Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD

Medical Director, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD

Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD

Medical Director, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Puerto Rico - Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez
2011
Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
Medical School
University of Puerto Rico - School of Medicine
2015
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Residency
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
2018
Miami
FL
Fellowship
MassGeneral Hospital for Children
2021
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
2022
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)

Publications

Always check the film: Retained central venous catheter fragment in a patient with intestinal failure. View Abstract
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial. View Abstract
Effects of a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention on Parental Stress. View Abstract
Planned Evaluation of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0. View Abstract
Pediatric liver transplant following near catastrophic head bleed: Lessons learned. View Abstract