Luis Fernando Sifuentes-Dominguez, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Universidad La Salle (2005)
- Residency
- Connecticut Childrens Medical Center (2012), Pediatrics
Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez (2008), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2015), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Conditions
- Abdominal Migraines
- Achalasia
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Abdominal Pain (Stomach Ache)
- Colic
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)
- Diarrhea
- Dysphagia (Swallowing Disorder)
- Encopresis
- Esophageal Strictures
- Failure to Thrive (FTT)
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
- Fecal Incontinence
- Feeding Disorder (PFD)
- Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome (FAPS)
- GI Bleeding
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) Infection
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose Intolerance
- Malabsorption
- Microscopic Colitis (Lymphocytic Colitis or Collagenous Colitis)
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Peptic Ulcer
- Rumination Syndrome
- Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
- Vomiting and Nausea
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Identifying the genetic causes of early onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Role of enteroendocrine cells in inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis
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Publications
- Genetics and Therapeutics in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis: the Past, Present and Future. Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Patel AS F1000Res 2016 5
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Professional Activities
- Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
- Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, North Texas Dallas Chapter Medical Advisory Committee
- North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
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Awards and Honors
- Endoscopy Prize, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Excellence in Research Award, UTSW Department of Pediatrics Senior Fellows Research Day
- Teaching Resident Award, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- W.W. Caruth Scholar, Children’s Medical Center Foundation