Additional Information
Academic appointments
- McGovern Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, director and professor, 2006-present
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Pediatrics Department, section head, Division of Gastroenterology, December 2002-2006.
- Clinical professor of pediatrics, Tulane University, 2003-2006
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, professor, September 1998-December 2002
- Director, Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1994-2001
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, associate professor, July 1992-September 1998
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, assistant professor, July 1986-June 1992
- Adjunct associate professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, 1999
- Adjunct associate professor, University of North Carolina, Department of Nutrition, 2000
Hospital appointments
- Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
- Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professional organizations and committees
- Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center, Internal Advisory Committee
- North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
- Nutrition Society for Pediatric Research
- American Gastroenterological Society
Honors and awards
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases/Burroughs Wellcome Young
Investigator Award, 1986
- University of North Carolina Faculty Development Award, 1986
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Investigator Award, 1990
- University of North Carolina Research Council Award, 1996
- Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, 2000
- America’s Top Doctors, 2001-present
- Best Doctors, 2005-present
- Chairman’s Research Award: Ochsner for Children, Pediatrics Department, June 2004
- America’s Top Pediatricians, 2009
- S. News and World Report: Top 1% of Pediatric Gastroenterologists, 2013-2015
- Houstonia magazine: Top Doctors 2013
Publications and citations
- He B, Hoang TK, Wang T, Ferris M, Taylor CM, Tian X, Luo M, Tran DQ, Zhou J, Tatevian N, Luo F, Molina JG, Blackburn MR, Gomez TH, Roos S, Rhoads JM, and Liu Y. Resetting microbiota by Lactobacillus reuteri inhibits T reg deficiency-induced autoimmunity via adenosine A2A receptors. J. Exp. Med. 2017; 214 (1): 107-123, 2017. PMID: 27994068.
- Thornhill, C., Navarro, F., Alabd Alrazzak, B., Hashmi, S., DebRoy, A., Rhoads, J., and Imseis, E. Insufflation with Carbon Dioxide during Pediatric Colonoscopy for Control of Post-Procedure Pain J. Clin. Gastro 2018: 52(8): 715-720. PMID: 29210902.
- Fatheree NY, Liu Y, Taylor CM, Hoang TK, Cai C, Rahbar MH, Hessabi M, Ferris M, McMurtry V, Wong C, Vu T, Dancsak T, Wang T, Gleason W, Bandla V, Navarro F, Tran DQ, and Rhoads JM. Lactobacillus reuteri for infants with colic: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. J Pediatr 191:170-178, 2017. PMID: 28969890. [Editorial in J. Pediatr 2017; 191: 5-6.]
- He B, Hoang HK, Tran DQ, Rhoads JM, and Liu Y. Adenosine A2A receptor deletion blocks the beneficial effects of Lactobacillus reuteri in regulatory T-deficient scurfy mice. Front. Immunol. 8: 1680, 2017. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01680. PMID: 29270168. PMCID: PMC5723640.
- Hoang TK, He B, Wang T, Tran DQ, Rhoads JM, Liu Y. Protective effect of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 against experimental necrotizing enterocolitis is mediated by Toll-like receptor 2. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 315(2):G231-G240, 2018. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00084.2017. PMID: 29648878. PMCID: PMC6139641.
- Ray P, Navarro F, Liu Y, Bell CS, Denson LA, Fatheree NY, Hoang T, and Rhoads JM. GM-CSF antibodies and peripheral Treg cells as potential markers of disease activity to guide therapeutic decisions in pediatric IBD. J Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2 (1): 8, 2018. doi: 10.21767/2575-7733.100037.
- Rhoads JM, Collins J, Fatheree NY, Hashmi S, Taylor CM, Luo M, Hoang TK, Gleason WA, Van Arsdall MR, Navarro F, and Liu Y. Infant colic represents gut inflammation and dysbiosis. J Pediatr. 203: 55-61, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.042. PMID: 30177353.
- Liu Y, Tran DQ, and Rhoads JM. Probiotics in disease prevention and treatment. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 58 (S10): S164-S179, 2018. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1121. PMID: 30248200.
- Liu Y, Alookaran JJ, and Rhoads JM. Probiotics in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Nutrients. 10, 1537, 2018. doi: 10.3390/nu10101537. PMID: 30340338.
- Mai T, Fatheree NY, Gleason W, Liu Y, Rhoads JM. Infantile Colic: New insights into an old problem. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 47(4):829-844, 2018. PMID: 30337035.
- Moye LM, Liu Y, Coarfa C, Putluri N, Rhoads JM. Plasma Urea Cycle Metabolites May Be Useful Biomarkers in Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Front Pediatr 2019 Jan 10;6:423. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00423
