Positions

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatrics - Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Attending Physician

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Texas Children's Hospital

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital - The Woodlands (Clinic)

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
17580 Interstate-45 South, 4th Floor
The Woodlands, TX, 77384
United States
Phone: (936) 267-7555

Education

Research Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Gastroenterology, Cell Biology))

06/2011 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pediatric Gastroenterology)

06/2010 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

06/2007 - Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

MD from Baylor College of Medicine

05/2004 - Houston, Texas, United States

AB from Princeton University

06/1999 - Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Certifications

Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Gastroenterology

American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Department of Pediatrics Chair's Outstanding Clinician Award

Baylor College of Medicine (10/2023)

Houstonia Magazine Top Doctors (2020-2025)

Houstonia Magazine (09/2020 - 12/2025)

At-Large member - Executive Committee (Gastroenterology)

Baylor College of Medicine

Faculty Senator

Baylor College of Medicine (07/2022 - 06/2025)

Baylor College of Medicine Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2019)

Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands Shining Star Award

Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands (02/2018)

AASLD Liver Scholar Award

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases/Alpha-1 Foundation (07/2013)

Alexander M. White, III Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award

American Liver Foundation (07/2009)

Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) Fellowship

NIH/NICHD (07/2008)

Cincinnati Pediatric Society Outstanding Resident Award

Cincinnati Pediatric Society (08/2006)

Professional Interests

• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Disorders of gut-brain interaction
• Endoscopy
• Pediatric feeding disorders

Websites

Selected Publications

• Rudnick DA, Huang J, Hidvegi T, Chu AS, Hale P, Munanairi A, Dietzen DJ, Cliften PF, Tycksen E, Lutkewitte AJ, Finck BN, Pak SC, Silverman GA, Perlmutter DH. " Regulation of PGC1a Downstream of the Insulin Signaling Pathway Plays a Role in the Hepatic Proteotoxicity of Mutant a1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Variant Z " Gastroenterology. 2022 ; 163 (1) : 270-284.
  Pubmed PMID: 35301011.
• Chu AS, Torres L, Kao G, Gilbert C, Monico EC, Chumpitazi BP. " Multidisciplinary Care for Refractory Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Decreases Emergency and Inpatient Utilization " J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 ; 74 (2) : 248-252.
  Pubmed PMID: 34560729.
• Moffett BS, Schmees L, Zinser K, Erikson C, Chu A, Strobel N. " Evaluation of Intravenous Ranitidine on Gastric pH in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients " J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2019 ;
  Pubmed PMID: 31719812.
• Chu A, Chopra KB, Perlmutter DH. " Is severe progressive liver disease caused by alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency more common in children or adults? " Liver Transplantation. 2016 ; 22 : 886-94.
  Pubmed PMID: 26946192.
• Mukherjee A, Chakraborty S, Wang Y, Chu A, Perlmutter D. " Liver disease in α1-antitrypsin deficiency. " Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: Role in Healt. 2016 ;
• Chu A and Liacouras C. " Chapter 329.5: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (Wilkie Syndrome, Cast Syndrome, Arteriomesenteric Duodenal Compression Syndrome). " Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed.. 2015 ;
• Chu A and Liacouras C. " Chapter 330.1: Ileus. " Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed.. 2015 ;
• Chu A and Liacouras C. " Chapter 330.2: Adhesions. " Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed.. 2015 ;
• Chu A and Liacouras C. " Chapter 330.4: Closed-Loop Obstructions. " Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed.. 2015 ;
• Perlmutter D, Chopra K, Chu A. " Two new considerations for improving the diagnosis of α-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease " Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2015 ; 60 : 1511-13.
  Pubmed PMID: 25634676.
• Chu A, Perlmutter DH, Wang Y. " Capitalizing on the autophagic response for treatment of liver disease caused by alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and other genetic diseases " BioMed Research International. 2014 ; 2014 : 1-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 25025052.
• Ghouse R, Chu A, Wang Y, Perlmutter DH. " Mysteries of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency: emerging therapies for a challenging disease " Disease Models and Mechanisms. 2014 ; 7 : 411-19.
  Pubmed PMID: 24719116.
• Chu A, Russo PA, Wells RG. " Cholangiocyte cilia are abnormal in syndromic and non-syndromic biliary atresia " Modern Pathology. 2011 ; 25 : 751-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 22301700.
• Shin S, Walton G, Aoki R, Brondell K, Schug J, Fox A, Smirnova O, Dorrell C, Erker L, Chu A, Wells RG, Grompe M, Greenbaum LE, Kaestner KH. " Foxl1-Cre-marked adult hepatic progenitors have clonogenic and bi-lineage differentiation potential " Genes and Development. 2011 ; 25 : 1185-92.
  Pubmed PMID: 21632825.
• Chu A, Diaz R, Hui JJ, Yanger K, Zong Y, Alpini G, Stanger BZ, Wells RG. " Lineage tracing demonstrates no evidence of cholangiocyte epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in murine models of hepatic fibrosis " Hepatology. 2011 ; 53 : 1685-95.
  Pubmed PMID: 21520179.
• Chu A, Friedman JR. " A role for microRNA in cystic liver and kidney diseases. " J Clin Invest. 2008 ; 118 : 3585-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 18949060.

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Memberships

North American Society for Pediatric Gastronenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

American Gastroenterological Association

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow