PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION OF FL, P.A.

3003 West MLK Blvd 3rd Floor Medical Arts Building
Tampa 33607

Dr. Rook was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.  She lived in NYC, where she did her Pediatric Residency at Miamonides Medical Center.  She then moved to San Francisco, CA where she did her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship at UCSF.

Upon completing her fellowship she joined the faculty at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where she was an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics.  Dr. Rook specialized in pediatric liver disease and was a member of the liver transplant team at CHOP.  Her expertise includes liver disease, and all aspects of pediatric G.I. disease. 

Dr. Rook relocated to Tampa, FL in July 2013 with her husband and 1 year old daughter.  She loves to travel, spend time with her family and friends, cook, and the warm weather!

7/2004-6/2007 - Resident in Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 7/2007-6/2010 - Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2008 - American Board of Pediatrics
2011 - Pediatric Gastroenterology

2012 - Faculty Honor Roll for Teaching Award, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

2004-2013 - American Academy of Pediatrics
2007-present - North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
2009-present - American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
2009 - present - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
2010-2013 - Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

2010-present - Reviewer- Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Rook M, Vargas J, Caughey A, Baccherri P, Rosenthal P, er al (2012) Fetal Outcomes in Pregnancies Complicated by Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy in a Northern California Cobort. PLoS ONE 7(3): o28343. Doi10.1371/journal.pone.0028343

Rook M, Rosenthal P. Caring for Adults with Pediatric Liver Disease. Current Gastroenterology Reports 2009 Feb; (1):83-9

Rook M, Rand E. Predictors of long term outcome after liver transplant. Current Opinio Organ Transplant. 2011 Oct; 16(5):499-504

Lin H, Russo P, Rook M, Secondary Syphilitic Hepatitis in a 17 year old girl. Pediatric Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Nov 24, in press

Rook M, Wetzler G, Kazackova I, Ten S. Silent Celiac Disease and Vertebral Fracture in Adolescence. Presented at XII International Celiac Disease Symposium, NY, NY, 2006 Rook M, Vargas J, Vittinghoff E, Rosenthal P, Bull, L. Predictors of Fetal Outcome in Women Diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy. Presented at American Association of Study of Liver Disease Meetings, Boston, MA, 2009

Lin H, Lee D, Rand E, Rook M, Ryan M. Unique Histological Finding in a Child with Wilson Disease. Presented at North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2011

Lin H, Russo P, Rook M. Secondary Syphilitic Hepatitis in a 17 year old Girl. Presented at North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2011

Augustine M, Rook M. Three Generations of Orofacial Digital Syndrome. Accepted for Presentation at North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2012

Fish S, Rook M, Mattei P, Maqhool A. A Rare Cause of Diarrhea and Failure to Thrive in an Infant. Accepted for Presentation at North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2012

Rook M, Rosenthal P. Hepatitis A in Children (Chapter 1) in Jonas, M.(ed) Viral Hepatitis in Children: Unique Features and Opprtunities. 2010 pp. 1-11.

Rook M. Cholelithiasis in Schwartz M. (ed) The 5 minute Pediatric Consult 6th Edition. 2012, pp. 542-543.