FrankWDiPaolaMD

Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

Associate Professor

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Office
1204 W Main St
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone+1 434-924-0123

Fax+1 434-243-3300

- Board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

- Expertise includes the diagnosis and management of pediatric liver diseases and the clinical management of children before and after liver transplantation

- Research interests include Fontan-associated liver disease, liver elastography, and drug-induced liver injury

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, 2012 - 2013
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2009 - 2012
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2009
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2006, Doctor of Medicine with Distinction
University of North CarolinaBS, Biology, with Honors, 1998 - 2002

Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Award American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2012
Alexander M. White III Postdoctoral Research Fellowship American Liver Foundation, 2011
Eugene S. Mayer Community Service Honor Society University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2005
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society UNC Gamma Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2005
President, UNC Gamma Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
J. Rush Shull, M.D. Memorial Scholarship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2005
William Hersey Davis Jr. M.D. Pediatric Student Scholarship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2005
Student Research Training Program Grant American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research, 2003
Carmela Gagliardi Fellow National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), 2003
Herbert H. Fritz Special Merit Award University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2003
Ted Sharpless Loyalty Fund Merit Scholarship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2003-2004
I.R. Hagadorn Award for Excellence in Biology Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Alpha Chapter of North Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
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PubMed

6 citations
Preclinical, randomized phase 1, and compassionate use evaluation of REGN4461, a leptin receptor agonist antibody for leptin deficiency.
Judith Y Altarejos, Jeffrey Pangilinan, Simona Podgrabinska, Baris Akinci, Maria Foss-Freitas
Science Translational Medicine. 2023-11-22
6 citations
Fontan-associated liver disease after heart transplant.
Eric R Griffiths, Linda M Lambert, Zhining Ou, Akraam Shaaban, Maryam Rezvani
Pediatric Transplantation. 2023-03-01
9 citations
Feasibility of using a patient-reported outcome measure into clinical practice following pediatric liver transplantation: The Starzl Network experience.
Vicky Lee Ng, Claire Dunphy, Eyal Shemesh, Steven Lobritto, Elizabeth Eisenberg
Pediatric Transplantation. 2023-02-01

Books/Book Chapters

Liver Disease in Children
Chapter: Disease of the gallbladder in infancy, childhood, and adolescence
Page 255 - 272Frank W. DiPaola and James E. HeubiEditors: Frederick J Suchy, Ronald J Sokol, William F Balistreri, Jorge A Bezerra, Cara Mack, Benjamin Schneider.Cambridge University PressEdition 5th,2021

Abstracts/Posters

Abernethy malformation: associations, complications, and outcomes – a single center experience
DiPaola F, Walther A, Tiao G, Alonso MH, Sheridan R, Bove KE, Bezerra JA, Nathan JD, Annual Meeting, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Washington, DC, 11/3/2013
Acute liver failure of indeterminate cause associated with immune activation: towards a paradigm for rapid recognition and management.
DiPaola F and Bucuvalas J, Annual Meeting, Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Denver, CO, 10/11/2012
Oral presentation: Peribiliary glands connect to form three-dimensional epithelial networks within the wall of extrahepatic bile ducts and proliferate in response to i...
DiPaola F, Shivakumar P, Pfister J, Sabla G, Walters S, Bezerra J, Annual Liver Meeting, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA, 11/7/2011

Co-I, Michigan Hepatotoxicity Clinical Research NetworkNIH2013–2018
PI, Charles Woodson Biostatistics AwardDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan2016–2017
PI, T2 Translational Science AwardMichigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research2014–2016

Member, Education Committee, Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) 2016 - 2020

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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American Society of Transplantation
Member
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
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Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
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