Tracy Cannon Grikscheit MD

Tracy Grikscheit, MD is an attending surgeon and associate professor of surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Her past research and current interests are centered on engineering solutions for a congenital and acquired intestinal deficit which has been reported in numerous peer-review journals and national and international presentations. Dr. Grikscheit is a funded primary investigator conducting research at The Saban Research Institute.

Dr. Grikscheit, a member of The Saban Research Institute's Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine program, envisions a better solution. The small intestine is an exquisitely regenerative organ. It is an elegant model to better understand organ-specific stem cells and the regenerative cells can be harnessed to make new gastrointestinal tissue for eventual clinical applications. Understanding how to generate tissue-engineered intestines, whether esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or colon, may also inform us how to expand the list of organs that can be tissue-engineered.