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Wikrom Wongwanich Karnsakul, M.D.

Director, Pediatric Liver Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Male

Languages: English, Thai

Expertise

Acute or Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease, Liver Disease, Nutrition, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Liver Transplant ...read more

Research Interests

Chronic liver disease; Ascites; Cholestasis; Viral hepatitis; Metabolic liver diseases; Living related liver transplantation; Pediatric Liver Diseases; Anterior pituitary gland dysfunction and neonatal jaundice; Drug-induced hepatitis and autoimmune hepatitis ...read more

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Johns Hopkins Pediatrics

Appointment Phone: 410-955-8769

200 N. Wolfe Street
Rubenstein Child Health Building
Baltimore, MD 21287 map

Fax: 410-955-1464

Background

Dr. Wikrom Karnsakul is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical interests are in the care of pediatric liver diseases, and general gastrointestinal diseases.

Dr. Karnsakul received his medical degree in 1992 from Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Medical Center, Mahidol University School of Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital in 1998 and did a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He completed his postdoctoral research training at USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2008.

His research interests center on the understanding and treatment of chronic liver disease, ascites, cholestasis, viral hepatitis especially hepatitis C and hepatitis E, and Cystic Fibrosis Related Liver Disease. Dr. Karnsakul is also involved in NIH-funded multicenter research studies including the Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium and Cystic Fibrosis Related Liver Disease Project. Dr. Karnsakul is currently a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (FAASLD).

Titles

Director, Pediatric Liver Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Departments / Divisions

Pediatrics - Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Centers & Institutes

Education

Degrees

MD; Mahidol University School of Medicine (1992)

Residencies

Pediatrics; Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center (1998)

Fellowships

Pediatric Gastroenterology; Texas Children's Hospital (2001)

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Gastroenterology) (2001)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) (2019)

Research & Publications

Research Summary

Dr. Karnsakul’s research interests center on the understanding and treatment of chronic liver disease, ascites, cholestasis, viral hepatitis, metabolic liver diseases and living related liver transplantation. He has a particular focus on hepatitis E infections.

He is involved in NIH-funded multicenter research studies, including the Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium and Cystic Fibrosis Related Liver Disease Project.

Selected Publications

Teckman JH, Rosenthal P, Abel R, Bass LM, Michail S, Murray KF, Rudnick DA, Thomas DW, Spino C, Arnon R, Hertel PM, Heubi J, Kamath BM, Karnsakul W, Loomes KM, Magee JC, Molleston JP, Romero R, Shneider BL, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ. “Baseline Analysis of a Young Alpha-1-AT Deficiency Liver Disease Cohort Reveals Frequent Portal Hypertension.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Feb 2.

Lim R, Choudry H, Conner K, Karnsakul W. “A challenge for diagnosing acute liver injury with concomitant/sequential exposure to multiple drugs: can causality assessment scales be utilized to identify the offending drug?” Case Rep Pediatr. 2014;2014:156389.

Tibesar E, Karwowski C, Hertel P, Scheimann A, Karnsakul W. “Two Cases of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 2 Presenting with Severe Coagulopathy without Jaundice.” Case Rep Pediatr. 2014;2014:185923.

Felix G, Kirkorian AY, Cohen B, Karnsakul W. “Koebner Phenomenon: Psoriasis at a Gastrostomy tube Site.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Feb 9.

Molleston JP, Sokol RJ, Karnsakul W, Miethke A, Horslen S, Magee JC, Romero R, Squires RH, Van Hove JL; Childhood Liver Disease Research Education Network (ChiLDREN). “Evaluation of the child with suspected mitochondrial liver disease.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Sep;57(3):269-76.

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