
Tony L. Guerrerio Jr., MD, PhD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Tony L. Guerrerio Jr.
Professional Titles
- Director, Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Background
Dr. Anthony Lawrence Guerrerio is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease. He is the director of the Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic.
Dr. Guerrerio received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in pediatrics and did a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins and then joined the faculty in 2009.
His clinical practice focuses on eosinophilic intestinal disease (esophagitis, gastroenteritis and colitis) as well as inflammatory bowel disease—especially in the context of immunodeficiency. He also has a special interest in intestinal problems of those affected by Loeys-Dietz syndrome.
Centers and Institutes
Research Interests
Eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenteritis and colitis, Immunodeficiency, Inflammatory bowel disease
Selected Publications
Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA, Guerrerio AL, Oswald G, Chichester K, Myers L, Halushka MK, Oliva-Hemker M, Wood RA, Dietz HC. “TGFβ receptor mutations impose a strong predisposition for human allergic disease.” Sci Transl Med. 2013 Jul 24;5(195):195ra94. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006448. PubMed PMID: 23884466; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3905327.
Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA, Keet CA, Guerrerio AL, Chichester KL, Bieneman AP, Hamilton RG, Wood RA, Schroeder JT. “Modulation of dendritic cell innate and adaptive immune functions by oral and sublingual immunotherapy.” Clin Immunol. 2014 Nov;155(1):47-59. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2014.08.006. Epub 2014 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 25173802; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4252363.
Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA, Montgomery RA, Warren DS, Cooke SK, Lutz J, Sonnenday CJ, Guerrerio AL, Dietz HC. “Perturbation of thymocyte development in nonsense-mediated decay (NMD)-deficient mice.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jun 28;108(26):10638-43. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019352108. Epub 2011 Jun 13. PubMed PMID:21670277; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3127929.
Gorelik M, Narisety SD, Guerrerio AL, Chichester KL, Keet CA, Bieneman AP,Hamilton RG, Wood RA, Schroeder JT, Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA. “Suppression of the immunologic response to peanut during immunotherapy is often transient.” J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Dec 24. pii: S0091-6749(14)01646-7. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2014.11.010. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25542883.
Guerrerio AL, Berg JM. “Design of single-stranded nucleic acid binding peptides based on nucleocapsid CCHC-box zinc-binding domains.” J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Jul 21;132(28):9638-43. doi: 10.1021/ja910942v. PubMed PMID: 20586464; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2990226.
Guerrerio AL, Colvin RM, Schwartz AK, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Diehl A, Mohan P, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE, Torbenson MS, Scheimann AO. “Choline intake in a large cohort of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.” Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr;95(4):892-900. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.020156. Epub 2012 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 22338037; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3302364.
Guerrerio AL, Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA, Lederman HM, Oliva-Hemker M. “Recognizing gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of primary immunodeficiency diseases.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Nov;51(5):548-55. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181efe56b. Review. PubMed PMID: 20871412.
Guerrerio AL, Mattis L, Conner KG, Hampsey J, Stasinopoulos DM, DeJong R, Boctor EM, Sheth S, Hamper UM, Scheimann AO. “Oral choline supplementation in children with intestinal failure.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Jul;53(1):115-9. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31821404d4. PubMed PMID: 21694550.
MacCarrick G, Black JH 3rd, Bowdin S, El-Hamamsy I, Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA, Guerrerio AL, Sponseller PD, Loeys B, Dietz HC 3rd. “Loeys-Dietz syndrome: a primer for diagnosis and management.” Genet Med. 2014 Aug;16(8):576-87. doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.11. Epub 2014 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 24577266; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4131122.
Robbins KA, Guerrerio AL, Hauck SA, Henry BJ, Keet CA, Brereton NH, Oh S, Stasinopoulos DM, Wood RA. “Growth and nutrition in children with food allergy requiring amino acid-based nutritional formulas.: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Dec;134(6):1463-1466.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.08.053. Epub 2014 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 25445831.
Locations
- Rubenstein Child Health Building
- 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-5437
- fax: 410-367-2762
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2009Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics, 2006Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD PhD, 2003Board Certifications
Pediatric Gastroenterology
American Board of Pediatrics, 2009Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 2006Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)