Charina Marie Ramirez, MD
- Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (2)
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (2003)
- Internship
- Children's Medical Center Dallas (2004), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Children's Medical Center Dallas (2006), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2010), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal migraines
- Achalasia
- Alagille syndrome (ALGS)
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AT)
- Ascites
- Biliary atresia
- Celiac disease
- Childhood obesity
- Chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
- Cirrhosis
- Colic
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer (CRC)
- Constipation
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
- Diarrhea
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
- Encopresis
- Esophageal stricture
- Failure to thrive (FTT)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Fecal incontinence
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- Functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
- Gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Gilbert's syndrome
- H. pylori infection
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Intrahepatic cholestasis liver disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose intolerance
- Liver (hepatic) tumors
- Liver failure
- Malabsorption
- Metabolic liver disease
- Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Peptic ulcer
- Rumination syndrome (merycism)
- Viral hepatitis
- Wilson’s disease
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