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840 S Wood Street, MC 856
Chicago, IL 60612Phone+1 312-996-7289
Summary
- Dr. A. Holterman, Professor Emerita of Surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, is a pediatric surgeon and a surgeon scientist. She attended Texas Christian University; pursued training for Medicine, Biomedical research, Surgery and Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical School, the University of Virginia Health System, the U of Montreal and the U of Washington in Seattle. She belongs to academic societies including the American Surgical Association, the Society of University Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Her research interests on the liver epithelial cells gene regulation and function were funded by NIH grants. She has translational research projects with clinical trials targeting obesity in severely obese adolescents, pediatric cholestatic liver diseases in the US, Asia and India. She has developed and implemented a course in interprofessional team-based initial assessment and management of pediatric surgical emergencies, targeting low resources health care facilities lacking in pediatric surgical expertise to enhance pediatric life-threatening illnesses and injuries. She is a founder member of a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization IPSAC-VN (International Pediatric Specialist Alliance for the Children of Vietnam) which engages in surgical capacity building, training and education, and research collaborations with major children’s hospitals in Vietnam. She also founded Prometheus, USA, a non profit organization devoted to the discovery, development and deployment of solutions to improve children’s health around the world in low- and middle-income countries LMIC by fostering and supporting innovative medical education, training, and research, and by narrowing these gaps in under resourced sites. She is actively engaged in Global Health, mentoring, research and clinical surgery.
Education & Training
- Drexel UniversityM, Executive Leadership in Acacemic Medicine, 2015 - 2016
- Harvard Medical SchoolM, Global Clinical Research Scholar, 2014 - 2015
- universiry of montreal, hospital ste justineFellowship, 2005 - 2007
- University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1991
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 1984, md
- Texas Christian UniversityBA, Biology; Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 1975 - 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 1997 - 2026
- IN State Medical License 2003 - 2021
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- VIP Marquis Who's Who in America
- ELAM fellow
- US Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2017
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Clinical Trials
- GCSF Adjunct Therapy for Biliary Atresia Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 15
- Part II: Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Adjunct Therapy for Biliary Atresia Start of enrollment: 2023 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 6 citationsStrengthening Surgery Strengthens Health Systems: A New Paradigm and Potential Pathway for Horizontal Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.S Ariane Christie, Benedict C Nwomeh, Sanjay Krishnaswami, George P Yang, Ai-Xuan L Holterman
World Journal of Surgery. 2019-03-01 - 64 citationsNonalcoholic fatty liver disease in severely obese adolescent and adult patients.Ai Xuan Holterman, Grace Guzman, Giamila Fantuzzi, Huaping Wang, Kristin Aigner
Obesity. 2013-03-01 - 30 citationsAn academic career in global surgery: a position paper from the Society of University Surgeons Committee on Academic Global Surgery.Sanjay Krishnaswami, Caroline Q. Stephens, George P. Yang, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Mamta Swaroop
Surgery. 2017-01-01
Journal Articles
- Autophagy modulates physiologic and adaptive response in the liverTrinh Van Le, Nhung Hai Truong, Liver Research, 12/6/2023
- Study protocol of!Phase 2 open-label multicenter randomized controlled trial for!granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF) in!post-Kasai Type 3 biliary atresiaHPA Nguyen, J Ren, M Butler, H Li, S Qazi, K Sadiq, HT Dao, and A Holterman, Ped Surg International, 4/7/2022
- Academic pediatric surgery capacity building in Vietnam through PASS, a Pediatric Acute Surgical Support courseBU Nguyễn, Holterman M, Holterman A, Q Dinh, Frontiers in Surgery-Pediatric Surgery, 4/4/2022
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) improves hepatic inflammation, fibrosis and attenuates the ductular reaction during biliary obstruction in mice.Trinh Van Le, Huy Quang Do, Minh Thanh Dang, Tien-Trieu Pham-Le, Luan Van Tran, Khon Chan Huynh, Ai-Xuan Le Holterman, and Nhung Hai Truong., American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 11/2019
- Pediatric Acute Surgical Support PASS-Piloting a multimodality curriculum for enhancing emergency pediatric surgical capacity at low resources hospitals in VietnamG Barton, K Chen, G Deshpande, T Dinh, C Huy, T Khairallah, S Kryzaniak, C Nguyen, F Nguyen, and A Holterman, Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons 2017 conference, Seattle, 1/1/2017
- Pediatric Acute Surgical Support PASS-Initial assessment for the multimodal course for teaching the initial response to pediatric acute surgical emergencies to medical...A Holterman, G Barton, K Chen, G Deshpande, T Dinh, T Khairallah, S Kryzaniak, C Nguyen, F Nguyen, C Ta, and T Tra, American Pediatric Surgical Association 49th Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, 5/2018
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Lectures
- Moving forward in treating Biliary atresia- Doing more of the same?International guest speaker, Indonesian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Padang, October 2018
- Updates on Biliary Atresia-Is it a surgical disease?National meeting of Vietnam Association for Pediatric Surgeons - 10/2018
- Global Innovation in Pediatric SurgeryIndonesian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Balikpapan - 10/2017
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Press Mentions
- How Dr. Mark Holterman Became a Force for International PediatricsJanuary 17th, 2018
- Thirty-Six Years After Fleeing Vietnam, Doctor Finds Herself in PeoriaJuly 15th, 2017
- American Scientific article re the need for research support of clinicians in developing countries. Dr. Anh-Hoa Pham Nguyen, head of Pediatric Hepatology at the Vietnam National Children's Hospital is the leading local PI for 3 children's hospitals in VN in a clinical trial using a repurposed medication toward the treatment of a rare yet devastating congenital liver disease, Biliary Atresia June 17th, 2022
Grant Support
- Optimizing Pediatric Surgical Care in Low Resources Countries with Pediatric Acute Surgical Support curriculumUS VN Education Foundation2016–2017
- Foxm1b And HNF-6 Regulation Of Liver Injury ResponseNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2006
- Foxm1b And HNF-6 Regulation Of Liver Injury ResponseNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2006
- Molecular Response Of Bile Duct Cell To Bile Duct InjuryNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2002–2005
- T Cell Responses To HLA Antigens In Transgenic MiceNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1987
Professional Memberships
- american. surgical associationMember
- sociery of university surgeonsMember
- American association for the study of liver diseasesMember
- Member
- American Pediatric Surgical AssociationMember
- Pacific Association of Pediatric SurgeonsMember
Other Languages
- French, Vietnamese
External Links
- Dropbox PASShttps://www.dropbox.com/s/gkd06wzt9tbo6jz/Holterman%20PAPS%20PASS%202017.pdf?dl=0
- IPSACVietnamhttps://www.ipsacvietnam.org/
- News cliphttp://www.pjstar.com/article/20110904/News/309049933
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