Ricardo Castillo
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - Gastroenterology
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
300 Pasteur Dr Stanford, CA 94305-2200 Tel Work (650) 723-4000 Fax (650) 724-3106Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Gastroenterology/Nutrition/Hepatology, Pediatric
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
Administrative Appointments
- DIRECTOR, PROGRAM IN INTESTINAL REHABILITATION, PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, STANFORD UNIVERSITY (2005 - present)
- MEDICAL DIRECTOR, INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION, PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, STANFORD UNIVERSITY (1999 - present)
- ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, STANFORD UNIVERSITY (1985 - present)
Honors and Awards
- WILLIAM M. HUME FACULTY SCHOLAR, STANFORD UNIVERSITY (1987)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Pediatric Gastroenterology, American Board of Pediatrics (1995) |
| Board Certification: | General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1981) |
| Fellowship: | UCSF Medical Center, CA (1982) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1978) |
| Internship: | UCSF Medical Center, CA (1976) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Study of the interaction and role of nutrients and intestinal growth factors in enhancing intestinal adaptation and allograft viability using animal models for short bowel syndrome and orthtopic intestinal transplantation.
Study of immunosuppression regimens and induction of immune tolerance in intestinal transplantation.
Publications
- Outcomes of transplantation in children with primary hepatic malignancy. Pediatr Transplant. 2007; (6): 655-60
- Pediatric intestinal transplantation at Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford University Medical Center: report of a four-year experience. Transplant Proc. 2006 Jul-Aug; (6): 1716-7
- The role of growth hormone in adaptation to massive small intestinal resection in rats. Pediatr Res. 2001; (2): 189-96
- Paediatric liver transplantation: indications, timing and medical complications. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1999: S61-6
- Liver transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center. Clin Transpl. 1998: 287-96
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