Email

dokafor@bcm.edu

Positions

Clinical Postdoc Fellow- PGY6

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Office)

Clinical Care Center
Room TXCL-1010
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2022 - Houston, Texas

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Residency at Yale School of Medicine

06/2019 - New Haven, Connecticut

Pediatrics

MD from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

05/2016 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

BA from University of Pennsylvania

05/2012 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Health & Societies with Honors

Certifications

American Academy of Pediatrics

Professional Statement

Debra is currently a clinical postdoctoral fellow in the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition program. She is also a CNRC Fellow, conducting research in the laboratory of Robert Shulman, MD, focusing on gastroparesis in pediatric patients as well as functional abdominal pain disorders.

Selected Publications

• Okafor, D; AlRabadi, L; Alper, A ; Jeffries, L ; McGrath, J ;Porto, A "Refractory Infantile Chronic Diarrhea and Failure to Thrive in a 6-Month-Old Boy With a Complex Past Medical History." Clinical Pediatrics. 2019 Jun;58(6):707-710. Pubmed PMID: 30788983
• Oparaji, JA; Rose, F; Okafor, D; Howard, A; Turner, R; Orabi, A; Byersdorfer, C; Mi, Q; Ritchey, K; Lowe, M; Husain, S "Risk Factors for Asparaginase-associated Pancreatitis." J Clinical Gastroenterology. 2017 Nov;51(10):907-913. Pubmed PMID: 28375864

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

member

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

member

American Gastroenterology Association

member