WikromWongwanichKarnsakulMD
Pediatric Gastroenterology • Baltimore, MDAssociate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Office
200 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287Phone+1 443-997-5437Fax+1 410-367-2762
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 MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1998 - 2001
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Children’s Hospital (Oak Lawn)Residency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
Mahidol University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2008 - 2026
WV State Medical License 2004 - 2008
TX State Medical License 2000 - 2004
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
- MRI to Characterize and Predict CF Liver Disease in PUSH Cohort Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 27
- Efficacy and Safety of Odevixibat in Children With Biliary Atresia Who Have Undergone a Kasai HPE (BOLD) Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 08
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- From Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) to Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF): Perspectives in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.Minna Rodrigo, Christopher Hartley, Paul Wasuwanich, Trung Van, Wikrom Karnsakul
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 2024-12-01 - Epidemiology and Outcomes of Hepatitis E Virus-Associated Hospitalisations in the United States With a Focus on Pregnancy: A Nationwide Population Study, 1998-2020.Paul Wasuwanich, Tony S Wen, Robert S Egerman, Wikrom Karnsakul
Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2024-11-01 - Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors to Expand the Pediatric Donor Pool.Natasha Dilwali, Christopher Hartley, Paul K Sue, Wikrom Karnsakul
Pathogens. 2024-10-30
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Simple biomarkers correlate with liver ultrasound scan abnormalities in children with cystic fibrosisLing 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 fibrosisLing 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) CirrhosisWen 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 BenchCystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland - 2015
- Living donor liver transplantation in children: a single North American center experience over two decadesDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Texas Children's Hospital - 2012
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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
- Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wikrom-karnsakul
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