
Dr. Steven N Lichtman MD
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
4414 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh NC, 27607About
Dr. Steven Lichtman is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Lichtman specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Education and Training
Univ of Toronto, Fac of Med, Toronto, Ont, Canada 1978
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Gastroenterology
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 2007
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of cytokines and cytokine-producing cells in reperfusion injury to the liver.
- Failure to imbibe in otherwise normal infants.
- Protection by pentoxifylline against graft failure from storage injury after orthotopic rat liver transplantation with arterialization.
- Translocation of bacteria from gut lumen to mesenteric lymph nodes--and beyond?
- A new method to monitor Kupffer cell phagocytosis continuously in perfused rat liver.
- Effect of dietary restriction on total and bacterium-specific mucosal secretory immunoglobulin A in bile-diverted intestinal self-filling blind loops.
- Comparison of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide stimulation of Kupffer cells to produce tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1.
- Suppression of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated release of tumor necrosis factor by adenosine: evidence for A2 receptors on rat Kupffer cells.
- Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor release from cultured rat Kupffer cells by agents that reduce graft failure from storage injury.
- Development and characterization of a rodent model of immune-mediated cholangitis.
- Animal models of intestinal and joint inflammation.
- Endocytosis and Ca2+ are required for endotoxin-stimulated TNF-alpha release by rat Kupffer cells.
- Protection by Carolina rinse solution, acidotic pH, and glycine against lethal reperfusion injury to sinusoidal endothelial cells of rat livers stored for transplantation.
- Role of endogenous enteric organisms in the reactivation of arthritis.
- A microcholangiographic study of liver disease models in rats.
Awards
- 2002 CCFA Doctor of the Year, CCFA (Crohn's and Colitis Foundation)
Treatments
- Celiac Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Liver Disease And More
Professional Memberships
- Member NC Medical Society
- Member AGA
- Member CCFA
- Member AASLD
Fellowships
- Hospital for Sick Children, pediatric GI, Ontario, Canada 1985
Dr. Steven N Lichtman MD's Practice location
Practice At 101 Manning Dr
101 Manning Dr -Chapel Hill, NC 27599Get Direction
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Nearest Hospitals
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALl
101 MANNING DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC 27514DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710DUKE HEALTH RALEIGH HOSPITALl
3400 WAKE FOREST RD RALEIGH NC 27609WAKEMED, CARY HOSPITALl
1900 KILDARE FARM ROAD CARY NC 27518