• Areas of Interest
• Recent Publications
• Honors & Awards
• Education
• Training
• Licenses and Certifications
• Contact Information

Areas of Interest

• Bilirubin metabolism
• Pediatric liver disease
• Pediatric liver transplantation
• Hepatitis
• Biliary atresia
• Neonatal hepatitis
• Metabolic liver disease
• Fulminant liver failure
• Bioartificial liver support
• Quality of life after liver transplantation

Recent Publications (selected)

• Toyoki Y, Renz JF, Mudge C, Ascher NL, Roberts JP and Rosenthal P. Allograft rejection in pediatric liver transplantation: comparison between cadaveric and living related donors.
  Pediatr Transplant 6: 301-307, 2002.
  
• Rosenthal P. Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination in children, adolescents, and adults. Hepatology 37: 44-51, 2003.
  
• Takanashi JI, Barkovich AJ, Cheng SF, Weisiger K, Zlatunich CO, Mudge C, Rosenthal P, Tuchman M and Packman S. Brain MR imaging in neonatal hyperammonemic encephalopathy resulting from proximal urea cycle disorders. Am J Neuroradiol 24: 1184-1187, 2003.
  
• Tsao KJ, Rosenthal P, Dhawan K, Danzer E, Sydorak R, Hirose S, Farmer DL, Albanese CT, Harrison MR and Lee H.
  Comparison of drainage techniques for biliary atresia. J Pediatr Surg 38: 1005-1007, 2003.
  
• Jacobs RJ, Rosenthal P and Meyerhoff AS. Cost effectiveness of hepatitis A/B versus hepatitis B vaccination for US prison inmates. Vaccine 22: 1241-1248, 2004.
  
• Demetriou AA, Brown, RS, Jr, Busuttil RW, Fair J, McGuire BM, Rosenthal P, Schulte am Esch J, II, Lerut J, Nyberg SL, Salizzoni M, Fagan EA, de Hemptinne B, Broelsch CE, Muraca M, Salmeron JM, Rabkin JM, Metselaar HJ, Pratt D, De La Mata M, McChesney LP, Everson GT, Lavin PT, Stevens AC, Pitkin Z and Solomon BA. Prospective, randomized, multicenter, controlled trial of a bioartificial liver in treating acute liver failure. Ann Surg 239: 660-670, 2004.
  
• Suskind DL, Rosenthal P, Heyman MB, Kong D, Magrane G, Baxter-Lowe LA and Muench MO. Maternal microchimerism in the livers of patients with biliary atresia. BMC Gastroenterol 4: Art. No.14, 2004.
  
• Visser BC, Suh I, Hirose S, Rosenthal P, Lee H, Roberts JP and Hirose R. The influence of portoenterostomy on transplantation for biliary atresia. Liver Transplant 10: 1279-1286, 2004.

Honors & Awards (selected)

• 1967 New York State Regents Scholarship
• 1970 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
• 1970 Signum Laudis Honorary Scholastic Society
• 1975 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• 1980-81 National Research Service Award in Gastroenterology, Nat. Inst. Arthritis, Metabolism & Digestive Diseases
• 2000 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Award, Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric and Maternal-Fetal Clinical Chemistry
• 2002 Chancellor’s Award for Public Service, UCSF
• 2002 Charles M. Trey Chapter Leadership Award, American Liver Foundation
• 2002 Outstanding Speaker Award, American Association for Clinical Chemistry
• 2003 Best Doctors in America

Education

• 1967-71 State Univ. of N.Y. at Albany, Albany, NY B.S.
  Magna Cum Laude, Biology
• 1971-75 State Univ. of N.Y. Downstate Med. Ctr. Brooklyn, NY M.D. Magna Cum Laude
• 1975-76 Albert Einstein/Bronx Mun. Hosp., NY Intern Pediatrics
• 1976-78 Albert Einstein/Bronx Mun. Hosp.,
  NY Resident Pediatrics
• 1978-81 University of California, San Francisco
  Fellow Pediatric Gastroenterology
  

Training

• 1967-71 State Univ. of N.Y. at Albany, Albany, NY B.S.
  Magna Cum Laude, Biology
• 1971-75 State Univ. of N.Y. Downstate Med. Ctr. Brooklyn,
  NY M.D. Magna Cum Laude
• 1975-76 Albert Einstein/Bronx Mun. Hosp.,
  NY Intern Pediatrics
• 1976-78 Albert Einstein/Bronx Mun. Hosp.,
  NY Resident Pediatrics
• 1978-81 University of California, San Francisco
  Fellow Pediatric Gastroenterology

Licenses & Certificates

• 1976 Medical licensure, New York (128037)
• 1978 Medical licensure, California (G-036254)
• 1976 National Board of Medical Examiners (Diplomate)
• 1981 American Board of Pediatrics (Diplomate)
• 1990 American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board in Pediatric Gastroenterology
• 1997 American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board in Pediatric Gastroenterology (recertification)
• 2004 American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board in Pediatric Gastroenterology (recertification)