Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Program, Transplant Center, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research, Intestinal Rehabilitation Program, Fatty Liver Program, Portal Hypertension Clinic, Liver Transplant, Fontan Clinic

On staff since August 2011

Children's Title: Division Chief

Academic Title: Professor, Pediatrics

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

"I love my job. It is a great honor and privilege to partner with patients and their families as they adjust to challenges of their diagnosis and see that hope and happiness can lie beyond their difficult journey. They, along with the amazing team I partner with here at Seattle Children's, are a daily inspiration. I believe that we can achieve the ideal outcome for every child and allow them to realize their life's dreams; this is what drives me forward in my both my clinical work and my research."

• Biography

  Evelyn Hsu, MD joined the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2011. She earned a medical doctorate degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin in 2003, following which she completed pediatric residency training at the University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital in 2006. 

  She went on to pursue further subspecialty fellowship training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Pediatric Advanced/Transplant Hepatology. She is boarded in Pediatrics (2006), subspecialty boarded in Pediatric Gastroenterology (2011) and has additional certification in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology (2012).  She was the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program Director from 2014 to 2022, and Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program from 2017 to 2022.

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• Patient Testimonials
  • Monica Redmond, Washington 05.20.20

    When my daughter was 5-months-old, we discovered she had end-stage liver disease. During this most difficult time, we were so thankful to have Dr. Hsu as her hepatologist. Doctor Hsu is knowledgeable and highly intelligent, thus we always trusted her judgment. Not only did we have confidence in her skill, we were touched by her compassion and love for our daughter. Despite having a very demanding job, Dr. Hsu made us feel that that our daughter was her only patient. We always appreciated how Dr. Hsu took the time to explain her plan of care and listen to our concerns. We always felt reassured and informed. She truly cared for our daughter and we felt comfortable that she was making decisions for her as she would for her own child. We will never forget after our daughter received her liver transplant, Dr. Hsu came into our room with tears of joy and exclaimed, “you did it!” All the doctors and staff at Seattle Children’s were amazing, yet Dr. Hsu stands out among one of the best.

  • Jennifer Stevensville Montana 12.26.12

    Dr. Hsu is an AMAZING doctor and an even more wonderful person! My 6 year old son Jonah was recently Life Flighted to Seattle Children's Hospital for Acute Liver Failure. Dr. Hsu was there for Jonah and my family from the minute we were admitted to the hospital. Through every decision, she was always there to reassure and comfort us. I could not have asked for a better team of doctors. Although the experience of Acute Liver Failure was beyond imaginable, Dr. Hsu and her team were absolutely amazing in every way. Thank you so much!

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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 2016		Seattle Met Magazine	2016
  SEATTLE'S TOP DOCTOR - 2015		Seattle Met Magazine	2015
  Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award		University of Washington Pediatric Residency Program	Jun 21, 2013
  Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society		University of Wisconsin Medical School	2003
  Waisman Award for Excellence in Pediatrics		University of Wisconsin Medical School	2003

• Publications

  Manuscripts Submitted

  • Hsu EK, Murray KF
    Cirrhosis and Chronic Liver Failure
    Liver Disease in Children, editors Suchy F, Sokol R, Balistereri W., 2014 : Chapter 6(Fourth edi)

