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Job Title Co-director, Pediatric Exocrine Pancreatic Disorders Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Job Title Visiting Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

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Medical School:	1998 Tufts University School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
Residency:	2001 New York University School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
Fellowship:	2004 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

American Pancreatic Association
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN), Research Committee Member
Society for Pediatric Research
American Gastroenterological Association

American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatric
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

2010 Chair, Research Committee, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
2010 Recognition Award as Medical Trip Leader to Haiti for Earthquake Relief, Humanity First USA
2009 Yale Pediatric Department Mae Gailani Award for Junior Faculty Research and Mentorship
2009-2010 Chair, Study Section for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation Grants
2008 NASGPHAN Faculty Abstract Travel Award
2006 Children Digestive Health/Nutrition Foundation (CDHNF) Young Investigator Award
2006 Humanitarian Achievement Award, Humanity First USA (for role in Asian Tsunami and Katrina disaster relief)
2004 Best Fellow Abstract Presentation Award, Pediatric Department, Yale University
2004 NASGPHAN Fellow Abstract Travel Award
2004 Named “Junior Investigator Scholar” on a Yale Child Health Research Center Grant (NIH K12)
2004 American Gastroenterological Association AstraZeneca Faculty Transition Basic Science Award
1994 Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Binghamton University
1993 Golden Key National Honor Society
1992 Case Western Reserve University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award
1990 Edgar Davis Memorial Scholarship in Medicine

Ma MH, Bai X, Park AJ, Latif SU, Mistry PK, Pashankar D, Northrup VS, Bhandari V, Husain SZ. Risk Factors Associated with Biliary Pancreatitis in Children. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 2011. [Epub ahead of print].
Phatak UP, Johnson S, Husain SZ, Pashankar DS. Two-day bowel preparation with polyethylene glycol 3350 and bisacodyl: a new, safe, and effective regimen for colonoscopy in children. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 2011 Jul;53(1):71-4. PMID: 21694539.
Bai HX, Ma M, Orabi AI, Park A, Latif SU, Bhandari V, Husain SZ. Novel Characterization of Drug-Associated Pancreatitis in Children. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 2011 Jun 14. [Epub ahead of print].