Anna M. Banc-Husu, MD, MSCI
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Attending Physician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Phone:
832-822-3131
Languages: English
Office location:
Texas Medical Center
6701 Fannin Street
Suite 1100
Houston, TX 77030
Get to know Anna M. Banc-Husu, MD, MSCI
Dr. Banc-Husu is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and a Transplant Hepatologist at Texas Children’s Hospital. She cares for infants and children with liver transplants and with a variety of liver diseases including: biliary atresia; idiopathic neonatal hepatitis; progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC); Alagille syndrome; fatty liver disease; and numerous other rare liver disorders. As a clinician, she believes that patients and their families are at the center of each medical decision. Her philosophy of care is to provide the best care for her patients by incorporating research-informed clinical care, by collaborating with multi-disciplinary experts, and most importantly, by demonstrating empathy and compassion in every conversation and decision. She is a clinician-scientist with research interests in the critical care of children with liver disease. Her research focuses on the role of the immune system in the development of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and how to better improve the multi-disciplinary management of children in the intensive care unit to improve patient outcomes before and after liver transplantation.
Clinical Interests
Pediatric Liver Disease, Pediatric Liver Transplant, Hepatology Critical care
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University | Fellowship | Pediatric Transplant Hepatology | 2020 |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University | Fellowship | Pediatric Gastroenterology | 2019 |
| Northwestern University, The Graduate School, Evanston, IL | Masters | Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) | 2019 |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Residency | Pediatrics | 2015 |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2012 |
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Member |
| American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) | Trainee Steering Committee Member, Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Special Interest Group (01/2020 – 12/2022); Education Sub-Committee Member, Pediatric Liver Disease Special Interest Group (01/2020 – Present) |
| American Society of Transplantation | Member |
| North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition | Member |
| Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) | Member; Member, SPLIT Education Committee (2020 - Present); Member, SPLIT Registry Operations Committee (2019 – Present); Vice-chair; SPLIT Registry Operations Committee (10/2022 – Present) |
* Texas Children’s Hospital physicians’ licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician’s office and were not verified by Texas Children’s Hospital.
Research interests
Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure, Decompensated Cirrhosis, Hepatology Critical Care
Banc-Husu AM, Bonn J, Mavis AM, Feldman AG. Development of a national Zoom-based lectureship for pediatric transplant hepatology trainees. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Jul 18;e14572. Doi:10.1111/petr.14572. Online ahead of print.
Banc-Husu AM, Hall M, Thurm C, Whitehead BA, Godown JA, Alonso EM.. Acute-on-chronic liver failure does not impact post-transplant survival in children with biliary atresia. Liver Transpl. 2023 Feb 3. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000077. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36724443
Banc-Husu, AM. Shiau H, Dike P, Shneider BL. Beyond Varices: Complications of Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension in Pediatrics. Semin Liver Dis. 2023 Feb;43(1):100-116. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1759613. Epub 2022 Dec 26.PMID: 36572031
Banc-Husu AM, Moulton EA, Shiau H, Gutierrez Sanchez LH, Desai MS, Cerminara D, Munoz FM, Buffaloe LM, Valencia-Deray KG, Galvan NTN, Bhatnagar J, Estetter L, Rassaei N, Reagan-Steiner S, Wicker J, Dunn JJ, Allen CE, Patel KR, Harpavat S, Goss JA, Leung DH. Acute Liver Failure and Unique challenges of pediatric liver transplantation amidst a worldwide cluster of adenovirus-associated hepatitis. Am J Transplant. 2023 Jan;23(1):93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2022.10.002. Epub 2023 Jan 11.PMID: 36695626
Antala S, Whitehead B, Godown J, Hall M, Banc-Husu A, Alonso EM, Taylor SA. Neonates with acute liver failure have higher overall mortality but similar posttransplant outcomes as older infants. Liver Transpl. 2023 Jan 1;29(1):5-14. doi: 10.1002/lt.26537. Epub 2022 Jul 17.PMID: 35751574
Banc-Husu AM; Bass LM. Topic of the Month: Transient Elastography in Pediatric Liver Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Aug 1;73(2):141-144. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003168.PMID: 34016882
Borovsky, Kristin; Banc-Husu, Anna M.; Saul, Samantha A.; Neighbors, Katie; Kelly, Susan; Alonso, Estella M.; Taylor, Sarah A. Applying an Age-Specific Definition to Better Characterize Etiologies and Outcomes in Neonatal Acute Liver Failure. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Jul 1;73(1):80-85. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003103.PMID: 33633086
Banc-Husu AM, Neighbors K, Rychlik K, Harris ZL, Mohammad S, Alonso EM. Admission characteristics identify risk of Pediatric Acute-on-chronic liver failure. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 Jun;70(6):783-788. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002695.PMID: 32141996