Jacqueline M. Saito, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Phone: 205-934-5282

E-mail: jmsaito@uab.edu

Dr. Saito received her B.S. degree in engineering sciences from Harvard, where she earned several academic awards and graduated cum laude.  She then attended medical school at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, followed by residency in general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.  The latter was followed by a residency in pediatric surgery at UAB, after which she joined the Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery. 

Her current research interest is the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis and the role of bile duct epithelial cells in hepatic inflammation.

Selected Publications

1.   Farley, C.T., Blickhan, R., Saito, J. and Taylor, C.R.  Hopping frequency in humans: A test of how springs set stride frequency in bouncing gaits.  J. Appl. Physiol. 71:2127-2132, 1991.

2.   Maher, J.J., Saito, J.M. and Neuschwander-Tetri, B.A.  Glutathione regulation in rat hepatic stellate cells: Comparative studies in primary culture and in liver injury in vivo.  Biochem. Pharmacol. 53:637-641, 1997.

3.  Maher, J.J., Scott, M.K., Saito, J.M. and Burton, M.C.  Adenovirus-mediated expression of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) in rat liver induces a neutrophilic hepatitis. Hepatology 25:624-630, 1997.

4.  Saito, J.M., and Maher, J.J.  Bile duct ligation in rats induces biliary expression of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant.  Gastroenterology 18:1157-1168, 2000.

5.  Saito, J.M., Bostick, M.K., Campe, C.B., Xu, J. and Maher, J.J.  Infiltrating neutrophils in bile duct-ligated livers do not promote hepatic fibrosis.  Hepatol. Res. 25:180-191, 2003.

6.  Celik, A., Loux, T.J., Harmon, C.M., Saito, J.M., Georgeson, K.E. and Barnhart, D.C.  Revision nissen fundoplication can be completed laparoscopically with a low rate of complications: A single institution experience with 72 children. J.Pediatr. Surg. 41:2081-2085, 2006.

7.  Bradford, R.D., Saito, J.M., Edwards, B.H., Evans, H.H., Boppana, S.B. and Kimberlin, D.W.  Pyogenic liver abscess due to Staphylococcus aureus in an otherwise healthy febrile infant.  Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. Submitted.