Christopher P. Gayer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

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Overview

I am interested in bile acid metabolism and how specific bile acid receptors, such as FXR, influence the intestinal epithelial barrier in injury models

Publications

  • Limiting chest computed tomography in the evaluation of pediatric thoracic trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 08; 81(2):271-7.. View in PubMed
  • Liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy as a tool in the rapid diagnosis of biliary atresia: a pilot study. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Jun; 51(6):923-6.. View in PubMed
  • An ectopic renin-secreting adrenal corticoadenoma in a child with malignant hypertension. Physiol Rep. 2016 Mar; 4(5).. View in PubMed
  • Bile acids regulate intestinal cell proliferation by modulating EGFR and FXR signaling. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2016 Jan 15; 310(2):G81-92.. View in PubMed
  • Admission hematocrit predicts the need for transfusion secondary to hemorrhage in pediatric blunt trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Oct; 79(4):555-62.. View in PubMed
  • Images in clinical medicine. Gastric emphysema. N Engl J Med. 2014 May 29; 370(22):e33.. View in PubMed
  • Recent developments in Hirschsprung’s-associated enterocolitis. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2013 Aug; 15(8):340.. View in PubMed
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis: contemporary management and outcomes. Adv Pediatr. 2013; 60(1):263-79.. View in PubMed
  • Isolated ruptured appendicitis presenting as pneumatosis intestinalis in a premature neonate. Pediatr Surg Int. 2012 Apr; 28(4):439-41.. View in PubMed
  • Combined endoscopic and laparoscopic approach to a gastroesophageal tumor. JSLS. 2011 Apr-Jun; 15(2):228-31.. View in PubMed