Lindsey G. Albenberg, DO

Medical School

DO - Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, MO

Residency

Pediatrics - University of Missouri School of Medicine/Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, MO

Pediatrics (Chief Resident) - Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, MO

Fellowship

Pediatric Gastroenterology (Co-chief Fellow) - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatrics

Papers

2016

Wu GD, Compher C, Chen EZ, Smith SA, Shah RD, Bittinger K, Chehoud C, Albenberg LG, Nessel L, Gilroy E, Star J, Weljie AM, Flint HJ, Metz DC, Bennett MJ, Li H, Bushman FD, Lewis JD: Comparative metabolomics in vegans and omnivores reveal constraints on diet-dependent gut microbiota metabolite production. Gut 65(5): 63-72, Jan 2016.

2015

Lewis JD, Chen EZ, Baldassano RN, Otley AR, Griffiths AM, Lee D, Bittinger K, Bailey A, Friedman ES, Hoffmann C, Albenberg L, Sinha R, Compher C, Gilroy E, Nessel L, Grant A, Chehoud C, Li H, Wu GD, Bushman FD: Inflammation, Antibiotics, and Diet as Environmental Stressors of the Gut Microbiome in Pediatric Crohn's Disease. Cell Host & Microbe 18(4): 489-500, Oct 2015 Notes: EISSN: 1934-6069.

Lee D, Baldassano RN, Otley AR, Albenberg L, Griffiths AM, Compher C, Chen EZ, Li H, Gilroy E, Nessel L, Grant A, Chehoud C, Bushman FD, Wu GD, Lewis JD: Comparative Effectiveness of Nutritional and Biological Therapy in North American Children with Active Crohn's Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 21(8): 1786-93, Aug 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000426

Chehoud C, Albenberg LG, Judge C, Hoffmann C, Grunberg S, Bittinger K, Baldassano RN, Lewis JD, Bushman FD, Wu GD: Fungal Signature in the Gut Microbiota of Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 21(8): 1948-56, Aug 2015.

Shen Ting-Chin D, Albenberg L, Bittinger K, Chehoud C, Chen Y-Y, Judge CA, Chau L, Ni J, Sheng M, Lin A, Wilkins BJ, Buza EL, Lewis JD, Daikhin Y, Nissim I, Yudkoff M, Bushman FD, Wu GD: Engineering the gut microbiota to treat hyperammonemia. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 125(7): 2841-50, Jul 2015.

2014

Albenberg L, Esipova TV, Judge CP, Bittinger K, Chen J, Laughlin A, Grunberg, S, Baldassano RN, Lewis JD, Li H, Thom SR, Bushman FD, Vinogradov SA, Wu GD.: Correlation Between Intraluminal Oxygen Gradient and Radial Partitioning of Intestinal Microbiota in Human Beings and Mice. Gastroenterology 147(5): 1055-1063, November 2014 Notes: pii: S0016-5085(14)00916-0. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.07.020. [Epub ahead of print]

2013

Gupta K, Noble A, Kachelries KE, Albenberg L, Kelsen JR, Grossman AB, Baldassano RN. A novel enteral nutrition protocol for the treatment of pediatric Crohn’s disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013 Jun; 19(7):1374-8.

Albenberg L and Wu GD: Long-term dietary patterns in gut microbiota enterotypes. Functional Food Reviews 5(1), 2013 Notes: In press.

Abstracts

2012

Albenberg L, Judge CP, Esipova TV, Sinha R, Bailey A, Bittinger K, Grunberg S, Chen J, Bhopale VM, Baldassano RN, Lewis JD, Li H, Thom SR, Bushman FD, Vinogradov SA and Wu GD: Biological Oximetry Using Phosphorescence Quenching Reveals a Dynamic Oxygen Equilibrium Maintained Between the Gut Microbiota and the Host. Poster Presentation CCFA Advances in IBD December 2012.

Muir A, Albenberg L, Lin H: Evaluation or Resident Education on a GI Inpatient Service. Oral Presentation. NASPGHAN October 2012.

Albenberg L, Spengler C, Klink AJ, Mattei P, Baldassano RN, Mamula P, and Kelsen JR: Diverting Ileostomy for the Treatment of Severe, Refractory, Indeterminate Colitis. Poster Presentation NASPGHAN October 2012.

