Diagnosing Biliary Atresia, Discrepancies in Pediatric Work Hours – Episode 240

Dr. Sanjiv Harpavat is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. His clinical and research interests are in biliary atresia, including developing new ways to diagnose and treat the disease. His advocacy interests are in childhood obesity and motivating the fast-food industry to help address the problem. Dr. Harpavat grew up in Dallas, Texas. He completed his undergraduate degree at Stanford University, MD and PhD degrees at Harvard Medical School, and pediatric residency and gastroenterology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital. 

Dr. Saul J. Karpen is the inaugural chief scientific officer for the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health at Virginia Commonwealth University where he is a professor of internal medicine and adjunct professor in pediatric medicine at the VCU School of Medicine. He is a pediatric hepatologist at the VCU Children’s Hospital of Richmond. The overarching aim of his research is to understand the root causes and adaptive mechanisms for cholestasis, including recent work focused on discovering novel genetic causes of biliary atresia. His overall goals are to develop integrative programs to improve clinical care, enhance basic and applied clinical research, including the discovery of new therapeutic agents—focused upon the unique and pressing needs of infants and children with liver disease and improving the continuum of care through adulthood. 

Bobbi J. Byrne, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. She is an attending neonatologist at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Nationally Bobbi is chair of the AAP's Longitudinal Study of Pediatricians Project Advisory Committee. She is also the current cochair of the AAP NRP Steering Committee. Her educational interest is in simulation-based medical education as well as delivery room resuscitation, and she is the Director of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Outreach Education.  

Gary L. Freed MD, MPH, FAAP, is the Percy and Mary Murphy professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan (UM). He serves as Associate Chair for Government Relations in the Department of Pediatrics and the Director of Research for the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion in the Medical School. Dr. Freed founded the first pediatric health services research center in the U.S. He has been the principal investigator of numerous grants on child health policy and health economics, immunizations, health care quality measurement, health inequities, physician behavior and the medical workforce and published over 325 peer-reviewed articles in the medical literature.