Flora K Szabo, MD, PhD

Dr. Szabo joined the VCU faculty in 2015. She is a member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and the Collaborative Alliance for Pancreatic Education and Research (CAPER).

Párniczky A, Abu-El-Haija M, Husain S, Lowe M, Oracz G, Sahin-Tóth M, Szabó FK, Uc A, Wilschanski M, Witt H, Czakó L, Grammatikopoulos T, Rasmussen IC, Sutton R, Hegyi P.
EPC/HPSG evidence-based guidelines for the management of pediatric pancreatitis. Pancreatology. 2018 Mar;18(2):146-160. 

Abu-El-Haija M, Kumar S, Quiros JA, Balakrishnan K, Barth B, Bitton S, Eisses JF, Foglio EJ, Fox V, Francis D, Freeman AJ, Gonska T, Grover AS, Husain SZ, Kumar R, Lapsia S, Lin T, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Sellers ZM, Szabo F, Uc A, Werlin SL, Morinville VD. Management of Acute Pancreatitis in the Pediatric Population: A Clinical Report From the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Pancreas Committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Jan;66(1):159-176.

Hornung L, Szabo FK, Kalkwarf HJ, Abu-El-Haija M. Increased Burden of Pediatric Acute Pancreatitis on the Health Care System. Pancreas. 2017 Oct;46(9):1111-1114. 

Abu-El-Haija M*, Kumar S*, Szabo F*, Werlin S, Conwell, Banks P, Morinville V.  On behalf of the NASPGHAN Pancreas Committee. Classification of Acute Pancreatitis in the Pediatric Population: Clinical Report from the NASPGHAN Pancreas Committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Jun;64(6):984-990

Szabo FK, Hornung L, Oparaji JA, Alhosh R, Husain SZ, Liu QY, Palermo J, Lin TK, Nathan JD, Podberesky DJ, Lowe M, Fei L, Abu-El-Haija M. A prognostic tool to predict severe acute pancreatitis in pediatrics. Pancreatology. 2016 May-Jun;16(3):358-64

Chen WH, Cohen MB, Kirkpatrick BD, Brady RC, Galloway D, Gurwith M, Hall RH, Kessler RA, Lock M, Haney D, Lyon CE, Pasetti MF, Simon JK, Szabo F, Tennant S, Levine MM
Single-Dose Live Oral Cholera Vaccine CVD 103-HgR Protects Against Human Experimental Infection with Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 1;62(11):1329-1335

Szabo FK, Fei L, Cruz LA, Abu-El-Haija M. Early Enteral Nutrition and Aggressive Fluid Resuscitation are Associated with Improved Clinical Outcomes in Acute Pancreatitis. J Pediatr. 2015 Aug;167(2):397-402

Parniczky A, Czako L, Dubravcsik Z, Farkas G, Hegyi P, Hritz I, Kelemen, D, Morvay Z, Olah A, Pap A, Sahin-Toth M, Szabo F, Szentkereszti Z, Szmola R, Takacs T, Tiszlavicz L, Veres G, Szucs A, Lasztity N. Pediatric pancreatitis. Evidence based management guidelines of the Hungarian Pancreatic Study Group. Orv Hetil 2015 Feb 1;156(8):308-25. 

Köves K, Kántor O, Lakatos A, Szabó E, Kirilly E, Heinzlmann A, Szabó F. Advent and Recent Advances in Research on the Role of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptide (PACAP) in the Regulation of Gonadotropic Hormone Secretion of Female Rats. J Mol Neurosci. 2014 Apr.

Palermo J, Szabo F. The child will soon die whose forehead tastes salty when kissed. J Pediatr. 2014 Mar; 164(3):638

Köves K, Györgyi Z, Szabó FK, Boldogkői Z. Characterization of the autonomic innervation of mammary gland in lactating rats studied by retrograde transynaptic virus labeling and immunohistochemistry. Acta Physiol Hung. 2012 Jun; 99(2): 148-58

Szabo FK, Snyder N, Hoffman GE. Comparison of the temporal programs regulating thyrosin hydroxylase and enkephalin expressions in TIDA neurons of lactating rats following pup removal and then pup return. J Mol Neurosci. 2011 Oct; 45(2):110-8

Szabo FK, Snyder N, Usdin TB, Hoffman GE. A direct neuronal connection between the subparafascicular and ventrolateral arcuate nuclei in non-lactating female rats. Could this pathway play a role in the suckling-induced prolactin release? Endocrine  2010, 37:62–70