University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital Position(s)
Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Specialties
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Solid Organ Transplant
Weight Management

Board Certifications
Pediatrics
Hepatology and Nutrition
Pediatric Gastroenterology

Sees Patients At
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital (Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Weight Management)
Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests
Pediatrics
Childhood obesity
Adolescent obesity
Gastrointestinal, nutritional and liver disease in cystic fibrosis

Education
Medical School
University of Tennessee Medical School

Site of Residency
LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN (Pediatrics)

Site of Fellowship
University of Minnesota (Cystic Fibrosis; Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)

Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America®, 2009-2010
Best Doctors in America®, 2007-2008

Research Interest(s)
Gastrointestinal, Nutritional, and Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis
Pediatric Obesity

Selected Recent Publications
Premer DM, Geortz R, Georgieff MK, Mammel MC, Schwarzenberg SJ. Muscle proteolysis and weight loss in a neonatal rat model of sepsis. Inflammation 26:97-101, 2002.

Wainwright KY and Schwarzenberg SJ. You are not alone! Information for young adults who are chronically infected with hepatitis B. Immunization Action Coalition, 1999.  

Ishak KG, Sharp HL, Schwarzenberg SJ. Metabolic errors and liver disease in Pathology of the Liver, 4th edition, MacSween RNM, Anthony PP, Scheuer PJ, Burt AD, Portmann B, Ishak K, eds, 2002.

Schwarzenberg SJ, Kovacs A. Metabolic Effects of Infection and Postnatal Steroids, Clin Perinatol, 29:295-312, 2002.

Brunzell C., Schwarzenberg SJ. Nutrition FYI: Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in CF: Overview and Medical Nutrition Therapy, Diabetes Spectrum 15:124-127, 2002.

Schwarzenberg, SJ, Brunzell C. Nutrition FYI: Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease: Overview and Medical Nutrition Therapy, Diabetes Spectrum 15:197-201, 2002.

Schwarzenberg, SJ, Weisdorf SA. Nutrition Support in Patients with Cancer, in Nutrition in Pediatrics: Basic Science and Clinical Applications, Walker WA, Watkins,J, Duggan, C. eds. B.C. Decker, Inc. Hamilton, Ontario, 2003.

Schwarzenberg SJ. Gastrointestinal tract in Fanconi Anemia, in Fanconi Anemia: Standards for Clinical Care, second edition, submitted to Fanconia Anemia Foundation.