Donald A Novak

Donald A Novak, M.D.

Professor

Department: MD-PEDS-GASTROENTEROLOGY
Business Phone: (352) 273-9350

About Donald A Novak

Donald Novak, MD, attended medical school at the University of South Florida in Tampa and received the Dean’s Award for outstanding graduate in 1981. He completed a pediatric internship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, followed by a pediatric residency at USF, where he served as chief resident in 1984. His fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology was completed at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. Dr. Novak is board-certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and joined the University of Florida faculty in 1990. He is currently a Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Quality and Safety in the Department of Pediatrics and the Assistant Dean for Clinical Informatics at the UF College of Medicine. Dr. Novak’s clinical interests are focused on pediatric nutrition and obesity in children.

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatrics
Subspecialties
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
Areas of Interest
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity in children

Publications

2011
A newborn liver mass that never existed: a somber reminder of embryonic ties between umbilical vein and portal venous system.
Hepatic medicine : evidence and research. 3:107-8 [DOI] 10.2147/HMER.S18195. [PMID] 24367226.
2011
Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase in Children: An Algorithm to Determine When a “Wait and See” Approach is Optimal.
Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics. 5:15-8 [DOI] 10.4137/CMPed.S6872. [PMID] 23761996.
2010
Both Genders Can Propagate Obesity-Prone-Phenotype Impacting Placental Amino Acid Transport System a Activity in a Rat Model of Gestational Protein Restriction
Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 19:301-312
2010
Eruption hematoma as a possible oral sign of infantile scurvy.
Pediatric dentistry. 32(2):151-5 [PMID] 20483020.
2010
Hepatic Tgf Beta 1 and Ctgf Over-Expression in Rhesus Rotavirus-Induced Neonatal Murine Model of Biliary Atresia
Higher Education Policy. 52
2010
Immunohistochemical localization of transforming growth factor β-1 and its relationship with collagen expression in advanced liver fibrosis due to biliary atresia.
Clinical and experimental gastroenterology. 3:185-91 [DOI] 10.2147/CEG.S14220. [PMID] 21694865.
2010
Placental Amino Acid Transport System a – An Assessment of Snat1 and Snat2 Expression in F1 and F2 Placentas in a Rat Model of Gestational Protein Restriction
Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 19:563-572
2007
Antibodies to Escherichia coli outer membrane porin C in the absence of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are an unreliable marker of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 45(4):409-13 [PMID] 18030205.
2006
Gestational programming of offspring obesity/hypertension.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 19(10):591-9 [PMID] 17118732.
2006
Impact of forskolin and amino acid depletion upon System A activity and SNAT expression in BeWo cells.
Biochimie. 88(1):39-44 [PMID] 16125834.
2006
SNAT expression in rat placenta.
Placenta. 27(4-5):510-6 [PMID] 16023720.
2004
Androgen secretion by Rcho-1 cells is independent of extracellular glutamate concentration.
Placenta. 25(6):548-52 [PMID] 15135238.
2004
National Institute on Drug Abuse Conference report on placental proteins, drug transport, and fetal development.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 191(6):1858-62 [PMID] 15592265.
2003
Glutamate transport by Rcho-1 cells derived from rat placenta.
Pediatric research. 53(6):1025-9 [PMID] 12621097.
2002
Comparison of steatocrit and fat absorption in persons with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 35(2):202-5 [PMID] 12187298.
2002
Nutrition in early life. How important is it?
Clinics in perinatology. 29(2):203-23 [PMID] 12168238.
2002
Physiological importance of system A-mediated amino acid transport to rat fetal development.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. 282(1):C153-60 [PMID] 11742808.
2002
Ranitidine and omeprazole as adjuvant therapy to pancrelipase to improve fat absorption in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 35(1):79-83 [PMID] 12142815.
