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Kathryn K. Smith

Kathryn K. Smith, MD

Gastroenterology

Accepting New Patients

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Kathryn K. Smith

Professional Titles

  • Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Background

Dr. Sara Kathryn Smith is a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of liver disorders, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson’s disease, metabolic diseases, biliary atresia, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and acute liver failure. Dr. Smith is a trained pediatric transplant hepatologist, with special focus in caring for young liver transplant patients before and after surgery. 

Dr. Smith obtained her medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. She followed that by completing a residency in pediatrics at Jackson Memorial Hospital at the University of Miami.  She next completed a fellowship in gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Rady Children’s Hospital at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Smith completed her advanced fellowship in pediatric transplant hepatology at Benioff Children's Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco.

Research Interests

Long-term outcomes in pediatric liver transplant, pediatric autoimmune hepatitis

Research Summary

Dr. Smith has been the co-investigator in NIH, FDA, and pharmacy-initiated studies for children with liver disease and post-liver transplant, including Hepatitis C and NAFLD/NASH. Her active research includes investigation of methods to optimize outcomes after pediatric liver transplant.

Memberships

  • Studies for Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT)
  • North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)
  • American Society of Transplantation (AST)

Locations

  1. Rubenstein Child Health Building
    • 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, 2016

    UC San Diego Health

    Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2015

    University of Miami Jackson Health

    Residency, Pediatrics, 2012

    Medical College of Georgia

    Medical Education, Medicine, MD, 2009

    Board Certifications

    Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2016

    Pediatric Gastroenterology

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2015

    Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2014

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