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Desiree Sierra-Velez | Education

Undergraduate School

University of Puerto Rico - Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez

2011, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Medical School

University of Puerto Rico - School of Medicine

2015, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Residency

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

2018, Miami, FL

Fellowship

MassGeneral Hospital for Children

2021, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital

2022, Boston, MA

Desiree Sierra-Velez | Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
  • American Board of Pediatrics (General)

Desiree Sierra-Velez | Publications

  1. Always check the film: Retained central venous catheter fragment in a patient with intestinal failure. JPGN Rep. 2024 Aug; 5(3):419-420. View Always check the film: Retained central venous catheter fragment in a patient with intestinal failure. Abstract

  2. Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial. Child Obes. 2023 12; 19(8):507-514. View Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial. Abstract

  3. Effects of a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention on Parental Stress. Child Obes. 2022 04; 18(3):160-167. View Effects of a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention on Parental Stress. Abstract

  4. Planned Evaluation of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0. Child Obes. 2021 09; 17(S1):S55-S61. View Planned Evaluation of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0. Abstract

  5. Pediatric liver transplant following near catastrophic head bleed: Lessons learned. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 03; 24(2):e13646. View Pediatric liver transplant following near catastrophic head bleed: Lessons learned. Abstract

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