SulaimanBharwaniMDFAAP, FAAPG, FACG

Pediatric Gastroenterology • Jonesboro, AR

Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gastroenterology, Pediatric Malabsorption Syndromes

Consultant Pediatrics Arkansas Children’s Hospital-Jonesboro clinic Professor University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

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Office
520 Carson St
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Phone+1 870-251-8925

Fax+1 870-336-2180

Summary

I am an American Board Certified Pediatric Gastroenterology doctor trained at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital, Brown University Affiliated Hasbro Children's Hospital, University of Toronto affiliate Hospital for Sick Children.
I have 25 years of experience in the field of Pediatric Gastroenterology and I accept patients-Newborns to 21 year old young adults.
I have been treating children with 'stomach problems' like Constipation, chronic abdominal pain syndromes (Functional Bowel Disorders and Abdominal wall pain syndromes), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD-Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis), Diarrhea and malabsorption like Celiac disease, Gluten and Casein sensitivity, lactose Intolerance, feeding Issues, Cow's milk Intolerance, Food and dairy allergies and Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Obesity and GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) or 'Acid Reflux' and 'ulcer diseases'.
I have also taught and many doctors from over a dozen nations spread across three Continents of the world and I have been involved in generating new knowledge through active research and numerous publications in scientific journals and been invited to many National and International conferences.
My mission is to listen to the stories of my pediatric patients and their parents/guardians and do my best to make their lives better than it was before they visited me

Education & Training

Brown UniversityFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1995 - 1998
Comer Childrens Hospital1992 - 1995
Dow University of Health SciencesClass of 1990, MB.BS., MD, Cum Laude

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2007 - 2027
AR State Medical License 2023 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2023
MA State Medical License 1996 - 2014
IL State Medical License 1995 - 1999
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

First Prize-Poster presentation 1st Child Health Institute Pediatric Conference Vienna Medical University, Austria and Al-Ain Hospital, 2010
SSPR Basic Science Investigator Award Southern Society of Pediatric Research, 2003
First Prize-Young Investigator Award Children’s Transplant Foundation-UK,4th Biennial Alex Mowat Liver Transplant meeting and Pediatric Hepatology Update Young Investigators Forum, 2002
Honor-Research sponsorship for presentation of research NASPGN/Mead Johnson Research Forum for Pediatric Gastroenterologists, 1997
Graduated cum laude-Honors in Physics, Chemistry and Biology Adamjee Science College, 1982
Valedictorian sum cum laude St. Patrick’s High, 1980
Member Society for Pediatric Research
First Prize Southern Society of Pediatric Research
Young Investigator Award Children's Liver Foundation, UK
Chair, Internet Committee North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology (NASPGHAN)
Scientific Advisor Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

67 citations
T cell-induced inflammation of the small and large intestine in immunodeficient mice
Dmitry V. Ostanin, Kevin P. Pavlick, Sulaiman Bharwani, Dwain D′Souza, Kathryn L. Furr
American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2006-01-01
21 citations
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Contraception among Afghan Refugee Women in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Hina Raheel, Mehtab S. Karim, Sarah Saleem, Sulaiman Bharwani
Plos One. 2012-11-02
59 citations
Susceptibility of murine periportal hepatocytes to hypoxia-reoxygenation: Role for NO and Kupffer cell-derived oxidants
Hisashi Taniai, Ian N. Hines, Sulaiman Bharwani, Ronald E. Maloney, Yuji Nimura
Hepatology. 2004-06-01

Books/Book Chapters

Practical Guide to the Care of the Pediatric Patient
Chapter: Gastrointestinal Disorders.
Page 433 - 469Ross AM, Bharwani SEditors: Alario, AJ.Mosby Elsevier, Inc.Edition 2nd,2008

