William Balistreri

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, United States of America

William F. Balistreri, MD

Academic positions:
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Care Center
- Visiting Professor at a number of institutions including:
2006 - University of West Virginia Grand Rounds, University of Vermont
2005 - University of Rochester, UTSW, Buffalo Children's Hospital, Phoenix Children's Hospital
2004 - Vermont Summer Pediatric Seminar, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, University of Michigan
2003 - Chicago Children's Hospital

All industry positions (in last five years):

Research interests:
Liver disease (cholestasis, hepatisis, metabolic liver disease) and inflammatory bowel disease

Any other information:
Editorial positions:
Editor of The Journal of Pediatrics
Former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Co-editor, associate editor, guest editor, reviewer and member of numerous editorial boards of several journals and periodicals including seminars in Liver Disease, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Co-editor of Liver Disease in Children
Editorial Board, Physicians Guide for Rare Disorders (National Organization for Rare Diseases), Liver, (1998 to 2004), Journal of Hepatology, (1999 to 2003)

Professional Organization Memberships:
President, Children's Digestive Health & Nutrition Foundation (CDHNF), 2005-2008
Past President, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)
Past President, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Board of Directors, American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Credentials Committee, American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
Member, American Liver Foundation (ALF), Pediatric Liver Council

Balistreri has received awards from various societies including:
2006 - Daniel Drake Award, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
2001 Outstanding Pediatrician award from the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
1999 - Murray Davidson Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1999 - Shwachman Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1998 - Andrew Sass-Kortsak Memorial Award from the Canadian Liver Foundation and the Canadian Association for the Study of Liver
1995 - Distinguished Leadership Award from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Liver Failure & Liver Disease (since 15 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 6.0
  Medical Treatment of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Role for Novel Bile Acids and other (post-)Transcriptional Modulators?
  Recommended by William Balistreri
  
• 8.0
  Safety and efficacy of a recombinant hepatitis E vaccine.
  Recommended by William Balistreri, Kenrad Nelson