Grzegorz W. Telega, MD

Titles
Program director, Liver Transplant/Hepatology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Research interests
Gastrointestinal diseases

Study interests
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis, biliary atresia, cholestatic liver disease, obesity, autonomic dysfunction, adherence, celiac disease.

Education
Medical degree, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1989; residency, Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, N.Y., 1994‑1997; fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1997-2000.

Certification
American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology.

Honors
Second award in Basic Research category at Komarow Competition, Philadelphia, 2000; Poster distinction award, Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, 2000; Young Investigator Award, World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Paris, 2004.

Representative publications

• Telega G, Baumgard D, Carding S. Antigen Uptake by the Primary Intestinal Epithelial Cells: The First Step in the Process of Antigen Presentation. Gastroenterology. 2002, Dec.; 119(6):1548-59.
• Mamula P, Telega GW, Markowitz JE, Brown KA, Russo PA, Piccoli DA, Baldassano RN. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children 5 Years of Age and Younger. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2002; Aug.; 97(8):2005-10.
• Telega G, Bennet TR, Werlin S. Emerging new Clinical Patterns in the Presentation of Celiac Disease. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2008; 162(2): 164-8.
• Mazur A, Grzywa M, Malecka-Tendera E, Telega G. Prevalence of Glucose Intolerance in School Age Children. Population Based Cross-Sectional Study. Acta Paediatrica. 2007; 96(12): 1799-802.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-3690
Fax: (414) 266-3676
E-mail: telega@mcw.edu