MD - Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Gastroenterology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
MS in Human Nutrition - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Gastroenterologist
Instructor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Inflammatory bowel disease
Very early onset inflammatory bowel disease
Microbiome
Conrad MA, Carreon CK, Dawany N, Russo P, Kelsen JR.: Distinct histopathological features at diagnosis of very early onset inflammatory bowel disease. J Crohns Colitis April 2019.
Kelsen JR, Conrad MA, Dawany N, Patel T, Shraim R, Merz A, Maurer K, Sullivan KE, Devoto M: The Unique Disease Course of Children with Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases izz214, September 2019.
Rosenbaum DG, Conrad MA, Biko DM, Ruchelli ED, Kelsen JR, Anupindi SA: Ultrasound and MRI predictors of surgical bowel resection in pediatric Crohn disease. Pediatric radiology 47(1): 55-64, Jan 2017.
Raina A, Conrad MA, Sahn B, Sedarat A, Ginsberg GG, Ahmad NA, Chandrasekhara V, Mamula P, Kochman ML: Endoscopic ultrasound with or without fine-needle aspiration has a meaningful impact on clinical care in the pediatric population. Endoscopic ultrasound 6(3): 195-200, May-Jun 2017.
Conrad MA, Dawany N, Sullivan KE, Devoto M, Kelsen JR: Novel ZBTB24 mutation associated with immunodeficiency, centromere instability, and facial anomalies type 2 syndrome identified in a patient with very early onset inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 23(12): 2252-2255, Dec 2017.
Conrad MA, Cui Ji, Lin HC: Sertraline-Associated Cholestasis and Ductopenia Consistent with Vanishing Bile Duct Syndrome. The Journal of pediatrics 169(1): 313-5.e1, Feb 2016.
Conrad MA, Lin HC: Severe Colonic Stricture in Immunosuppressed Patient With Chronic CMV Colitis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 63(1): e21, Jul 2016.
Conrad MA, Stein RE, Maxwell EC, Albenberg L, Baldassano RN, Dawany N, Grossman AB, Mamula P, Piccoli DA, Kelsen JR: Vedolizumab Therapy in Severe Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory bowel diseases 22(10): 2425-31, Oct 2016.
Luo M, Conrad M, Lin HC. Genetics of pediatric hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma and their clinical application. American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2014; 1(2):97-111.
Conrad MA, Bittinger K, Ren Y, Dawany N, Li H, Baldassano R, Bushman F, Kelsen JR: Taxonomic and metabolic differences among very early onset inflammatory bowel disease, older onset pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, and healthy children NASPGHAN Annual Meeting October 2018.
Conrad MA, Dawany N, Ren Y, Bittinger K, Baldassano R, Bushman F, Devoto M, Kelsen JR.: Genetic influence on developing microbiome in very early onset inflammatory bowel disease. American Gastroenterological Association Digestive Diseases Week May 2018.
Conrad M, Carreon CK, Kelsen J, Russo P: Features of very early onset compared with older onset inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 23(1): S68, February 2017.
Conrad M, Dawany N, Patel T, Sullivan KE, Devoto M, Kelsen JR. : Infliximab infusion reactions in very early onset and pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. NASPGHAN Annual Meeting October 2017.
Fusillo S, Olson T, Conrad M, Baldassano R, Grossman A, Kelsen J: Infliximab dose de-escalation in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A single-center experience. NASPGHAN Annual Meeting October 2017.
Galgano A, Dawany N, Conrad MA, Sullivan K, Devoto M, Kelsen JR: Characterization of Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease. NASPGHAN Annual Meeting October 2017.
Conrad M, Wu G, Kelsen JR: The Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Mamula P, Grossman AB, Baldassano R, Kelsen JR, Markowitz (eds.). Springer, 3: 45-54, 2017.
Liacouras C, Wendel D, Jump C, Conrad M, Hoffman N, Maxwell E, Muir A, Waisbourd-Zinman O. Gastroenterology in Polin and Ditmar (2016) Pediatric Secrets, 6th Edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
Conrad MA, Bittinger K, Ren Y, Breton J, Devas N, Devoto M, Bushman F, Baldassano R, Kelsen J: The intestinal microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease across the pediatric age range. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 25(S1), February 2019 Notes: oral abstract.
Hofstaedter C, Conrad M, Misic A, Fecteau M, Kelsen JR, Bittinger K, Beiting D, Sweeney R, Baldassano R.: Investigation of the presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in children with Crohn disease using 1uantitative DNA sequence- based approaches Poster Presentation at NASPGHAN Annual Meeting October 2017.
Cum Laude, The College of New Jersey
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Drexel University College of Medicine
Salix Pharmaceuticals Fellowship2Leadership GI Fellows’ Travel Grant
NASPGHAN Young Investigator Travel Grant
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Entrepreneurial Science Scholar
2013-current, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
2013-current, American Gastroenterological Association
2013-current, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America