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Sue J. Rhee, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Director: Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation
Clinical Director: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Contact Information
| Academic Office 415-476 2385 415-476 1343 Fax rhees@peds.ucsf.edu | Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program 400 Parnassus Ave., 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (877) 762-6935 Liver Transplant Program 400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415) 476-5892 |
BiographyEducation
- Albany Medical College 1998
Residencies
- University of Maryland Medical Center, Pediatrics 2002
Fellowships
- Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2005
Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology Subspecialty
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Subspecialty
Program Affiliations
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Program
- Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program
- Liver Transplant Program
Clinical Expertise
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intestinal Failure
- Intestinal Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation
- Short Bowel Syndrome
Research Interests
- Chronic use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with focus on prevention of TPN associated liver disease
- Liver transplantation
- Pediatric intestinal failure
Biography
Dr. Sue Rhee is the clinical director of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition who specializes in pediatric gastroenterology, intestinal failure, liver disease and the transplantation of the intestines and liver. She is also the medical director of the Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, a program that provides nutritional, medical and surgical support for infants and children with intestinal failure.
She completed fellowship training in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School, where she conducted research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-specific differences in intestinal immune response. She is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology and pediatric transplant hepatology.
Research Summary
At UCSF, Dr. Rhee's research interests focus on pediatric intestinal failure, liver transplantation and chronic use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with focus on prevention of TPN associated liver disease.
Selected Publications
- Evason K, Bove KE, Finegold MJ, Knisely AS, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Miethke AG, Karpen SJ, Ferrell LD, Kim GE. Morphologic Findings in Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis 2 (PFIC2): Correlation With Genetic and Immunohistochemical Studies. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 May; 35(5):687-96.
- Zaid HB, Rhee SJ, Hirose S, Mackenzie TC. Image of the month--quiz case. Gastric duplication cyst. Arch Surg. 2010 Oct; 145(10):1019, 1020.
- Harrington L, Srikanth CV, Antony R, Rhee SJ, Mellor AL, Shi HN, Cherayil BJ. Deficiency of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enhances commensal-induced antibody responses and protects against Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis. Infect Immun. 2008 Jul; 76(7):3045-53.
- Rhee SJ, Walker WA, Cherayil BJ. Developmentally regulated intestinal expression of IFN-gamma and its target genes and the age-specific response to enteric Salmonella infection. J Immunol. 2005 Jul 15; 175(2):1127-36.
- Rhee SJ, Bousvaros A. Blocking lymphocyte adhesion: new treatment for sticky cases of Crohn disease? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Aug; 37(2):211-3.
