Ghassan T Wahbeh, MD
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research, Aerodigestive Program
On staff since August 2004
Children's Title: Clinical Medical Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Academic Title: Professor
Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research
"As a member of a unique center and care team, I feel that we owe our children and their families the best advanced, comprehensive and compassionate care they deserve. In a rapidly advancing field in the world of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I am proud to lead a team of passionate providers from different disciplines whose one goal is to make life better for our patients."
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Biography
Ghassan Wahbeh, MD, is the director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Seattle Children's Hospital. He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Gastroenterology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Dr. Wahbeh's clinical focus is in advanced care for children with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, including advanced therapeutics and pre and post surgery IBD management. Dr. Wahbeh's research interests include advanced management of moderate and severe colitis in the outpatient and inpatient setting, managing complicated Crohn's disease including fistulizing and stricturing phenotyples, mucosal healing in IBD, navigating surgical options in IBD and novel therapies.
Dr. Wahbeh is actively involved as teaching faculty in medical student education, resident training and fellow physician specialty training. He is the honored recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, as well as the Family Choice Award, and the Northwest Crohn's and Colitis Foundation service award. He continues to serve as a member of the National Professional Education Committee and the Northwest Medical Advisory Committee of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. -
Patient Testimonials
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Awards and Honors
Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date SEATTLE TOP DOCTOR - 2022 Seattle Magazine 2022 Seattle Top Doctor - 2019 Seattle Magazine 2019 SEATTLE'S TOP DOCTOR - 2018 Seattle Magazine 2018 SEATTLE MAGAZINE TOP DOCTOR - 2015 Seattle Magazine 2015 SEATTLE'S TOP DOCTOR - 2015 Seattle Met Magazine 2015 SEATTLE MAGAZINE TOP DOCTOR - 2014 Seattle Magazine 2014 Seattle's Top Doc Seattle Met Magazine 2013 Seattle Magazine Top Doctor - 2013 Seattle Magazine 2013 Family Choice Award Seattle Children's 2009 Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award Seattle Children's 2005 - 2006 Best Retrospective Study Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Research Day 2001 Teaching Senior Resident Award The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 2001 Intern of the Year Award Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 1999 Nominated for Alumni 13th Annual Graduate Level I Award The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio -
Publications
Published Books, Videos, Software, etc.
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Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MDCCFA IBD Camp
King 5 News, 2009 : : -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MDPediatric IBD
King 5 News, 2009 : : -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MDCeliac Disease
King 5 News, 2008 : : -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MDMalnutrition
King 5 News, 2007 : :
Other Publications
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Hyams JS, Chan D, Adedokun OJ, Padgett L, Turner D, Griffiths A, Veereman G, Heyman MB, Rosh JR, Wahbeh G, Strauss RSubcutaneous Golimumab in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis: Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Benefit.
29140944 Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2017 Dec. : 23(12)2227-2237 -
Braly K, Williamson N, Shaffer ML, Lee D, Wahbeh G, Klein J, Giefer M, Suskind DLNutritional Adequacy of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
28825603 Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2017 Nov. : 65(5)533-538 PMCID:PMC5653423 -
Debiec KE, Lee SD, Wahbeh GT, Amies Oelschlager AMOutcomes of Therapy for Vulvar Manifestation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adolescents.
28919145 Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 2017 Sep 15 -
Wahbeh GT, Ward BT, Lee DY, Giefer MJ, Suskind DLLack of Mucosal Healing From Modified Specific Carbohydrate Diet in Pediatric Patients With Crohn Disease.
28825776 Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2017 Sept. : 65(3)289-292 -
Miller TL, Lee D, Giefer M, Wahbeh G, Suskind DLNutritional Therapy in Very Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case Report.
28551707 Digestive diseases and sciences, 2017 Aug. : 62(8)2196-2200 -
Afzali A, Wahbeh GTransition of pediatric to adult care in inflammatory bowel disease: Is it as easy as 1, 2, 3?
