Ronald J Sokol, M.D.

Primary Specialty:
Gastroenterology - Pediatrics

Related Conditions:
Biliary Atresia, Digestive, Liver & Pancreas, Liver Disease

Medical Education and Training

Education:
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Medicine, 1976

Residency:
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Pediatrics, 1979

Fellowship:
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1983

Clinical Titles:
Director, Pediatric Clinical Translational Research Center
Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Center

Board Certifications:
Board certified in Pediatrics, subspecialty certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology

Areas of Special Interest:
Childhood liver diseases such as biliary atresia and neonatal hepatobiliary diseases; nutritional complications of the malabsorption syndrome; oxidative mechanisms of liver injury; antioxidants in human health and disease

Teaching and Professional Positions:
Professor and Vice Chairman of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Professional Memberships and Societies:
Associate Editor, Seminars in Liver Disease; chair of National Institutes of Health steering committees for biliary atresia research, rare diseases, cholestatic liver disease and other disorders

Honors, Awards, Chairs or Professional Activities:
Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Vice Chair of Clinical Research; received American Academy of Pediatrics Nutrition Award for research on vitamin E and antioxidants