Carmen Cuffari, M.D.
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Specialty:
Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Location(s):
The Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Brady 320
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-2631
Dr. Cuffari sees patients at the Rubenstein Child Health Building in Baltimore, the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Frederick.
Education:
Medical School:
University of Ottawa
Special Interests:
- Pharmacogenomics of immunosuppressant drugs in patients with IBD and in children post-liver transplantation
- Understanding the immunomodulatory mechanism of action of anti-metabolite drugs in patients with IBD
Biography:
Dr. Cuffari received his medical degree at the University of Ottawa, and went on to complete his pediatric training at The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Canada. He completed his training in pediatric Gastroenterology at Ste. Justine’s Hospital in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Cuffari has over 50 publications in peer reviewed Journals, and is the Associated Editor of the Journal IBD. He also reviews manuscripts for publication in a number of Journals, including, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, and The Pediatric Journal of Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
Research interests include: The pharmacogenomics of immunosuppressant drugs in patients with IBD and in children post-liver transplantation; and understanding the immunomodulatory mechanism of action of anti-metabolite drugs in patients with IBD.
Phone: 410-955-8769