Abstracts/Posters

Parental Supervision May Not be Enough in Preventing Accidental Poison Ingestion in Young Children.
Bharwani S, Arch Dis Child, 1/1/2012
Childproofing Cannot be Safely Assumed after Accidental Poison Ingestion Related Hospital Visits.
Bharwani S, Arch Dis Child, 1/1/2012
Is there a Role for a Part-Time Poison Control Center in a Human Resource Limited Setting?
Bharwani S, Arch Dis Child, 1/1/2012
The Role of Siblings in Un-Intentional Pediatric Poison Ingestions.
Bharwani S, Journal of Medical Sciences, 12/1/2011
The maid factor: Role of nannies and maids in Un-Intentional Pediatric Poison Ingestions.
Bharwani S, Journal of Medical Sciences, 12/1/2011
Physicians’ Perceptions and the Parents’ Recollections of the Timely Access to the Emergency Care in Cases of Pediatric Poisoning.
Bharwani S, Journal of Medical Sciences, 12/1/2011
Doctors who see more Pediatric Poisoning Cases Tend to Admit Fewer for In-Patient Observation: Healthcare Cost Implications.
Bharwani S, Journal of Medical Sciences, 12/1/2011
‘Rotavirus induced Systemic Inflammatory Reaction Syndrome (SIRS) in an infant’.
Bharwani S, Basak R, Khan Q, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 10/1/2010
Higher Rates Of H Pylori Reinfection In Children Is Likely Due To The Gender Specific Health Care Seeking Behavior Of Their Parents.
Bharwani S, Bharwani SS, Kamal A, Shah M, Rahim M, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 10/1/2010
Gender Differences In Healthcare Seeking Behavior May Adversely Affect H Pylori Eradication Efforts.
Bharwani S, Bharwani SS, Kamal A, Shah M, Rahim M, Gut, 1/1/2010
Protein Loosing Enteropathy (PLE) associated with Rotavirus in an infant.
Bharwani S, Basak R, Khan Q, Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 1/1/2010
Management Practices of H pylori infection in a tertiary center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Bharwani S, Bharwani SS, Kamal A, Shah M, Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 1/1/2010
Variation in Initial Evaluation and Treatment of Crohn’s Disease.
PIBD-Net Investigators, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 10/1/2005
Variation in Initial 6-mercaptopurine Dosage in Crohn’s Disease.
PIBD-Net Investigators, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 10/1/2005
T-cell induced inflammation of the small and large intestine in immunodeficient mice.
Ostanin DV, Bharwani S, Grisham MB, FASEB, 3/1/2005
Mesenteric Lymph Nodes and Peyers Patches Are Necessary for the Development of Chronic Colitis Induced by CD4+CD45RBhigh T-Cells in Immunodeficient Mice.
Pavlick KP, Ostanin DV, Laroux FS, Gray L, Bharwani S, Grisham MB, Gastroenterology, 1/1/2004
LFA-1 Deficient T-Cells fail to Induce Chronic Colitis in an Immune-based Mouse Model.
Pavlick KP, Ostanin DV, Laroux FS, Gray L, Chidlow JH, Bharwani S., Kevil CG, Grisham MB, Gastroenterology, 1/1/2004
LFA-1 Deficient T-Cells Fail To Induce Chronic Colitis In A T-Cell Dependent Model Of Crohn’s Disease.
Pavlick KP, Ostanin DV, Laroux FS, Gray L, Chidlow, JH, Bharwani S, Kevil CG, Grisham MB, APS Translational Research Conference Report: Immunological and Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 1/1/2004
Histopathologic injury Scoring of Non-Alcoholic Fatty liver In A Mouse Model.
Gadson R, Pavlick KP, Elliott J, Shepherd D, Sugar M, Bharwani S, LSU Research Forum, 7/1/2003
Effects of Parental Perceptions In Adolescents’ obesity.
Robinson M, Neal A, Elliott J, Shepherd D, Sugar M, Bharwani S, LSU Research Forum, 7/1/2003
Adolescents’ Perceptions Of Their Weight, Diet and Activity Level.
Neal A, Robinson M, Elliott J, Shepherd D, Sugar M, Bharwani S, LSU Research Forum, 7/1/2003
Sexual Dimorphism in Reduced-size Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Role of Endothelial Nitric oxide Synthase in Liver Transplants.
Bharwani S, Harada H, Grisham MB, Jrnl. Invest. Med., 1/1/2003
Pavlick K, Krugelstein C, Bharwani S, Grisham MB, Gastroenterology, 1/1/2003
Athymic nu/nu (Nude) Mice are Resistant to CD45Rbhigh T-Cell-Mediated Chronic Colitis: Role of NK and B-Cells.
Laroux SF, Gray L, Bharwani S, Fuseler J, Grisham MB, Gastroenterology, 1/1/2003
Activated/Memory but not Naive CD+ T-Cells Induce Colitis in Athymic nu/nu (Nude) Mice.
Laroux SF, Gray L, Bharwani S, Merrill D, Fuseler J, Grisham MB, Gastroenterology, 1/1/2003
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Lectures

