Emily Perito, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Medicine
[email protected]
+1 415 502-2159

Dr. Emily R. Perito is an professor at UCSF who specializes in pediatric liver and pancreatic disease, pediatric liver transplant, and pediatric gastroenterology. She is jointly appointed in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and affiliated faculty with the Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is board-certified in pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology, and pediatric transplant hepatology.

Dr. Perito treats all types of pediatric liver, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal diseases, in all ages from newborns through young adults. Her clinical care and research focus on optimizing long-term outcomes for children with liver and pancreatic diseases.

She is Medical Director of UCSF's Pediatric Liver Center and Associate Medical Director of UCSF's multi-disciplinary Pediatric Liver Transplant team with expertise in the care of children with pediatric liver disease before and in the long-term after transplant. Dr. Perito leads epidemiologic research focused on improving access to transplant, organ allocation, and waitlist outcomes for children awaiting liver transplant. She is Co-Chair the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation and helps lead their efforts to improve the efficacy and reduce the burden of immunosuppression for children after liver transplant. She also advocates for children nationally as Chair of UNOS' Pediatric Transplantation Committee (2022-2024), Chair of the Society for Pediatric Liver Transplant's Advocacy Committee (2020-2023), and a member of AASLD's Pediatric Special Interest Group.

She is also co-director of UCSF's Pediatric Pancreas Program. She lead's UCSF's work in NIH-sponsored multi-center trials including the INSPPIRE study on acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis in children and adolescents. Her work in chronic pancreatitis includes research on chronic pain management, opioid use, and outcomes after TPIAT.

Before coming to UCSF, Dr. Perito did her pediatrics training and medical school at Columbia University in New York City.

Publications

989: INTERNET-DELIVERED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION FOR PAIN IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE RECURRENT OR CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

Gastroenterology

Aliye Uc, Tonya M. Palermo, Rui Li, Chuan Zhou, Homer Aalfs, Gretchen A. Cress, Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Ankur Chugh, Elissa M. Downs, Douglas S. Fishman, Alvin Freeman, Tanja Gonska, Sohail Z. Husain, Douglas S. Lindblad, Quin Liu, Asim Maqbool, Jacob Mark, Brian A. McFerron, Megha S. Mehta, Emily Perito, Yuhua Zheng, Mark Lowe

Impact of Elevated Serum Triglycerides on Children with Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis from INSPPIRE-2.

The Journal of pediatrics

Sellers ZM, Giefer MJ, Wang F, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija MA, Chugh A, Cohen RZ, Downs EM, Fishman DS, Freeman AJ, Gariepy CE, Gonska TY, Grover AS, Lindblad D, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Mark JA, McFerron BA, Mehta MS, Morinville VD, Ng K, Noel RA, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Phadke MY, Ruan W, Schwarzenberg SJ, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Enzyme Use Reduces Pancreatitis Frequency in Children with Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis: A report from INSPPIRE.

The American journal of gastroenterology

Freeman AJ, Ng K, Wang F, Abu-El-Haija MA, Chugh A, Cress GA, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Goday P, Gonska TY, Grover AS, Lindblad D, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Mark JA, McFerron BA, Mehta MS, Morinville VD, Noel RA, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Andersen DK, Lowe ME, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC)

Oral vancomycin is associated with improved inflammatory bowel disease clinical outcomes in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease (PSC-IBD): A matched analysis from the Paediatric PSC Consortium.

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

Ricciuto A, Liu K, El-Matary W, Amin M, Amir AZ, Aumar M, Auth M, Di Guglielmo MD, Druve Tavares Fagundes E, Rodrigues Ferreira A, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Guthery S, Horslen SP, Jensen K, Kamath BM, Kerkar N, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Mack C, Martinez M, Montano-Loza A, Ovchinsky N, Papadopoulou A, Perito ER, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Shteyer E, Soufi N, Stevens JP, Taylor A, Tessier ME, Valentino P, Woynarowski M, Deneau M, Pediatric PSC Consortium

Bone health in children with recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: A multi-center cross sectional analysis.

Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]

Abu-El-Haija M, Hornung L, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Gonska TY, Gariepy C, Lowe M, Larson Ode K, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Zemel BS, Yuan Y, Wang F, Uc A, Kalkwarf HJ, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC)

Bone health in children with recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: A multi-center cross sectional analysis.

