These abstracts were published in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week 2026.
J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Ana B. Fadhel Alvarez, MD; Fernando Navarro, MD; Essam Imseis, MD; Supriya Nair, MD; Wallace A. Gleason, MD; Melissa Van Arsdall, MD; Tu Mai, MD; Salomea Giorgberidze; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd; et al.: “343 A Combination Probiotic for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Impact on GI Symptoms, Behavior, and Metabolites (external link)”
Supriya Nair, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; et al.: “741 Biomarkers for Feeding Intolerance in Infants with Complex Heart Defects Undergoing Palliation Surgery (external link)”
Ana B. Fadhel Alvarez, MD; Salomea Giorgberidze; Melissa N. Munroe, MD; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd; et al.: “Sa1965 Limosilactobacillus Reuteri-Modulated T cells Mitigate Liver Inflammation and Reshape the Hepatic Transcriptome in Immunocompromised Mice (external link)”
Melissa N. Munroe, MD; Salomea Giorgberidze; Nhat Hoang, MD; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd; et al.: “Su1287 Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Reprograms Enterocyte Function Toward a High-Absorptive, Brush-Border Phenotype in Developing Murine Intestinal Epithelium (external link)”
Rida Sherwani, MD; Salomea Giorgberidze; Tu Mai, MD; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd: “Mo1299 Casamino Acid Supplementation Augments Probiotic Limosilactobacillus Reuteri-Generated Beneficial Metabolites (external link)”
Miguel Escobar, MD; Lakshmi Srivaths, MD; et al.: “Challenges faced by women and girls with hemophilia/Carriers: an expert call for closing the diagnosis gap (external link)”
Joanna Larson, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-C; Miguel Escobar, MD; Lakshmi Srivaths, MD; et al.: “Assessing the Impact of the 2021 VWD Guidelines on the Diagnosis/Management of Low VWF Patients (external link)”
David Rodriguez-Buritica, MD, et al.: “Electrocardiographic and Skin Manifestations of Turner Syndrome: Association With Cardiovascular Disease (external link)”
Lakshmi Srivaths, MD; Deborah Brown, MD; Neethu Menon, MD; James Stark, MD; Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MS; et al.: “Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study (external link)”
Laura Farach, MD; Kit Sing Au, PhD; Mary Kay Koenig, MD; Hope Northrup, MD; et al.: “Early Vigabatrin Treatment Before Seizure Onset Decreased Interictal Epileptiform Discharges Over the Duration of the PREVeNT Study (external link)”
Published in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week 2026:
Nhat Hoang, MD; Melissa N. Munroe, MD; Salomea Giorgberidze; Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MS; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd; et al.: “Su1291 Oral Administration of Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Modulates Gut-Lung Axis and Alters Lung Inflammatory Transcripts in Treg-Deficient Mice (external link)”

Heather Saavedra, MS, RD, LD, (pictured above) presented a workshop and plenary session at the Genetics Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI) Conference (external link).
Leslie Dunnington, MS, CGC; Sarah McMahan, PT, PCS; and Neurology Fellow Ardeene Francisco, MD; presented at the Huntington’s Disease Education Days (external link) event held in Houston.
David Rodriguez-Buritica, MD, gave an oral presentation on Updates on Treatment for XLH to UTHealth Houston adult endocrine group.
Jordan Zeiger, MS, CGC, presented to the Maternal Fetal Medicine group on “Genetic Conditions that Impact Obstetric Care.”