowik VR, Attard TM, Dai H, Shah R, Septer SS, NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
• Epithelial EPCAM expression does not correlate with intestinal absorptive function in the milder phenotype of tufting enteropathy.
  Gerada J, Scerri C, Degaetano J, Hill S, Vassallo M, Attard TM, VIII Malta Medical School Conference, 11/1/2012
• The use of faecal calprotectin in children with chronic diarrhoea.
  Borg K, Degaetano J Attard TM, VIII Malta Medical School Conference, 11/1/2012
• Increased recognition of eosinophilic enteropathy in children with food intolerance.
  Aquilina S, Degaetano J, Attard TM, VIII Malta Medical School Conference, 11/1/2012
• Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in the Maltese islands-a cross sectional analysis.
  Bondin R, Vella V, Attard TM, VIII Malta Medical School Conference, 11/1/2012
• Outcomes and Management of Pediatric Collagenous Gastritis-Metanalysis of Pooled New and Published Cases.
  Attard TM, Hijaz N, Septer S, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 10/1/2012
• Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Thyroid Cancer: Metanalysis of Genotype and Phenotype.
  Slowik V, Septer S, Attard TM, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 10/1/2012
• Epithelial EPCAM expression does not Correlate with Intestinal Absorptive Function in the Milder Phenotype of Tufting Enteropathy.
  Thomas Attard, MD, United European Gastroenterology Week, 10/1/2012
• Manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis occurring during infliximab therapy for Crohn's disease.
  Pace D, Degaetano J, Fearne C, Attard TM, ESPID Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Use of Unsedated Trans-gastrostomy Endoscopic Small Bowel Aspirate in The Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
  Septer S, Mercer D, Grant W. Attard TM, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1/1/2009
• Capsule endoscopy in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Safety, Results and Transit Time.
  Shelby S, Septer S, Kunnath S, Attard TM, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1/1/2009
• Colitis and Serologic Patterns in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome.
  Septer S, Mercer D, Grant W. Attard TM, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1/1/2009
• Celecoxib use in Children with Familial adenomatous Polyposis.
  Septer S, Zimmerman M, Attard TM, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1/1/2009
• Elevated Fecal Calprotectin does not Predict Response to Hypoallergenic Formula in Clinically Diagnosed Allergic Enteropathy.
  Natarajan N, Zapata F, Reyes C, Attard TM, World Congress Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, 8/1/2008
• Fecal Calprotectin Correlates with the Endoscopic-Histopathologic Diagnosis of Colitis in Children Under 5 Years of Age.
  Knight CM, Peterson KD, Zapata F, LeAnne V, Reyes C, Attard TM, World Congress Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, 8/1/2008
• Fecal Calprotectin Elevation in a Child with Juvenile Polyp.
  Knight CM, Peterson KD, Perry D, Attard TM, World Congress Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, 8/1/2008
• Esophageal Polyps in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
  Thomas Attard, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Digestive Disease Week, 5/1/2008
• A longitudinal analysis of bone mineralization in children with inflammatory bowel disease.
  Young RJ, Taylor B, Peterson KD, Vanderhoof JA,  Plotkin H, Attard TM, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 1/1/2007
• Efficacy and Safety of Balsalazide for Treatment of Pediatric Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: a Randomized, Double-Blind Study.
  Quiros JA, Pohl J, Heyman MB, Attard TM, Moulton D, Forbes WP, Lottes SR, Corsi E, Jiroutek MR, Getter MA, Beitler P, Digestive Disease Week, 1/1/2007
• APC gene mutations associated with Turcots Syndrome in Children with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Opportunities for Tumor Surveillance?
  Thomas Attard, MD, Annual Scientific Meeting North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 10/1/2006
• Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Identified APC Gene Mutations Associated with Turcots Syndrome-Necessity of CNS Tumor Surveillance.
  Koppula S, Attard TM, Peterson KD, Watson P, Lynch HT, American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

• "Hereditary Intestinal Polypisis: A MEDICEL Project" 
  Tunis, Tunisia - 4/1/2013
• "Celiac Disease in the Mediterranean basin, current concepts and Regional Overview" 
  Tunis, Libya - 9/1/2012
• "Probiotic Use in Paediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: From Theory to Practice" 
  Tunis, Libya - 9/1/2012
• "Steps Toward Creating a MEDICEL Biobank" 
  Istanbul, Turkey - 7/1/2012
• "Improving Outcomes in Hereditary Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes in the Mediterranean Region" 
  Istanbul, Turkey - 7/1/2012
• "Biobanking" 
  St Julian's Malta - 9/1/2011
• "Genetic Testing in Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes" 
  Cleveland Clinic, OH - 9/1/2008
• Pediatrics Grand Rounds: "Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes-Relevance to Primary Care Pediatrics" 
  Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center - 8/1/2008
• "Extracolonic Involvement in Pediatric Familial Adenomatous Polyposis" 
  10/1/2007
• Pediatrics Grand Rounds: "The Pediatrician's Perspective on Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer" 
  Omaha Children's Memorial Hospital - 9/1/2007
• "Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease" 
  10/1/2006
• Gastroenterology Rounds: "Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Polyps in Pediatrics." 
  Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University - 11/1/2000
• Familial Polyposis Syndromes: From Cradle to Grave-the significance of a hereditary tendency to gastrointestinal polyps. 
  Department of Internal Medicine, University of Malta School of Medicine, St Luke's Hospital - 4/1/2000
• Grand Rounds: "The Clinical Spectrum of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Polyps in Pediatrics" 
  Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at The University of Missouri Health Sciences Center - 4/1/2000
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Other

• Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome. 
  Attard TM, Septer S, Medscape Reference
  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/182006-overview