Adrian Miranda, MD                  

Titles
Pediatric gastroenterologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Research interests
Gastrointestinal diseases

Study interests
Abdominal pain, electrophysiology, functional bowel disorders.

Education
Medical degree, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1998; residency, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001; fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2004.

Certifications
Board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Honors
Young Investigator Award: Second World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Paris, France, 2003; Young Investigator Award: Midwest Chicago Gut Club, Chicago, 2004; REGAL Award for excellence in Gastroenterology Research, San Francisco, 2007; Functional Brain Gut Research Group, Young Investigator Award-Basic Science, 2008.

Representative publications

• Miranda A, Nordstrom E, Smith C, Sengupta JN. The Role of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 in Mechanical and Chemical Visceral Hyperalgesia Following Experimental Colitis. Neuroscience. 2007; 148:1021-32.
• Smith C Nordstrom E, Sengupta JN, Miranda A. Neonatal Gastric Suctioning Results in Chronic Visceral and Somatic Hyperalgesia: Role of Corticotropin Releasing Factor. Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 2007; 19:692-9.
• Miranda A, Peles S, McLean PG, Sengupta JN. Effects of the 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonist, Alosetron in a Rat Model of Somatic and Visceral Hyperalgesia. Pain. 2006; 126:54-63.
• Miranda A, Peles S, Shaker R, Rudolph C, Sengupta JN. Neonatal Nociceptive Somatic Stimulation Differentially Modifies the Activity of Spinal Neurons in Rats and Results in Altered Somatic and Visceral Sensation. Journal Physiology. 2006; 572:775-87.
• Peles S, Miranda A, Shaker R, Sengupta JN. Acute Nociceptive Somatic Stimulus Sensitizes Neurons in the Spinal Cord to Colonic Distension in the Rat. Journal Physiology. 2004; 560:291-302.
• Miranda A, Peles S, Rudolph C, Shaker R, Sengupta JN. Altered Visceral Sensation in Response to Somatic Pain in the Rat. Gastroenterology. 2004; 126:1082-1089.

Grants

• Early Life Events Associated with Functional Pain and the Role of Neurokinin and NMDA Receptorsm National Institutes of Health, K08 DK076198-01A, principal investigator. 

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-3815
E-mail: amiranda@mcw.edu