Jacobo Santolaya, M.D.

Pediatrics - Gastroenterology
Autoimmune conditions of the gastrointestinal tract
Diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric patients

Biography

Jacobo Santolaya, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric gastroenterology.

Dr. Santolaya earned his medical degree at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and gained advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at UT Southwestern.

Board certified in general pediatrics, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.

Dr. Santolaya's clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric patients, autoimmune conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, and microbiome associations with intestinal inflammation. He also sees patients with various general gastroenterology disorders, including constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and nutritional deficiencies.

He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Education & Training

Medical School - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2012-2016)
Residency - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2016-2019), Pediatrics
Fellowship - UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2019-2022), Pediatric Gastroenterology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Honors & Awards

Senior Fellow Research Day - Top 5 Abstract / Oral Presentation 2022, UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Pediatrics
Outstanding Advocate Achievement 2019, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Community Pediatrics & Advocacy Program for Senior Residency Advocacy Project
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2015, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Gold Humanism Honor Society 2015, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Volunteer Award 2014, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Distinction in Research 2012-2013, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Books & Publications

Publications
- Enhancing Residents' Warmth in Greeting Caregivers: An Inpatient Intervention to Improve Family-Centered Communication.
  Bayer ND, Taylor A, Atabek Z, Santolaya JL, Bamat TW, Washington N, Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality 2021 May-Jun 01 43 3 183-193
- Pediatric Residents' Sense of Meaning in Their Work: Is This Value Related to Higher Specialty Satisfaction and Reduced Burnout?
  Bayer ND, Taylor A, Fallon A, Wang H, Santolaya JL, Bamat TW, Washington N, Academic pediatrics 2021 04 21 3 557-563
- Association of histological chorioamnionitis and magnesium sulfate treatment in singleton and dichorionic twin pregnancies with preterm premature rupture of membranes: preliminary observations.
  O'Brien JM, Santolaya JL, Palomares K, Blitzer D, Santolaya-Forgas J, Journal of perinatal medicine 2018 Oct 46 8 839-844
- The Microbiota and Transgenomic Networks: Potential Implications for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
  Santolaya-Forgas J, Townsend R, Santolaya JL, Patel P, Herrera-Garcia G, Castracane VD, Fetal diagnosis and therapy 2016 39 1 1-3
- Risk factors for perinatal mortality in patients admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of placental abruption.
  Atkinson AL, Santolaya-Forgas J, Blitzer DN, Santolaya JL, Matta P, Canterino J, Oyelese Y, The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2015 Mar 28 5 594-7
- A pressing need for culturally relevant preconception programs for obese patients in the USA.
  O'Brien J, Santolaya JL, Townsend R, Matta P, Canterino J, Santolaya-Forgas J, Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine 2015 8 2 169-70
- Ebola viral infection in pregnancy: a plea for specific clinical recommendations.
  Santolaya JL, Santolaya-Forgas J, Journal of perinatal medicine 2015 Jan 43 1 123-4
- Screening for Down syndrome in dichorionic twin pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF): a clinical pilot study to confirm the laboratory methods.
  Francois L, Kugler L, Santolaya JL, Faro R, Di Stefano V, Merjanian L, Santolaya-Forgas J, Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 2014 Jan 31 1 125-8
- Baseline TNFa operational capacity in fetal and maternal circulation prior to the onset of labor: "tuned for different purposes".
  Santolaya JL, Kugler L, Francois L, Stefano VD, Ebert GA, Wolf R, Wang B, Santolaya-Forgas J, Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 2013 Jul 20 7 838-44
- Candidate biomarkers for acute rejection of pregnancy after in-utero cell-based therapy in pre-immune embryos via ultrasound-guided celocentesis.
  Santolaya JL, Galan I, Di Stefano V, Jasani S, De Leon-Luis J, Wolf R, Santolaya-Forgas J, American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 2012 Aug 68 2 181-4
- Acute changes in the embryonic heart rate: a response to environmental challenges?
  Santolaya JL, Di Stefano V, DeLeon Luis J, Santolaya-Forgas J, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2012 Apr 39 4 480-1

Research

Clinical and quality improvement research related to inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric patients
Basic science research on colonic enteroendocrine cells and their effect on host metabolism and microbiome

Clinical Focus

Autoimmune conditions of the gastrointestinal tract
Diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric patients
General gastroenterology disorders in pediatric patients
Microbiome associations with intestinal inflammation

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