Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, Aerodigestive Disorders, General Gastroenterology

Education

• BA, Cum Laude, The University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, 2009
• MD, Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2015

Training

• Resident, Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital, 2015 - 2018
• Fellow, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Montefiore Medical Center, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, 2018 - 2021

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2018American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
• 2021 - PresMissouri Medical License
• 2021American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology
• 2021 - PresIllinois Medical License

Honors and Awards

• University Scholar, Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, The University of Pennsylvania, 2007
• Dean's List, The University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, 2008 - 2009
• Cum Laude, The University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, 2009
• Distinction in Biology and in French Studies, The University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, 2009
• Honors in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, Dermatology and Introduction to Clinical Medicine I and II Clerkships, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 2015 - 2015
• Poster of Distinction, European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2017
• Poster of Distinction, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2019

Recent Publications view all (8)

1. Sansotta N, Guandalini S, Romano S, Amirikian K, Cipolli M, Tridello G, Barzaghi S, Jericho H. The Gluten Free Diet's Impact on Growth in Children with Celiac Disease in Two Different Countries. Nutrients. 2020;12(6). PMCID:PMC7352316  PMID:32466557 
2. Amirikian K, Sansotta N, Guandalini S, Jericho H. Effects of the Gluten-free Diet on Body Mass Indexes in Pediatric Celiac Patients. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019;68(3):360-363. PMID:30801395 
3. Sansotta N, Amirikian K, Guandalini S, Jericho H. Celiac Disease Symptom Resolution: Effectiveness of the Gluten-free Diet. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018;66(1):48-52. PMID:28514243 
4. Capone K, Amirikian K, Azzam RK. Pediatric Liver Transplantation: An Update for the Pediatrician. Pediatr Ann. 2016;45(12):e439-e445. PMID:27975113 
5. Dittmar KA, Jiang P, Park JW, Amirikian K, Wan J, Shen S, Xing Y, Carstens RP. Genome-wide determination of a broad ESRP-regulated posttranscriptional network by high-throughput sequencing. Mol Cell Biol. 2012;32(8):1468-82. PMCID:PMC3318588  PMID:22354987 
6. Kowalska MA, Krishnaswamy S, Rauova L, Zhai L, Hayes V, Amirikian K, Esko JD, Bougie DW, Aster RH, Cines DB, Poncz M. Antibodies associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) inhibit activated protein C generation: new insights into the prothrombotic nature of HIT. Blood. 2011;118(10):2882-8. PMCID:PMC3172804  PMID:21772054 
7. Warzecha CC, Jiang P, Amirikian K, Dittmar KA, Lu H, Shen S, Guo W, Xing Y, Carstens RP. An ESRP-regulated splicing programme is abrogated during the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. EMBO J. 2010;29(19):3286-300. PMCID:PMC2957203  PMID:20711167 
8. Wang H, Tang R, Zhang W, Amirikian K, Geng Z, Geng J, Hebbel RP, Xia L, Marth JD, Fukuda M, Katoh S, Huo Y. Core2 1-6-N-glucosaminyltransferase-I is crucial for the formation of atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009;29(2):180-7. PMCID:PMC2666734  PMID:19057022