UAMS Pediatrics

• Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
• Professor, College of Public Health
• Section Chief, Gastroenterology, Nutrition & Hepatology

Sections

• Gastroenterology, Nutrition & Hepatology

Specialties

• Gastroenterology/Nutrition

Contact Information

• Email:	fuchsgeorgej@uams.edu
  Phone:	501-364-1004
  Fax:	501-364-6291
  Address:	Arkansas Children's Hospital
  	1 Children's Way
  	Little Rock, AR 72202

Education

• B.A., University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine, 1974
• M.D., University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine, 1980

Training

• Fellow, Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, 1985-1986
• Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, 1984-1985
• Fellow, Geographic Medicine (Infect Dis) and Ped GI, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, 1983-1984
• Resident, Pediatrics, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, 1981-1983
• Intern, Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, 1980-1981
• Intern, Pediatrics, Phoenix Hospitals Affiliated Pediatric Program, 1980-1981

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Recent Publications

• Journal Article, Buie T., Campbell D., Fuchs G., Furuta GI., Levy J., Van de Water J. Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders in individuals with ASDs: a cosensus report.. Pediatrics 2010 125:S1-S18.
• Journal Article, Buie T., Fuchs GJ., Furuta GT., Kooros K., Levy J., Lewis JD. Recommendations for evaluation and treatment of common gastrointestinal problems in children with ASDs.. Pediatrics 2010 125:S19 - S29.
• Journal Article, Gibbons, T., Fuchs G. Malnutrition: a hidden problem in hospitalized children. Clin Pediatr 2009 May; 48(4):356-61.
• Journal Article, Gibbons, TE., Sayed K., Fuchs G. Massive pan-gastrointestinal bleeding following cocaine use.. World J Pediatr 2009 5:149-51.
• Journal Article, James SJ., Melnyk S., Fuchs G., Reid T., Jernigan S., Pavliv O. Efficacy of methylcobalamin and folinic acid treatment on glutathione redox status in children with autism.. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009 89:1-6.
• Journal Article, Sarker SA., Davidsson L., Mahmud H., Fuchs G., Alam NH., Ahmed T. Casual relationship of Helicobacter pylori infection with iron deficiency anemia and treatment failure of iron supplementation in children.. Gastroenterology 2008 135:1534-42.
• Journal Article, Roy SK., Jolly SP., Shafique S., Fuchs G., Mahmud Z., Chakraborty B., Roy S. Prevention of malnutrition among young children in rural Bangladesh by a food-health-care education intervention: a randomized, controlled trial.. Food Nutr Bull 2007 28:375-83.
• Journal Article, Ashraf H, Ahmed T, Hossain MI, Alam NH, Mahmud R, Fuchs G. Day-care Management of Children with Severe Malnutrition in an Urban Health Clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh.. J. Trop Pediatr 2007 June; 53(3):171-8.
• Journal Article, Hakkak R, MacLeod S, Shaaf S, Holley A, Simpson P, Fuchs G. Obesity increases the incidence of 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene-induced mammary tumors in an ovariectomized Zucker rat model.. Int J Oncol 2007; 30:557-563.
• Journal Article, Raqib R, Alam DS, Sarker P, Ahmad SM, Yunus M, Fuchs G. The impact of low birth weight on immune function in preschool children.. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 85:845-52.