Muir A, Albenberg L, Lin H: Teaching GI to Pediatric Residents. Poster Presentation Digestive Diseases Week May 2012.

Books

Chapters

2016

Albenberg L, Evans J, Piccoli DA, Terry NA: Protracted Diarrhea. Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. Wylie R, Hyams JS, Kay M (eds.). Elsevier, Inc. Fifth Edition: 376-388, 2016.

2014

Albenberg L, Kelsen J, Baldassano RN: Pediatric Issues in Treating Ulcerative Colitis. Medical Therapy of Mucosal Ulcerative Colitis. Lichtenstein G (eds.). Page: 281-290, October 2014.

2013

Albenberg L, Baldassano RN: What is the Current Understanding of the Etiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)? Curbside Consultation in Pediatric GI. Athos Bousvaros and Joel Rosh (eds.). Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ, Section VIII: 201-202, February 2013.

Albenberg L, Brown KA, Baldassano RN, Mamula: Colitis in Infancy and Childhood. Pathology of Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. Pierre Russo, Eduardo Ruchelli, and David Piccoli (eds.). 2013.

Posters and Presentations

2015

Conrad M, Stein R, Maxwell EC, Albenberg L, Baldassano R, Grossman AB, Mamula P, Piccoli D, Delsen JR: The Use of Vedolizumab for Treatment of Severe Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Poster Presentation. Digestive Disease Week, Washington, DC May 2015 Notes: Oral presentation by collaborator Stein R.

2014

Jump C, Sahn B, Wendel D, Muir AB, Fish S, Augustine M, Ballantine A, Lin HC, Albenberg L: Teaching Residents GI in a "Flipped Classroom" on an Inpatient Pediatric Gastroenterology Rotation.  Poster Presentation. Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL May 2014.

Albenberg LG, Chehoud C, Judge C, Hoffman C, Grunberg S, Bittinger K, Baldassano RN, Lewis JD, Bushman FD, and Wu GD: Gene Sequencing Reveals a Unique Fungal Signature in the Gut Microbiota of Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  Poster Presentation. Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL May 2014.

Albenberg L, Esipova T, Judge C, Bittinger K, Chen J, Runberg S, Baldassano R, Lewis JD, Li H, Bushman FD, Vinogradov S, Wu, G: Radial Partitioning of the Gut Microbiota Associated with Tolerance to Oxygen and Assacharolytic Metabolism.  Poster Presentation. Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL May 2014.

Invited Lectures

2016

"The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Pediatric Nutrition and Health," The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Feeding and Swallowing Center Annual Course, Philadelphia, PA, regional audience of health care providers in the Delaware Valley, April 2016.

"IBD and Nutrition Podcasts," North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Foundation, gikids.org, February 2016.

"Is there a special diet for kids and teens with IBD?," The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Annual IBD Education Day, Philadelphia, PA, regional audience of patients and families in the Delaware Valley, February 2016.

2015

"Diet and inflammatory bowel disease and new therapies," Delaware Valley Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America IBD Support Group, Philadelphia, PA, regional audience of patients and families with IBD in the Delaware Valley, November 2015.

"Are there really nutritional guidelines for the management of IBD?," 3rd Annual Dr. Stephen Matarazzo IBD Conference, Atlantic Gastroenterology Association, Cherry Hill, NJ, November 2015.

"Nutrition in IBD: Making Healthy Choices," Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Webcast, Philadelphia, PA, November 2015.

"Oxidative Stress and the Gut Microbiome in IBD," North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Annual Meeting. NASPGHAN Foundation Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in IBD, Washington, DC, October 2015.

"Dietary Factors in the Modulation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," Food Systems for Gut Health Conference, Penn State University, University Park, PA, October 2015.

"Diet and the Intestinal Microbiome: Implications for Disease," The 16th Annual Postgraduate Nutrition Symposium -- Diet and Microbiota in Health and Disease, Harvard Medical School Division of Nutrition, Boston, MA, July 2015.

"Diet and Inflammatory Bowel Disease," The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Annual IBD Education Day, Philadelphia, PA, regional audience of patients and families with IBD in the Delaware Valley, February 2015.