- Specialty
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Board Affiliation/Certification
- American Board of Pediatric Endocrinology
- American Board of Pediatrics
- Education
- Aga Khan University, Medical College, 2010
- Residency
- University of Illinois, 2015
- Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital, 2018
- Languages
- English
- Gender
- Female
- Insurance Accepted
- Aetna - CHIP
- Aetna - Medicaid/STAR
- Aetna - PPO/HMO/MC Advantage
- Amerigroup - MC/CHIP/Perinate
- Amerigroup - Medicaid
- Amerigroup - STAR PLUS MMP
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Essential/Premier
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare Advantage & Medicaid Dual
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - STAR, CHIP, STAR Plus
- Children with Special Health Care Needs Program
- Community First Health Plan - HMO Off-Exchange
- Community First Health Plan - HMO/PPO/CHIP
- Community First Health Plan - Medicaid
- Community First Health Plan - STAR Kids Program
- Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
- Coventry Health Care
- EBSO, Inc.
- Humana - Exchange (Health Maintenance Organization x)
- Humana Military -TRICARE
- Humana, INC
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Molina - Marketplace
- Molina - Medicare/MMOP/CHIP
- Molina - MMP
- Molina - STAR Plus
- Superior Health Plan - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate
- Superior Health Plan - Medicaid-STAR Kids
- Superior Health Plan - Medicaid-STAR PLUS
- Superior Health Plan - MMP
- UnitedHealthcare - PPO/MK
Please contact your health insurance company to confirm provider participation. For billing and insurance questions, please call our Billing Department at 210-358-3260.
- I’m a pediatric endocrinologist at University Health. I am interested in approaching complex medical issues with a focus on the family impacts my practice and research related to diabetes at the Texas Diabetes Institute.
- I enjoy learning about the various aspects of diabetes in youth with regards to intervention, diagnosis and management as well as integrating diabetes technology within my research and clinical care. I am involved in the bionic pancreas research pivotal trials.
- Career Highlights:
- American Diabetes Association - Focus on Fellows Travel Award (2017)
- Endocrine Society - Travel Award for Annual Meeting (2014)
- University of Cambridge: Karachi Grammar School
- Breton Medal for Academic Distinction (2005)
- Kensett Medal for Academic Distinction (2005)
- Glazebrook Award for Academic Distinction (2003)
- Research Interests:
- Bionic pancreas and other diabetes technology devices
Abstracts
- Jordan S. Sherwood M, Courtney A. Balliro, Mallory Hillard, Michele Maheno, Jason L. Sloane, Rabab Z. Jafri, Firas H. El-Khatib, Edward R. Damiano, Melissa S. Putman, Steven J. Russell.Pilot Study of Closed-Loop Glycemic Control with the Bionic Pancreas in Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes, A Pilot and Feasibility Crossover Trial Pediatric Research Day, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, 2018 .
- Steven J. Russell, Rabab Jafri, Michele Maheno, Courtney Balliro, Laya Ekhlaspour, Firas El-Khatib, Edward Damiano, Britta Væver Bysted, Ulrik Mouritzen..The stable glucagon analog dasiglucagon is well-tolerated and as effective as recombinant human glucagon when delivered by the bionic pancreas in response to insulin excess. Advanced Technologies and Treatment for Diabetes Annual Meeting, 2018, Vienna, Austria.
- Rabab Z. Jafri, Michele Maheno, Courtney A. Balliro, Llazar Cuko, Debbie Mondesir, Firas El-Khatib, Laya Ekhlaspour, Steven J. Russell.Automated Glucagon Administration for Treatment of Postbariatric Hypoglycemia. American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2017, San Diego, CA .
- Courtney A. Balliro, Laya Ekhlaspour, Aryan Esmaeili, Firas El-Khatib, Debbie Mondesir, Rajendranath Selagemsetty, Mallory A. Hillard, Michele Maheno, Rabab Z. Jafri, Edward Damiano, Steven J. Russell..Effect of a Lower Glucose Target on Glycemic Outcomes with an Insulin-Only Bionic Pancreas. American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2017, San Diego, CA .
- Laya Ekhlaspour, Debbie Mondesir, Aryan Esmaeili, Mallory Hillard, Rabab Z. Jafri, Manasi Sinha, Ranjan Ajenthen, Courtney A. Balliro, Michele Maheno, Gina Masse, Llazar Cuko, Steven J. Russell. .Effect of Ethanol Intoxication on the Antihypoglycemic Action of Glucagon. American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2017, San Diego, CA .
- Rabab Z Jafri, Rasha Al-Radadi, Claudia Boucher-Berry.Relationship Between Maternal Graves’ Disease and Two Different Presentations of Congenital Hypothyroidism at Birth. ENDO 2015, San Diego, CA .
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