Dr. Suchitra K. Hourigan B.M.B.CH.
Pediatrician
2401 W Belvedere Ave Baltimore MD, 21215About
Dr. Suchitra Hourigan is a pediatrician practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Hourigan is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Hourigan diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Hourigan can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gastrointestinal sarcoidosis in an adolescent presenting with hemorrhage from a bleeding duodenal ulcer.
- A case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura presenting with a gastrocutaneous fistula.
- The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric and adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
- The full spectrum of hepatic steatosis in children.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- Fecal microbiota transplantation in children: a brief review.
- Investigating the accuracy of parentally reported weights and lengths at 12 months of age as compared to measured weights and lengths in a longitudinal childhood genome study.
- Collection of non-meconium stool on fecal occult blood cards is an effective method for fecal microbiota studies in infants.
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