  Other Publications

  • Weaver JJ, Dobrow EM, Hsu EK, Monroe EJ
    Single-access liver floss technique with antegrade hepatic vein access and recanalization in Budd-Chiari syndrome.
    29187341 Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey), 2017 Nov 30
  • Hsu EK, Shaffer ML, Gao L, Sonnenday C, Volk ML, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC
    Analysis of Liver Offers to Pediatric Candidates on the Transplant Wait List.
    28711630 Gastroenterology, 2017 Oct. : 153(4)988-995
  • Blondet NM, Healey PJ, Hsu E
    Immunosuppression in the pediatric transplant recipient.
    28964473 Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2017 Aug. : 26(4)193-198
  • Newton KP, Feldman HS, Chambers CD, Wilson L, Behling C, Clark JM, Molleston JP, Chalasani N, Sanyal AJ, Fishbein MH, Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN).
    Low and High Birth Weights Are Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children.
    28366357 The Journal of pediatrics, 2017 Aug. : 187141-146.e1 PMCID:PMC5533631
  • Ebel NH, Hsu EK, Berry K, Horslen SP, Ioannou GN
    Disparities in Waitlist and Posttransplantation Outcomes in Liver Transplant Registrants and Recipients Aged 18 to 24 Years: Analysis of the UNOS Database.
    28230640 Transplantation, 2017 July : 101(7)1616-1627 PMCID:PMC5481466
  • Africa JA, Behling CA, Brunt EM, Zhang N, Luo Y, Wells A, Hou J, Belt PH, Kohil R, Lavine JE, Molleston JP, Newton KP, Whitington PF, Schwimmer JB, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network.
    In Children With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Zone 1 Steatosis Is Associated With Advanced Fibrosis.
    28286193 Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2017 Mar 7 : PMCID:PMC5589478
  • Hsu EK, Mazariegos GV
    Global lessons in graft type and pediatric liver allocation: A path toward improving outcomes and eliminating wait-list mortality.
    27706890 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2017 Jan. : 23(1)86-95
  • Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE, Wilson LA, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Xanthakos SA, Kohli R, Barlow SE, Vos MB, Karpen SJ, Molleston JP, Whitington PF, Rosenthal P, Jain AK, Murray KF, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Van Natta ML, Clark JM, Tonascia J, Doo E, NASH CRN.
    In Children With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Cysteamine Bitartrate Delayed Release Improves Liver Enzymes but Does Not Reduce Disease Activity Scores.
    27569726 Gastroenterology, 2016 Dec. : 151(6)1141-1154.e9 PMCID:PMC5124386
  • Nelson JE, Handa P, Aouizerat B, Wilson L, Vemulakonda LA, Yeh MM, Kowdley KV, NASH Clinical Research Network.
    Increased parenchymal damage and steatohepatitis in Caucasian non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with common IL1B and IL6 polymorphisms.
    27730688 Alimentary pharmacology and therapeutics, 2016 Dec. : 44(11-12)1253-1264 PMCID:PMC5118184
  • Seo A, Walsh T, Lee MK, Ho PA, Hsu EK, Sidbury R, King MC, Shimamura A
    FAM111B Mutation Is Associated With Inherited Exocrine Pancreatic Dysfunction.
    26495788 Pancreas, 2016 July : 45(6)858-62 PMCID:PMC4841754
  • Wightman A, Hsu E, Zhao Q, Smith J
    Prevalence and Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Children With Intellectual Disability.
    26655935 Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2016 June : 62(6)808-12
  • Shneider BL, Magee JC, Karpen SJ, Rand EB, Narkewicz MR, Bass LM, Schwarz K, Whitington PF, Bezerra JA, Kerkar N, Haber B, Rosenthal P, Turmelle YP, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Ng VL, Wang KS, Romero R, Squires RH, Arnon R, Sherker AH, Moore J, Ye W, Sokol RJ, Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN).
    Total Serum Bilirubin within 3 Months of Hepatoportoenterostomy Predicts Short-Term Outcomes in Biliary Atresia.
    26725209 The Journal of pediatrics, 2016 March : 170211-7.e1-2 PMCID:PMC4826612
  • Shen TC, Chehoud C, Ni J, Hsu E, Chen YY, Bailey A, Laughlin A, Bittinger K, Bushman FD, Wu GD
    Dietary Regulation of the Gut Microbiota Engineered by a Minimal Defined Bacterial Consortium.
    27176607 PloS one, 2016 : 11(5)e0155620 PMCID:PMC4866709
  • Hsu E, Horslen S
    The emergence of eosinophilic disorders in pediatric transplant recipients.
    24164823 Pediatric transplantation, 2013 Dec. : 17(8)713-5
  • Hsu EK, Chugh P, Kronman MP, Markowitz JE, Piccoli DA, Mamula P
    Incidence of perforation in pediatric GI endoscopy and colonoscopy: an 11-year experience.
    23433599 Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2013 June : 77(6)960-6
  • Hsu EK
    Jaundice
    Schwartz's Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 2013 : 5th editio(Chapter 45)
  • Hsu EK, Reyes JD
    Pediatric Liver Transplantation
    Diseases of the Liver in Children: Evaluation and Management, editors Murray KF and Horslen SP., 2013
  • Hsu EK
    Ascites
    Schwartz's Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 2013 : 5th editio(Chapter 14)
  • Hsu E, Murray K
    Is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children the same disease as in adults?
    22824482 Clinics in liver disease, 2012 Aug. : 16(3)587-98
  • Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD, Hsu EK, Mamula P, Ruchelli ED
    Intestinal Polyposis Syndromes
    eMedicine from WebMD, 2011 Jan 3 : http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/929144-overv
  • Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD, Javid PJ, Malone FR, Dick AA, Hsu E, Sunseri M, Healey P, Horslen SP
    A contemporary analysis of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease in surgical infants
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2011 : 46: 1913-1917
  • Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD, Hsu EK, Wu GD.
    Gut Microbes, Immunity and Metabolism
    Metabolic Basis of Obesity; Editor, Ahima R. Springer, New York, 2011 : 311-350
  • Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD, Mascarenhas M, Hsu EK
    Treatment of gastrointestinal complications of Cystic Fibrosis
    US Respiratory Reviews, 2008
  • Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD, Hsu EK, Murray KF
    Hepatitis B and C in children
    Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2008 : 5(6): 311-320
  • Evelyn Kanyu Hsu, MD, Hsu EK, Murray KF
    Hepatitis C in Children
    J Pediatr Infect Dis, 2007 : (1): 3-9

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• Presentations

  Presentations Title	Event	Location	Date
  Common Problems in Pediatric Gastroenterology	Pediatric Grand Rounds, The Everett Clinic	Everett, Washington	Sep 27, 2011
  Pediatric Mortality on the Liver Transplant Wait List: A Single-Center 15 year Experience (poster presentation)	AASLD Single Topic Conference: Pediatric Transplantation	Atlanta, GA	Mar 18, 2011
  Oral Antibiotics Reverse Maladaptive Metabolic Responses to a Low Protein Diet (poster presentation)	Digestive Diseases Week	New Orleans, LA	May 4, 2010
  Innate and Adaptive Immunity Regulate Metabolic Responses to Parasitic Nematode Infection (poster presentation)	Digestive Diseases Week	Chicago, IL	May 2, 2009
  Innate and Adaptive Immunity Regulate Metabolic Responses to Parasitic Nematode Infection (poster presentation)	CHOP Fellows Research Day		Feb 25, 2009