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Anca Safta, MD

Anca Safta, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Gastroenterology

Research Interests

  • Celiac Disease
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Hepatology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Education
MD, University De Med Si Farm Carol Davila Fac De Med, 1998
Residency
Pediatrics, University of Illinois/Advocate Christ Medical Centerr, 2004
Peds Gastroenterology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, 2007
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Memberships
American Gastroenterological Association
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatrics
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Positions
Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Gastroenterology
Departments and Affiliations
Pediatrics - Gastroenterology

Research

  • Publications
  • Energy- and protein-enriched formula improves weight gain in infants with malnutrition due to cardiac and noncardiac etiologies. Goday PS, Lewis JD, Sang CJ, George DE, McGoogan KE, Safta AM, Seth A, Krekel C. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2022 Aug; 46(6):1270-1282.
  • Longitudinal Growth Outcomes Following First-line Treatment for Pediatric Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Jensen ET, Huang KZ, Chen HX, Landes LE, McConnell KA, Almond MA, Safta AM, Johnston DT, Durban R, Jobe L, Frost C, Donnelly S, Antonio B, Quiros A, Markowitz JE, Dellon ES. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 01; 68(1):50-55.
  • Practice Pattern Variation in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the Carolinas EoE Collaborative: A Research Model in Community and Academic Practices. Huang KZ, Jensen ET, Chen HX, Landes LE, McConnell KA, Almond MA, Johnston DT, Durban R, Jobe L, Frost C, Donnelly S, Antonio B, Safta AM, Quiros JA, Markowitz JE, Dellon ES. South. Med. J. 2018 06; 111(6):328-332.
  • Combined and Alternating Topical Steroids and Food Elimination Diet for the Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Reed CC, Safta AM, Qasem S, Angie Almond M, Dellon ES, Jensen ET. Dig. Dis. Sci. 2018 09; 63(9):2381-2388.
  • Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in the Human Gastric Mucosa and Blood: Role in Helicobacter pylori Infection. Booth JS, Salerno-Goncalves R, Blanchard TG, Patil SA, Kader HA, Safta AM, Morningstar LM, Czinn SJ, Greenwald BD, Sztein MB. Front Immunol. 2015; 6:466.
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Research Interests

  • Celiac Disease
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Hepatology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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