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Wikrom Karnsakul, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Baltimore, MD

WikromWongwanichKarnsakulMD

Pediatric Gastroenterology • Baltimore, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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  • Office

    600 N Wolfe Street
    CMSC2
    Baltimore, MD 21287
    Phone+1 410-955-8769
    Fax+1 410-955-1464

Summary

  • Dr. Karnsakul is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a board-certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist and has served as a Transplant Hepatologist of the Pediatric Liver Center at Johns Hopkins Children's Center since 2008. He trained in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Texas Children’s Hospital/ Baylor College School of Medicine. Dr. Karnsakul’s clinical interest is to improve the care and quality of life for children with chronic liver diseases and particularly those who suffer from end stage liver disease and need an evaluation for both deceased and living donor liver transplantations.

    Dr. Karnsakul has been an active investigator for other NIH-funded liver-related research studies in The Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF) Study and The Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDReN), and several clinical trials in children with Hepatitis C Infection. Dr. Karnsakul is the Principal Investigator on several liver disease studies for children with Cystic Fibrosis funded by NIH and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. He is a member of Special Interest Group in Emerging Hepatitis E Virus in the United States at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has been a mentor to Johns Hopkins undergraduate, post doctorate and PhD students for the study of Hepatitis E infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. In addition, he is a member of North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) since 1998 and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) since 2007 and also served as Pediatric Hepatology Committee at NASPGHAN and Annual Meeting Education Committee at the AASLD.

Education & Training

  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1998 - 2001
  • Advocate Health Care/Advocate Children’s Hospital (Oak Lawn)
    Advocate Health Care/Advocate Children’s Hospital (Oak Lawn)Residency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
  • Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine
    Mahidol University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2008 - 2026
  • WV State Medical License
    WV State Medical License 2004 - 2008
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2000 - 2004
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1995 - 1999
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow’s Clinical Research Award Society for Pediatric Research, 2001
  • Drewes Scholarship Award for Clinical Externship in Pediatrics Thai-German Student Associations, 1992

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Infectious Disease of the Fetus and Newborn Child 
    Chapter: Hepatitis 
    Karnsakul W, Schwarz KBEditors: Remington & Klein.Elsevier Science LtdEdition 8th,
  • Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition 
    Chapter: Metabolic disorders in the older child 
    Karnsakul W, Schwarz KBEditors: Sibal A.Jaypee Brothers MedicalEdition 1st,
  • Genetic Metabolic Disorders 
    Chapter: Disorders of Cholesterol Synthesis 
    Page 563 - 579Karnsakul WEditors: Pornswan Wasant.PA Living Limited, Bangkok, ThailandEdition 1st,
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Simple biomarkers correlate with liver ultrasound scan abnormalities in children with cystic fibrosis
    Ling SC, Ye W, Leung DH, Weymann A, Karnsakul W, Freeman AJ, Magee J, Narkewicz MR for CFLD NET, AASLD, Boston, MA, 11/11/2016
  • Simple biomarkers correlate with liver ultrasound scan abnormalities in children with cystic fibrosis
    Ling SC, Ye W, Leung DH, Weymann A, Karnsakul W, Freeman AJ, Magee J, Narkewicz MR for CFLD NET, 2016 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Orlando, Florida, 10/26/2016
  • Frequency and Risk Factors for Variceal Hemorrhage in CF Foundation Patient Registry Participants with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Cirrhosis
    Wen Ye, Michael R Narkewicz, Daniel H Leung, Wikrom Karnsakul, Karen F Murray, Estella M Alonso, John Magee, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Alex Weymann, Jean P Molleston,..., World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Montreal, Canada, 10/2016
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Lectures

  • Hepatitis E virus infection in solid organ transplant: Is this an emerging disease in the United States? 
    Department of Transplant Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC - 2015
  • Updates in Cystic Fibrosis associated Liver Disease: A story from Bedside to Bench 
    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland - 2015
  • Living donor liver transplantation in children: a single North American center experience over two decades 
    Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Texas Children's Hospital - 2012
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Other

  • Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Current Concept and Management, Practice Guidance in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Proceeding book of 4th Tea... 
    Karnsakul W
    Thailand

Grant Support

  • Prediction by Ultrasound of the Risk of Hepatic Cirrhosis in Cystic FibrosisNIH/NIDDK and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation2009–2017
  • A Phase 2, Open-Label, Multicenter, Multi-cohort Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Fixed Dose Combination in Adolescents and Children with Chronic HCV-InfectionGilead2015–2016
  • A Long Term Follow-up Registry for Adolescent and Pediatric Subjects Who Received a Gilead Hepatitis C Virus Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) in GileadGilead2014–2016
  • A Phase 2, Open-Label, Multicenter Multi-cohort, Single-Arm Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Sofosbuvir + Ribavirin in Adolescents and Children with Genotype 2 or 3 Chronic HCV InfectionGilead2014–2016

Committees

  • Pediatric Hepatology Committee, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2016 - Present
  • Annual Meeting Education Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 2014 - Present

Research History

  • Hepatology ResearchDr. Karnsakul is an active investigator of NIH-funded Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (CHilDREN) since 2008, focusing on cholestatic liver diseases,cystic fibrosis liver disease and portal hypertension with a strong interest in viral hepatitis-Hepatitis C and Hepatitis E.2008 - Present

Professional Memberships

  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
    Member
  • North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
    Member

Other Languages

  • Thai, Spanish

External Links

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