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Vera Hupertz, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital

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Pediatric Gastroenterology Cleveland, OH

Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gastroenterology, Pediatric Interventional Gastroenterology

Vice Chair Quality & Safety, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Medical Director Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

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Summary

  • Dr. Vera Hupertz is a pediatric gastroenterologist in Cleveland, OH and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Cleveland Clinic, Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation, and Cleveland Clinic Children's. She received her medical degree from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and has been in practice 35 years. She specializes in pediatric hepatology and liver transplantation, pediatric inflammatory bowel disease gastroenterology, and pediatric interventional gastroenterology and is experienced in transplant hepatology.

Education & Training

  • Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
    Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1985 - 1988
  • Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
    Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1985
  • University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1982
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteB.S., Biology/Biochemistry, 1974 - 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1984 - 2024
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2020
  • Exceptional Women in Medicine Castle Connolly, 2017
  • America�s Most Honored Professional 2017
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Metabolic profiles and liver steatosis in children with liver transplantation for progressive intrahepatic cholestasis type 1  
    Ana Catalina Arce-Clachar, Jonathan Moses, Gursimran Kochlar, Peggy George, Vera Hupertz, Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, Raed Dweik, Naim Alkhouri, Edorium J Hepatol, 1/1/2015
  • Health-related quality of life in children with autoimmune liver disease  
    Gulati R, Radhakrishnan KR, Hupertz VF, Wyllie R, Alkhouri N, Worley S, Feldstein AE, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/1/2013
  • Neurological complications following pediatric liver transplant  
    Ghosh PS, Hupertz VF, Ghosh D, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Accuracy of Fibrosis Scores in Determining the Presence of Advanced Fibrosis in Young Patients after Liver Transplantation
    Kabbany MN, Conjeevaram Selvakumar PK, Hupertz VF, Lopez R, Alkhouri N, AASLD; HepatologyThe 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. The Liver Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
  • Late Infections (> 6 months) in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient. A Single Center Retrospective Study
    Corinne Swearingen, M.D, Charles Foster, M.D, Johanna Goldfarb, M.D Camille Sabella, M.D, Bijan Eghtesad, M,D, Vera Hupertz, M.D, Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, M.D, Sarah Wo..., 8th International Congress on Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, 1/28/2015
  • Small bowel hemangioma presenting as gastrointestinal bleeding in a teenage patient
    Praveen Kumar Conjeevaram Selvakumar MD, Xiuli Liu MD, PhD, Vera Hupertz MD, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Annual Meeting, 1/1/2015
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Lectures

  • Neonatal Jaundice and Liver Disease 
    1/30/2017
  • Evaluation and treatment of Neonatal Cholestasis 
    1/20/2017
  • Neonatal Cholestasis 
    1/20/2017
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Press Mentions

  • Living Donor Saves 8-Year-Old Leta Saunders
    Living Donor Saves 8-Year-Old Leta SaundersAugust 22nd, 2017

Professional Memberships

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