- Member, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) (2011)
- Member, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2010)
Biography
Dr. Bhaskar Gurram received his medical degree from the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College in India. He completed his pediatric residency at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit. Dr. Gurram then continued his training with a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Medical College of Wisconsin and received his board-certification in pediatric gastroenterology by the American Board of Pediatrics in 2013.
Dr. Gurram was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee before joining the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2015. He has clinical expertise in gastrointestinal manifestations of immune deficiency, immune dysregulation disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). His research interests are in work-up of early-onset inflammatory bowel disease and in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Gurram is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, fellows and nurses.
Education & Training
- Residency - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (2002-2005), Pediatrics
- Fellowship - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program (2010-2013), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Medical School - Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College (1995-2001)
- Residency - Children's Hospital of Michigan (2007-2010), Pediatrics
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- D Magazine Best Doctor 2022-2025
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist 2021
- Outstanding Medical Student Teacher 2010-2011, Awarded yearly for one faculty/fellow in the department of pediatrics by The Medical College of Wisconsin medical students rotating in pediatrics
- Sorel Catherine Freymann Prize 2005-2005, Awarded yearly for best post graduate (resident) in Pediatrics at All India Institure of Medical sciences, New Delhi, INDIA
Books & Publications
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Books
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Disorders of Digestion in the Neonate in Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 10th edition, R. Martin, A. Fanaroff, M. Walsh, eds.
Larson-Nath C, Gurram B, Chelimsky G. (2015), Philadelphia, Elsevier
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Disorders of Digestion in the Neonate in Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 10th edition, R. Martin, A. Fanaroff, M. Walsh, eds.
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Publications
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Effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab in pediatric Crohn's disease: Results of the REALITI study
Author Collaboration ft, Steiner SJ, Adler J, Saeed SA, Strauss RS, Howe KM, Sheahan A, Zhang R, Keihn KR, Harrow K, Olano KK, Evans DA, Lo KH, Zhang N, Kim L, Colletti RB, Volger S, Ali S, Ammoury R, Appel KL, Ayers T, Baron H, Bass J, Bensen R, Brenner EJ, Cabrera J, Chavannes M, del Rosario JF, Dorsey J, Dykes DM, Ebach DR, Gurram B, Heintz D, Higuchi LM, Hoffenberg EJ, Huang JS, Israel EJ, Jester TW, Kang I, Leibowitz I, Linville T, Maltz RM, McKinney CA, Mendoza Alvarez LB, Minar P, Morhardt T, Muñiz Crim AJ, Niklinska-Schirtz BJ, O'Connell DM, Pappa H, Pasternak B Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2026 -
Isolated intestinal lymphatic anomaly: Underwater endoscopic identification and therapeutic intervention
Polachek A, Daves G, Pimpalwar S, Gurram B, Reddy S, Wysocki C, Troendle D Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2025 Jul 81 146-147 -
Cachexia, chorea, and pain in chronic nonbacterial osteitis and inflammatory bowel disease: a case report
Agharokh L, Mamola K, Yu AG, Medina AL, Gurram B, Fuller J, Park JY, Chen W, Rajaram V, Hammer MR, Waugh JL Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 Dec 17 -
Chromosomal Numerical Aberrations and Rare Copy Number Variation in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dirvanskyte P, Gurram B, Bolton C, Warner N, Jones KD, Griffin HR, Park JY, Keller KM, Gilmour KC, Hambleton S, Muise AM, Wysocki C, Uhlig HH Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 2023 Jan 17 49-60 -