2002
Rat erythrocytes express the anionic amino acid transport protein EAAC1.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases. 29(3):261-6 [PMID] 12547215.
2001
Intraoperative endoscopy in a child with Turner’s syndrome and gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a case report.
Journal of pediatric surgery. 36(6):951-2 [PMID] 11381436.
2001
Regulation of glutamate transport and transport proteins in a placental cell line.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. 281(3):C1014-22 [PMID] 11502579.
2000
Anionic amino acid transporter expression in late gestation rodent yolk sac.
Placenta. 21(8):834-9 [PMID] 11095933.
1998
Activity and protein localization of multiple glutamate transporters in gestation day 14 vs. day 20 rat placenta.
The American journal of physiology. 274(3):C603-14 [DOI] 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.3.C603. [PMID] 9530091.
1998
Response of placental amino acid transport to gestational age and intrauterine growth retardation.
The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 57(2):257-63 [PMID] 9656329.
1997
An expression system for mammalian amino acid transporters using a stably maintained episomal vector.
Analytical biochemistry. 254(2):208-14 [PMID] 9417778.
1997
Demonstration of system y+L activity on the basal plasma membrane surface of rat placenta and developmentally regulated expression of 4F2HC mRNA.
Placenta. 18(8):643-8 [PMID] 9364599.
1997
Glutamine transport in human and rat placenta.
Placenta. 18(5-6):379-86 [PMID] 9250699.
1997
Transplantation in children. A longitudinal assessment of mothers’ stress, coping, and perceptions of family functioning.
Psychosomatics. 38(5):478-86 [PMID] 9314717.
1996
Effect of low-protein diet-induced intrauterine growth retardation on rat placental amino acid transport.
The American journal of physiology. 271(1 Pt 1):C295-303 [PMID] 8760058.
1996
Gastroesophageal reflux in the preterm infant.
Clinics in perinatology. 23(2):305-20 [PMID] 8780907.
1996
Mothers of children evaluated for transplantation: stress, coping resources, and perceptions of family functioning.
Clinical transplantation. 10(5):447-50 [PMID] 8930460.
1996
Ontogeny of amino acid transport system A in rat placenta.
Placenta. 17(8):643-51 [PMID] 8916214.
1996
Perceptions of parenting stress and family relations by fathers of children evaluated for organ transplantation.
Psychological reports. 79(3 Pt 1):723-7 [PMID] 8969076.
1996
Rat placental amino acid transport after protein-deprivation-induced intrauterine growth retardation.
Biochemical Society transactions. 24(3):839-43 [PMID] 8878858.
1995
Effect of chronic cocaine administration on amino acid uptake in rat placental membrane vesicles.
Life sciences. 56(21):1779-87 [PMID] 7739352.
1995
Moderating effects of family functioning on the social adjustment of children with liver disease.
Children's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health. 24(2):107-17 [PMID] 10143001.
1995
Reconstitution and characterization of ATP-dependent bile acid transport in human and rat placenta.
The Biochemical journal. 311 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):479-85 [PMID] 7487884.
1994
Diet affects hepatocyte membrane composition, fluidity, and taurocholate transport in suckling rats.
The American journal of physiology. 267(2 Pt 1):G301-7 [PMID] 8074228.
1994
Liver transplantation at the University of Florida.
The Journal of the Florida Medical Association. 81(5):335-8 [PMID] 8046378.
1994
Ontogeny and plasma-membrane domain localization of amino acid transport system L in rat liver.
The Biochemical journal. 301 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):671-4 [PMID] 8053892.
1994
Ontogeny of cationic amino acid transport systems in rat placenta.
The American journal of physiology. 267(3 Pt 1):C804-11 [PMID] 7943209.
1993
Recent advances in mammalian amino acid transport.
Annual review of nutrition. 13:137-65 [PMID] 8369142.

Education

Fellowship – Pediatrics
1987 · Children's Hospital (Ohio)
Residency – Pediatrics
1984 · University of South Florida
Internship – Pediatrics
1982 · Baylor University
Medical Degree
1981 · University of South Florida

Contact Details

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(352) 273-9350
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PO Box 100296
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