Caustic Ingestions and Foreign body Ingestions in the UAE Children.
Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center, Abu Dhabi - 5/1/2013
GER to GERD in Children
Dubai Healthcare City - 3/1/2013
Foreign Body Ingestions in Children
2/1/2013
Pediatric GI Case scenarios
United Arab Emirates - 3/1/2012
Current Status of Accidental Childhood poisoning in the UAE
Abu Dhabi - 3/1/2011
Foreign body and Caustic Ingestions in Children-Grand Rounds
3/1/2011
Exploratory Phase Accidental ingestions in young Children
2/1/2011
Gender Differences In Healthcare Seeking Behaviour May Adversely Affect H Pylori Eradication Efforts.
Barcelona, Spain - 10/25/2010
Higher Rates Of H Pylori Reinfection In Children Is Likely Due To The Gender Specific Health Care Seeking Behavior Of Their Parents.
New Orleans, LA - 10/22/2010
Rotavirus induced Systemic Inflammatory Reaction Syndrome (SIRS) in an infant.
New Orleans, LA - 10/21/2010
SIRS and Protein Loosing Enteropathy (PLE) associated with Rotavirus in an infant.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 9/20/2010
Management Practices of H pylori infection in a tertiary center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 9/20/2010
Infant Mortality and the first 90 seconds after birth
Badakhshan, Afghanistan - 7/1/2010
Ignoring the elephant in the room-Is it time for GCC guidelines in managing H pylori related illnesses in children?
Dubai - 5/1/2010
Is an all-out war against H pylori justified?
UAE - 3/1/2010
H pylori and Abdominal pain in Children
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi - 2/1/2010
Recent NASPGHAN guidelines in the management of children with H pylori infection
Abu Dhabi - 5/1/2009
Abdominal Pain in Children-CME
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi - 4/1/2009
Brain Development and adolescents’ health challenges'
Abu Dhabi - 1/20/2009
Exploring the iceberg. Gluten Free world and the children with Coeliac disease.
United Arab Emirates University at Al-Ain, Dubai - 10/31/2007
Cases that lead to Liver Transplants-Paediatric Liver diseases
Qatar - 8/1/2006
Functional Bowel Disorders and Children-Rome II Criteria.
Qatar - 8/1/2006
GERD- From Paediatrics to Geriatrics: CME Rounds
London, Ontario - 6/1/2006
New Recommendations in Infant Nutrition
Chatham, Ontario - 4/1/2006
Children with GERD: How bad can it be? Strattford Grand Rounds
Stratford, ON - 6/1/2005
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Other

After the Launch-Report from the Internet Committee of NASPGHAN.
Bharwani S, NASPGHAN Newsletter
1/1/2007
‘Obesity Epidemic in Children. Origins and Solutions.’
Channel 3 Health Section Interview by News Director
3/17/2003
‘Health update’. Interview for Expert opinion on Pediatric GERD cases.
Channel 12 News
2/1/2003
‘Health update’. Interview for Expert opinion on Failure to Thrive cases.
Channel 12 News
9/1/2002
‘Health update’. Interview for Expert opinion on Schwachman-Diamond syndrome.
Channel 12 News
4/1/2002
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