Efficacy and Outcomes of Faecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nicholson MR, Alexander E, Ballal S, Davidovics Z, Docktor M, Dole M, Gisser JM, Goyal A, Hourigan SK, Jensen MK, Kaplan JL, Kellermayer R, Kelsen JR, Kennedy MA, Khanna S, Knackstedt ED, Lentine J, Lewis JD, Michail S, Mitchell PD, Oliva-Hemker M, Patton T, Queliza K, Sidhu S, Solomon AB, Suskind DL, Weatherly M, Werlin S, De Zoeten EF, Kahn SA, Aktay N, Asbah I, Bartlett M, Bassett M, Brumbaugh D, Caicedo L, Chawla A, Conrad M, Dykes CD, Grzywacz K, Gulati A, Gurram B, Hellman J, Kastl A, Mallon D, Pai N, Pasternak B, Patel AS, Prozialeck J, Reilly N, Russell G, Singh N, Small-Harary L, Sood S, Stumphy J, Sullivan J, Syed S, Titgemeyer C, Townsend P, Zheng Y Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 2022 May 16 768-777 -
Bladder Necrosis at Time of Presentation with Ulcerative Colitis in an 8-year-old Female: A Case Report
Schlomer BJ, Norris N, Gurram B, Carpinito G Urology 2022 Feb 160 195-198 -
Diarrhea
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Pediatric autoimmune gastritis: clinical correlates and histologic features
Kulak O, Gurram B, Montgomery EA, Park JY Human Pathology 2021 Oct 116 31-38 -
Esophagitis Dissecans Superficialis in Children
Ebigbo N, Park JY, Cheng E, Gurram B Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2021 Aug 73 E30-E34 -
Augmented ustekinumab dosing is needed to achieve clinical response in patients with anti-TNF refractory pediatric Crohn's disease: A retrospective chart review
Do P, Andersen J, Patel A, Semrin G, Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Luu P, Gurram B F1000Research 2021 9 -
IV Ibuprofen for Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis in Children: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Feasibility Study
Troendle DM, Gurram B, Huang R, Barth BA Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2020 Jan 70 121-126 -
Mosaic tetrasomy 9p associated with inflammatory bowel disease
Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Starokadomskyy P, Welch J, Gurram B, Park JY, Koduru P, Burstein E Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 2019 Oct 13 1474-1478 -
Fecal microbiota transplantation in children: Current concepts
Gurram B, Sue PK Current opinion in pediatrics 2019 Oct 31 623-629 -
Recent advances in understanding and managing pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Patel AS, Gurram B F1000Research 2019 8 -
Outcomes after fecal diversion for colonic and perianal Crohn disease in children
Dharmaraj R, Nugent M, Simpson P, Arca M, Gurram B, Werlin S Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018 Mar 53 472-476 -
Diarrhea
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Intact regulatory T-Cell function but defective generation of IL-17A-producing CD4+ T cells in XIAP deficiency
Gurram B, Hammelev E, Syverson G, Haribhai D, Yan K, Simpson P, Salzman N, Verbsky JW Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2016 Jul 63 218-225 -
Paneth cell defects in Crohn’s disease patients promote dysbiosis
Liu TC, Gurram B, Baldridge MT, Head R, Lam V, Luo C, Cao Y, Simpson P, Hayward M, Holtz ML, Bousounis P, Noe J, Lerner D, Cabrera J, Biank V, Stephens M, Huttenhower C, McGovern DP, Xavier RJ, Stappenbeck TS, Salzman NH JCI Insight 2016 Jun 1 -
Plasma-induced signatures reveal an extracellular milieu possessing an immunoregulatory bias in treatment-naive paediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Gurram B, Salzman NH, Kaldunski ML, Jia S, Li BU, Stephens M, Sood MR, Hessner MJ Clinical and Experimental Immunology 2016 Apr 184 36-49 -
Challenges in meeting fellowship procedural guidelines in pediatric therapeutic endoscopy and liver biopsy
Lerner DG, Li BU, Mamula P, Fishman DS, Kramer R, Goh VL, El-Chammas K, Pentiuk SP, Rothbaum R, Gurram B, Rahhal RM, Goday PS, Vitola B Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2014 Jan 58 27-33 -
Nutrition in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Gurram B, Joeckel R, Stephens M Practical Gastroenterology 2012 Apr 36 56-62 -
Unusual complications of empyema thoracis: Diaphragmatic palsy and Horner's syndrome
Gurram B, Lodha R, Kabra SK Indian journal of pediatrics 2006 Oct 73 941-943 -
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Gurram B, Lodha R, Kabra SK Indian journal of pediatrics 2003 May 70 401-405
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Effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab in pediatric Crohn's disease: Results of the REALITI study
Research
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Gastrointestinal manifestations of immune deficiency and immune dysregulation disorders
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