Researcher

Title

• Pediatric Gastroenterologist, CHU Sainte-Justine
• Associate Professor of clinic, Department of pediatrics, Université de Montréal
• Researcher, Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine (2024)

• M.D.C.M, Université McGill, Québec (2012)
• Résidence en pédiatrie générale, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children's Hospital (2015)
• Surspécialité gastroentérologie pédiatrique, CHU Sainte-Justine (2017)
• Advanced Fellowship, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2019)
• Maîtrise—Master of Science in Translational Research (MSTR), University of Pennsylvania (2022)

Dr. Breton's research focuses on inflammatory bowel diseases, nutrition and microbiome, with the aim of developing therapeutic interventions.

Awards and Distinctions

• 2020 - Crohn's & Colitis Foundation 2020 Young Investigator Award
• 2021-2022 - Ambassador, Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Publications

1. Breton J, Kastl A, Hoffmann N, Rogers R, Mamula P, Grossman A, Baldassano R,   Kelsen J, Albenberg L : Efficacy of Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Refractory Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 25(9): 1586-1593, February 2019.
2. Bushman FD, Conrad M, Ren Y, Zhao C, GU C, Petucci C, Kim MS, Abbas A, Downes KJ, Devas N, Mattie LM, Breton J, Kelsen J, Marakis S, Galgano A, Kachelries K, Erlichman J, Hart JL, Moraskie M, Kim D, Zhang H, Hofstaedter CE, WU GD, Lewis JD, Zackular JP, Li H, Bittinger K, Baldassano R : Multi-omic Analysis of the Interaction between Clostridioides Difficile Infection and Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cell Host & Microbe 28(9): 422-433, September  2020.
3. Breton J, Witmer C, Zhang Y, Downing M, Stevenson J, McDermott J, Siddique S, Grossman A: Utilization of an Electronic Medical Record-integrated Dashboard Improves Identification and Treatment of Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases   November 2020.
4. Lian G, Conrad MA, Kelsen JR, Kessler LR, Breton J, Albenberg LG, Marakos S, Galgano A, Devas N, Erlichman J, Zhang H, Mattei L, Bittinger K, Baldassano RN, Bushman FD: The Dynamics Of The Stool Virome In Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease  Journal of Crohn's and Colitis  14(7): 1600-1610, November 2020.
5. Breton J, Kastl A, Conrad MA, Baldassano RN : Positioning Biologic Therapies in the Management of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology & Hepatology 16(8), August 2020.
6. Breton J, Tanes C, Rowley S, Bittinger K, Baldassano R, Mattei P A Microbial Signature for Pediatric Perianal Crohn’s Disease, J Crohn’s and Colitis 16(8):1281-1292 Aug 2022
7. Breton J, Tu V, Tanes C, Quinn R, Conrad M, Kachelries K, Bittinger K, Baldassano R, Compher C, Albenberg L: Dietary Inflammatory Potential and Food Patterns in Relation to Gut Microbiome Among Children with Crohn's Disease:  A Comparative Study with Healthy Controls (Soumis)