28611515 World journal of gastroenterology, 2017 May 28 : 23(20)3624-3631 PMCID:PMC5449419 -
Suskind DL, Cohen SA, Brittnacher MJ, Wahbeh G, Lee D, Shaffer ML, Braly K, Hayden HS, Klein J, Gold B, Giefer M, Stallworth A, Miller SIClinical and Fecal Microbial Changes With Diet Therapy in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
28030510 Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2016 Dec 27 : PMCID:PMC5484760 -
Suskind DL, Wahbeh G, Cohen SA, Damman CJ, Klein J, Braly K, Shaffer M, Lee DPatients Perceive Clinical Benefit with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
27638834 Digestive diseases and sciences, 2016 Nov. : 61(11)3255-3260 -
Richards MK, Li CI, Foti JL, Leu MG, Wahbeh GT, Shaw D, Libby AK, Melzer L, Goldin ABResource utilization after implementing a hospital-wide standardized feeding tube placement pathway.
27306489 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2016 Oct. : 51(10)1674-9 -
Bishop C, Simon H, Suskind D, Lee D, Wahbeh GUstekinumab in Pediatric Crohn Disease Patients.
26854655 Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2016 Sept. : 63(3)348-51 -
Obih C, Wahbeh G, Lee D, Braly K, Giefer M, Shaffer ML, Nielson H, Suskind DLSpecific carbohydrate diet for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in clinical practice within an academic IBD center.
26655069 Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2016 April : 32(4)418-25 -
Wahbeh GTGrowth parameters early in the course of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
26997213 Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association, 2016 March : 22(2)89-90 PMCID:PMC4817302 -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, Siegel CA, Siegel LS, Hyams JS, Kugathasan S, Markowitz J, Rosh JR, Leleiko N, Mack DR, Crandall W, Evans J, Keljo DJ, Otley AR, Oliva-Hemker M, Farrior S, Langton CR, Wrobel IT, Wahbeh G, et alA Real-time tool to display the predicted disease course and treatment response for children with Chroh's disease
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 2010 -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, Ghassan Wahbeh MD, Daniel Rubens MBBS FANZCA, Jason R. Katz, Kristy Seidel MS, Sally E. Rampersad, MB FRCA, Karen F. Murray MDGastric Contents in Pediatric Patients following Bone Marrow Transplanatation
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2010 : 20: 660-665 -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, G WahbehInflammatory Bowel Disease
Pediatric UPDATE CME audio program, 2010 -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, C Knight, G WahbehDairy allergy as potential cause of recurrent intussusception (Accepted poster presentation)
NASPGHAN, Maryland, 2009 Nov. -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, Gisele Ishak, Ghassan Wahbeh, Norbert YeeMagnestic Resonance Enterography Use in Pediatric IBD: Review of 20 Patients (Accepted poster presentation)
International Symposium on Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Paris, 2009 Sept. -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, David Suskind, Ghassan Wahbeh, Karen Murray, Dennis Christie, Raj P KapurCollagenous gastritis, a new spectrum of disease in pediatric patients: two case reports
Cases Journal, 2009 : 2:7511 -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, G WahbehInfliximab
Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2006 Sep 6 : Vol. 2006, Issue 906, 3 -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, Wahbeh G, Christie DChapter 2: Basic Aspects of Digestion and Absorption
Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease 3rd edition; revision submitted for 4th edition -
Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, Chelle Wheat; Cynthia W. Ko, MD; Ghassan Wahbeh, MD; Cory Cullinan, RN; Scott Etter, RN; Mika N. Sinanan, MD; Scott D. Lee, MDAssessment of the Safety of Certolizumab Pegol Associated with the Time of Previous Biologic Treatment of Crohn’s Disease at a Single North American Site
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Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, Chelle Wheat; Cynthia W. Ko, MD; Ghassan Wahbeh, MD; Cory Cullinan, RN; Scott Etter, RN; Mika N. Sinanan, MD; Scott D. Lee, MDAssessment of the Safety of Certolizumab Pegol Associated with the Time of Previous Biologic Treatment of Crohn’s Disease at a Single North American Site
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Ghassan T. Wahbeh, MD, G WahbehThe Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Book review (submitted)
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Presentations
Presentations Title Event Location Date Pediatric IBD: what’s new, what’s not Grand Rounds St. Mary Providence Hospital, Walla Walla Oct. 2010 Decoding Myths in Pediatric GI North Pacific Pediatric Society 180th Conference Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle March 2010
Overview
- Board Certification(s)
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Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Medical/Professional School
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University of Jordan, Amman 11942
- Residency
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
- Fellowship
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
- Research Focus Area
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Translational Research