Pancreatology

Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Lindsey Hornung, Kate Ellery, Douglas S. Fishman, Tanja Y. Gonska, Cheryl Gariepy, Mark Lowe, Katie Larson Ode, Asim Maqbool, Maria Mascarenhas, Veronique D. Morinville, Chee Y. Ooi, Emily R. Perito, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Zachary M. Sellers, Babette S. Zemel, Ying Yuan, Fuchenchu Wang, Aliye Uc, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, Diabetes Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis

PEDIATRIC DRUG-ASSOCIATED PANCREATITIS REVEALS CONCOMITANT RISK FACTORS AND POOR RELIABILITY OF CAUSALITY SCORING: REPORT FROM INSPPIRE.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Morinville VD, Husain SZ, Wang F, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija M, Chugh A, Downs E, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Freeman AJ, Gariepy CE, Giefer M, Gonska T, Liu Q, Maqbool A, Mark J, Mcferron BA, Mehta M, Nathan JD, Ng K, Ooi CY, Perito E, Ruan W, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe M, Uc A, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC)

Analysis of INSPPIRE-2 Cohort: Risk Factors and Disease Burden in Children With Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Uc A, Cress GA, Wang F, Abu-El-Haija M, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Gonska T, Lin TK, Liu QY, Mehta M, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer

Clinical Trials in Pancreatitis: Opportunities and Challenges in the Design and Conduct of Patient-Focused Clinical Trials in Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis: Summary of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop.

Pancreas

Hart PA, Andersen DK, Lyons E, Cote GA, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Dworkin RH, Elmunzer BJ, Fogel EL, Forsmark CE, Gilron I, Golden M, Gozu A, McNair L, Pandol SJ, Perito ER, Phillips AE, Rabbitts JA, Whitcomb DC, Windsor JA, Yadav D, Palermo TM

Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis: Association with Biopsychosocial Risk Factors.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Tham SW, Wang F, Gariepy CE, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija MA, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Lin TK, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Uc A, Palermo TM, INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In search for a cuRE (INSPPIRE) and Consortium

Recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplant in children: an international observational study.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

Martinez M, Perito ER, Valentino P, Mack CL, Aumar M, Broderick A, Draijer LG, Fagundes EDT, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Horslen S, Jonas MM, Kamath BM, Kerkar N, Kim KM, Kolho KL, Koot BG, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Miloh T, Mogul D, Mohammed S, Ovchinsky N, Rao G, Ricciuto A, Schwarz KB, Smolka V, Tanaka A, Tessier MEM, Venkat VL, Vitola BE, Woynarowski M, Zerofsky M, Deneau MR

Oral vancomycin, ursodeoxycholic acid or no therapy for pediatric primary sclerosing cholangitis: a matched analysis.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

Deneau MR, Mack C, Mogul D, Perito ER, Valentino PL, Amir AZ, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, El-Matary W, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Hochberg JT, Horslen S, Jensen MK, Jonas MM, Kerkar N, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Martinez M, Miethke A, Miloh T, Mohammad S, Ovchinsky N, Rao G, Ricciuto A, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Singh R, Vitola B, Zizzo A, Guthery SL

The Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes in Pediatrics (SCOPE) Index: A Prognostic Tool for Children.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

Deneau MR, Mack C, Perito ER, Ricciuto A, Valentino PL, Amin M, Amir AZ, Aumar M, Auth M, Broderick A, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, Tavares Fagundes ED, El-Matary W, Ferrari F, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Hochberg JT, Homan M, Horslen S, Iorio R, Jensen MK, Jonas MM, Kamath BM, Kerkar N, Kim KM, Kolho KL, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Lee CK, Loomes KM, Martinez M, Miethke A, Miloh T, Mogul D, Mohammad S, Mohan P, Moroz S, Ovchinsky N, Palle S, Papadopoulou A, Rao G, Rodrigues Ferreira A, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Shteyer E, Singh R, Smolka V, Soufi N, Tanaka A, Varier R, Vitola B, Woynarowski M, Zerofsky M, Zizzo A, Guthery SL

Colorectal Dysplasia and Cancer in Pediatric-Onset Ulcerative Colitis Associated With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

El-Matary W, Guthery SL, Amir AZ, DiGuglielmo M, Draijer LG, Furuya KN, Gupta N, Hochberg JT, Horslen S, Kerkar N, Koot BGP, Laborda TJ, Loomes KM, Mack C, Martinez M, Miethke A, Miloh T, Mogul D, Mohammed S, Moroz S, Ovchinsky N, Perito ER, Rao G, Ricciuto A, Sathya P, Schwarz KB, Shah U, Singh R, Soufi N, Valentino PL, Zizzo A, Deneau MR

Pediatric chronic pancreatitis without prior acute or acute recurrent pancreatitis: A report from the INSPPIRE consortium.

Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]

Abu-El-Haija M, Lowe M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Fishman DS, Freedman S, Gariepy C, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Husain S, Lin TK, Liu Q, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville V, Nathan J, Ooi CY, Perito E, Pohl JF, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin S, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman B, Uc A

Factors Associated With Frequent Opioid Use in Children With Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Perito ER, Palermo TM, Pohl JF, Mascarenhas M, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Fishman DS, Freedman S, Gariepy C, Giefer M, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Lin T, Liu Q, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle DM, Werlin S, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Zimmerman MB, Lowe M, Uc A

Web-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for pain in pediatric acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: Protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial from the study of chronic pancreatitis, diabetes and pancreatic cancer (CPDPC).

Contemporary clinical trials

Palermo TM, Murray C, Aalfs H, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Goday P, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Husain SZ, Lin TK, Liu QY, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Shah U, Troendle D, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe M, Uc A

Diabetes Mellitus in Children with Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Data From the INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Bellin MD, Lowe M, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin S, Troendle DM, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Pohl JF, Perito E, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Mascarenhas MR, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Freedman SD, Fishman DS, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Uc A

Risk Factors for Rapid Progression From Acute Recurrent to Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: Report From INSPPIRE.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Liu QY, Abu-El-Haija M, Husain SZ, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Lin TK, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman MB, Lowe ME, Uc A

Pancreas Divisum in Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: Report From INSPPIRE.

Journal of clinical gastroenterology

Lin TK, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD, Palermo JP, Barth B, Bellin M, Fishman DS, Freedman SD, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes R, Husain SZ, Liu Q, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, McFerron B, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito E, Pohl JF, Rhee S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Shah U, Troendle D, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zimmerman MB, Lowe ME, Uc A

Chronic Pancreatitis: Pediatric and Adult Cohorts Show Similarities in Disease Progress Despite Different Risk Factors.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Schwarzenberg SJ, Uc A, Zimmerman B, Wilschanski M, Wilcox CM, Whitcomb DC, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Tang G, Slivka A, Singh VK, Sherman S, Shah U, Sandhu BS, Romagnuolo J, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Ooi CY, Nathan JD, Muniraj T, Morinville VD, McFerron B, Mascarenhas M, Maqbool A, Liu Q, Lin TK, Lewis M, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Guda N, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gelrud A, Gariepy CE, Gardner TB, Freedman SD, Forsmark CE, Fishman DS, Cote GA, Conwell D, Brand RE, Bellin M, Barth B, Banks PA, Anderson MA, Amann ST, Alkaade S, Abu-El-Haija M, Abberbock JN, Lowe ME, Yadav D

Editorial.

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Amar Nijagal, Emily R. Perito

INternational Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a CuRE Cohort Study: Design and Rationale for INSPPIRE 2 From the Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer.

Pancreas

Uc A, Perito ER, Pohl JF, Shah U, Abu-El-Haija M, Barth B, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Himes RW, Husain SZ, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas MR, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Lin TK, Liu QY, Nathan JD, Rhee SJ, Ooi CY, Sellers ZM, Schwarzenberg SJ, Serrano J, Troendle DM, Werlin SL, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME

Impact of Obesity on Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis.

Pancreas

Uc A, Zimmerman MB, Wilschanski M, Werlin SL, Troendle D, Shah U, Schwarzenberg SJ, Rhee S, Pohl JF, Perito ER, Palermo JJ, Ooi CY, Liu Q, Lin TK, Morinville VD, McFerron BA, Husain SZ, Himes R, Heyman MB, Gonska T, Giefer MJ, Gariepy CE, Freedman SD, Fishman DS, Bellin MD, Barth B, Abu-El-Haija M, Lowe ME

Hepatic steatosis after pediatric liver transplant.

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society

Perito ER, Vase T, Ramachandran R, Phelps A, Jen KY, Lustig RH, Feldstein VA, Rosenthal P

Reply.

The Journal of pediatrics

Usatin D, Fernandes M, Allen IE, Perito ER, Ostroff J, Heyman MB