William Balistreri, MD
Enriched profileDorothy M. M. Kersten Professor of Pediatrics; Director Emeritus, Pediatric Liver Care Center; Medical Director Emeritus, Liver Transplantation; Program Director Emeritus, Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
William Balistreri is Dorothy M. M. Kersten Professor of Pediatrics; Director Emeritus, Pediatric Liver Care Center; Medical Director Emeritus, Liver Transplantation; Program Director Emeritus, Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 436 publications with 11,304 citations (h-index 57); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pediatric Gastroenterology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 16 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
William Balistreri, M.D., is Dorothy M. M. Kersten Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The public record shows 436 publications with 11,304 citations (h-index 57), centered on Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 6 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (1985–2008).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2023 · Hepatology communications
- Top research focus: Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 6 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 1 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 184.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Phase II Pilot Study to Compare the Bioavailability of Buffered, Enteric-Coated Ursodiol With Unmodified Ursodiol for Chronic Cholestatic Liver Disease and Cystic Fibrosis-Associated Liver Disease
Sponsor: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202534 payments$32,693openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, IncProgram year20252 payments
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Program year20252 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
100%Ileal Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor100%Livmarli100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 16 Oct 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 1985–2008 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- CLINICAL TRIAL: PEGYLATED INTERFERON +/- RIBAVIRIN FOR CHILDREN WITH HCV
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr
FY2008$5,201M01RR008084 - PEGYLATED INTERFERON +/- RIBAVIRIN FOR CHILDREN WITH HCV
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr
FY2007$37,327M01RR008084 - PEGYLATED INTERFERON +/- RIBAVIRIN FOR CHILDREN WITH HCV
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr
FY2006$23,038M01RR008084
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Elbasvir/grazoprevir in children aged 3-18 years with chronic HCV genotype 1 or 4 infection: a pharmacokinetic modeling study.
Hepatology communications
Article2023
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Dietary estrogens—A probable cause of infertility and liver disease in captive cheetahsArticle353 citations1987
- 03Biliary Atresia: Current Concepts and Research Directions. Summary of A SymposiumArticle321 citations1996
- 04
- 05Liver Disease in ChildrenArticle251 citations1994
Network
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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doximity.com/pub/william-balistreri-md
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gutsandgrowth.com/2025/06/23/dr-william-balistreri-whatever-happened-to-neonatal-hepatitis-part-1
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aasld.org/member-spotlight/william-f-balistreri-md-faasld
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cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2007/11-Balistreri
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pfic.org/2024-research-workshop-summary
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →cincinnatichildrens.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Fellow
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (FAASLD)
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Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
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Awards & honors
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- Distinguished Educator Award
American Gastroenterological Association
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
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