Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Magna cum laude, Northwestern University, 2007
• MD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine , 2011

Training

• Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, 2011 - 2014
• Fellow, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition , St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, 2014 - 2017
• Fellow, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology , Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2017 - 2018

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2014 - 2019MO, State of Missouri Medical License
• 2014General Pediatrics Board Certification
• 2017 - 2018MA, Massachusetts Limited License
• 2017Pediatric Gastroenterology Board Certification
• 2018Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Board Certification

Honors and Awards

• Northwestern University Undergraduate Research Grant, 2005
• Phi Beta Kappa, Northwestern University, 2006
• Emanuel Margoliash Award for Basic Science Research, Northwestern University, 2007
• Northwestern University Medical Student Summer Research Program Grant, 2008
• North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Teaching and Tomorrow Grant, 2012
• Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Young Faculty-Trainee Travel Award, 2017
• NIH Loan Repayment Program Awardee, 2019 - Pres
• Washington University School of Medicine Digestive Diseases Research Cores Center Pilot and Feasibility Grant, 2019 - Pres
• Dean's Scholars Program, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Awardee, 2020 - Pres

Recent Publications view all (10)

Publication Co-Authors

Jorge L Granadillo

Sakil S Kulkarni, MD

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Kim H. H. Liss, M.D.

1. Liss KHH, Ek SE, Lutkewitte AJ, Pietka TA, He M, Skaria P, Tycksen E, Ferguson D, Blanc V, Graham MJ, Hall AM, McGill MR, McCommis KS, Finck BN. Monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 knockdown exacerbates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice with hepatic steatosis. Liver Transpl. 2020. PMID:32916011 
2. Jarasvaraparn, Chaowapong MD; He, Mai MD; Granadillo, Jorge L. MD MSc; Kulkarni, Sakil MD; Stoll, Janis MD; Liss, Kim MD. MYO5B Pathogenic Variants Found to Cause Intestinal Symptoms Without Microvillus Inclusion Disease In A Child Who Previously Underwent Liver Transplantation For PFIC-like Cholestasis J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr . . 2020. doi:doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002792.  PMCID:32459745  PMID:32459745 
3. Liss KHH, Lutkewitte AJ, Pietka T, Finck BN, Franczyk M, Yoshino J, Klein S, Hall AM. Metabolic importance of adipose tissue monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 in mice and humans. J Lipid Res. 2018. PMID:29853530 
4. Liss KHH, McCommis KS, Chambers KT, Pietka TA, Schweitzer GG, Park SL, Nalbantoglu I, Weinheimer CJ, Hall AM, Finck BN. The impact of diet-induced hepatic steatosis in a murine model of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury. Liver Transpl. 2018. PMID:29729104 
5. Kulkarni S, Liss K, Samson CM. Application of Conjoint Analysis to Improve Reliability of Dietician Consultation in Pediatric Celiac Disease. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2017;2(4):e029. PMCID:PMC6132477  PMID:30229166 
6. Liss KH, Finck BN. PPARs and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Biochimie. 2017;136:65-74. PMCID:PMC5380579  PMID:27916647 
7. Facco FL, Grobman WA, Kramer J, Ho KH, Zee PC. Self-reported short sleep duration and frequent snoring in pregnancy: impact on glucose metabolism. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;203(2):142.e1-5. PMCID:PMC3178265  PMID:20510182 
8. Facco FL, Kramer J, Ho KH, Zee PC, Grobman WA. Sleep disturbances in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115(1):77-83. PMID:20027038 
9. Pandolfino JE, Kwiatek MA, Ho K, Scherer JR, Kahrilas PJ. Unique features of esophagogastric junction pressure topography in hiatus hernia patients with dysphagia. Surgery. 2010;147(1):57-64. PMCID:PMC2891431  PMID:19744454 
10. Gidalevitz T, Ben-Zvi A, Ho KH, Brignull HR, Morimoto RI. Progressive disruption of cellular protein folding in models of polyglutamine diseases. Science. 2006;311(5766):1471-4. PMID:16469881