Office and Contact Information

CHOC Children's Specialists
1201 W La Veta
Orange, CA 92868
phone: (714) 509-4099
fax: (714) 509-4299
map & directions

Web Site:
http://www.choc.org/specialists

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Physician / Researcher Bio

Bassam Younes, M.D. has worked at CHOC Children’s since 2001. He earned his medical degree from Semmelweis University School of Medicine in Budapest, Hungary. He did his internship at Apathy Memorial Hospital in Budapest and his residency at Semmelweis University School of Medicine’s Pediatric Hospital. Once in the United States, he did a residency at Maimonides Medical Center in New York where he was also pediatric chief resident. He did his fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. He is a board certified pediatrician and gastroenterologist.

Research

Dr. Younes is dedicated to treating and researching all gastrointestinal disorders. Among his current projects, Dr. Younes is currently coinvestigator in several multi-center studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of new drug treatments for pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease. He is also involved with a study evaluating inter acid treatment for inflammatory bowl disease and CHOC’s research on anti-Interleukin 5 therapy for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis. In the future, he is very interested in doing further research on the treatment of pediatric liver disease.

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