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Donna Cheung, MBBS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology

Introduction

My clinical research interests include: eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders and infectious diseases in the setting of gastrointestinal disorders.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Gastroenterology

Education

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honors, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  • Internship, University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica
  • Pediatric Residency, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Fellowship,, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States

Research Interests

  • eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders and the interplay of infectious diseases and gastrointestinal disorders particularly intestinal disorders

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board of Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • Medical Licensure, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Gangadharan Nambiar G, Rahhal R, Davis BP, Xiong Y, Cheung D. (2022). Refractory Pediatric Fibrostenotic Eosinophilic Esophagitis Treated With Dupilumab. ACG Case Rep J. 2022 Nov 11;9(11):e00887. PMID: 36382335.
  • Cheung D, Katz DT, Webster-Carrion A, Saad AG, Fifi A, Llanos-Chea A, Pillai AB. (2022). Eosinophilic Esophagitis After Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Dec 1;75(6):e117-e118. Epub 2022 Jun 1. PMID: 35653423.
  • Cheung D, Garcia J, Beduschi T, Langshaw A, Arheart K, Wunsch C, Vianna R, Gonzalez IA. (2021). Re-evaluating Blood Markers as Predictors of Outcome in Multivisceral and Intestinal Transplantation. Transplant Proc. Mar;53(2):696-704. PMID: 33558087 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.01.004
  • Cheung DA, Beduschi T, Tekin A, Selvaggi G, Ruiz P, Vianna RM, Garcia J. (2020). Clostridium difficile infection mimics intestinal acute cellular rejection in pediatric multivisceral transplant—A case series. Pediatric Transplantation 24 (1). DOI: 10.1111/petr.13621.
  • Cheung DA, Nicholson A, Butterfield TR, DaCosta M. (2020). Prevalence, co-infection and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli from blood and urine samples at a hospital in Jamaica. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 14 (2) 146-152. DOI: 10.3855/jidc.11361.
  • Cheung DA, Tamariz L, Nemeth Z, Langshaw AH. (2019). Usefulness of Procalcitonin in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Crohn's & Colitis 360 1 (3). DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otz032.
  • Cheung D, Puertolas-Lopez M, Scott G, Langshaw A, Diaz Y, Sosa MA, McLaughlin GE, Fifi A. (2019). Decreasing overutilization of echocardiograms and abdominal imaging in the evaluation of children with fungemia. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 26 (6) 270-276.
  • Cheung DA, Langshaw A, Rivera-Rivera E. (2018). Cryptosporidium diagnosed on endoscopic biopsy in a paediatric patient with inflammatory bowel disease. BMJ case reports 2018. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222015. PMID: 29378737.
  • Cheung D, Rivera-Rivera E. (2017). Acute Pancreatitis in Children - A Disorder against whose Incessant Attacks Even Hercules could not have Stood. Emerg Med (Los Angel) 2017, 7:2