Alejandro Llanos Chea, M.D.

Pediatrics - Gastroenterology

Biography

Alejandro Llanos Chea, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Llanos Chea earned his medical degree at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru and completed a residency in pediatrics at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Illinois. He received advanced training through a pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and a gastrointestinal motility and functional disorders fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric gastroenterology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Llanos Chea is the Associate Director of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Clinic at Children’s Health. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves on the editorial board of the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.

Education & Training

Residency - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (2012-2015), Pediatrics
Medical School - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/Peru (2002-2009)
Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2015-2018), Pediatric Gastroenterology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society
Colegio Médico de Perú
Cochrane Collaboration
Dallas County Medical Society
International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Texas Medical Association

Honors & Awards

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Annual Meeting 2023, Poster of Distinction

Books & Publications

Books
- Approach to patients with gastrointestinal tract infections and food poisoning in Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (9th ed.)
  Llanos-Chea A, Ochoa-Woodell T (2025), Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier Health
- Nutrition and immunity in Pediatric Nutrition (8th ed.)
  Llanos-Chea A, Moon A, Ganguli K (2019), Itasca, IL, American Academy of Pediatrics