Clinical/Research Interests

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Pediatric General, International and Community Nutrition

Center for Healthcare Policy and Research , UC Davis Children's Hospital

Glassrock Building
2521 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

(916) 734-3112

Spanish

Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina
M.D. 1982

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
B.S. 1978

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1982-83

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1987-89
Pediatrics

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan,
1984-85
Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics, 2010
American Board of Pediatrics, 2003
American Board of Pediatrics, 1989

Academic Pediatric Association
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
Society for Pediatric Research

Outstanding Teaching Award, Academic Faculty UC Davis Department of Pediatrics, 2003
Role Model of the Year, UC Davis Department of Pediatrics, Housestaff, 2001-2
First Place Platform Presentation, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 1999
Participant, Leadership Excellence Program, UCDMC Center for Women’s Health, 1998-99
Recognition for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Francisco Medical Center, 1988
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1980
National Research Service Award, 1978-81
Top Graduating Scholar in the College of Science and Humanities, Iowa State University, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa, 1977

click here for additional publications for Dr. Chantry

Butani L, Perez RV. Effect of pretransplant dialysis modality and duration on long-term outcomes of children receiving renal transplants. Transplantation. 2011 Feb 27;91(4):447-51.

Chantry CJ, Wiedeman J, Buehring G, Peerson JM, Hayfron K, K'Aluoch O, Lonnerdal B, Israel-Ballard K, Coutsoudis A, Abrams B. Effect of flash-heat treatment on antimicrobial activity of breastmilk. Breastfeed Med. 2011 Jun;6(3):111-6. Epub 2010 Nov 23.

Chantry CJ, Byrd RS, Sage AC, Calvert EE. Video versus traditional informed consent for neonatal circumcision. Acta Paediatr. 2010 Sep;99(9):1418-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01815.x.

Nommsen-Rivers LA, Chantry CJ, Peerson JM, Cohen RJ, Dewey KG. Delayed onset of lactogenesis among first-time mothers is related to maternal obesity and factors associated with ineffective breastfeeding. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Sep;92(3):574-84. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Young SL, Israel-Ballard KA, Dantzer EA, Ngonyani MM, Nyambo MT, Ash DM, Chantry CJ. Infant feeding practices among HIV-positive women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, indicate a need for more intensive infant feeding counselling. Public Health Nutr. 2010 Dec;13(12):2027-33. Epub 2010 Jun 29.

Nommsen-Rivers LA, Cohen RJ, Chantry CJ, Dewey KG. The Infant Feeding Intentions scale demonstrates construct validity and comparability in quantifying maternal breastfeeding intentions across multiple ethnic groups. Matern Child Nutr. 2010 Jul 1;6(3):220-7.

Chantry CJ, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Peerson JM, Cohen RJ, Dewey KG. Excess weight loss in first-born breastfed newborns relates to maternal intrapartum fluid

Lau KK, Berg GM, Schjoneman YG, Perez RV, Butani L. Pediatric en bloc kidney transplantation into pediatric recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Feb;14(1):100-4.

Lau KK, Berg GM, Schjoneman YG, Perez RV, Butani L. Extended experience with a steroid minimization immunosuppression protocol in pediatric renal transplantrecipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Jun;14(4):488-95. Epub 2009 Oct 22.