Jorge Abdon Bezerra, MD
- Pediatric Hepatologist, Professor and Chair at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children's Health
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (2)
Biography
Jorge A. Bezerra, M.D. is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Health℠ and a Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Bezerra earned his medical degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte School of Medicine in Brazil. He completed his residency at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and he completed clinical and research fellowships in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Bezerra's research interest include biliary atresia and the study of liver diseases. His scientific achievements include the discovery of a key immunologic signature in the liver of children with biliary atresia. This discovery led to a test, now transitioning to clinical use, that facilitates diagnosis of biliary atresia and shortens the time to surgical treatment.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (1984)
- Residency
- Univ. of Arizona Health Sciences Center (1990), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (1993), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
