Ai Xuan Holterman, MD

Ai-Xuan Le Holterman, MD, FACS, is an attending physician in the departments of surgery and pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center.

Dr. Holterman received her medical degree from the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center.  She then completed her pediatric surgery fellowship at the University of Montreal at Hospital Sainte-Justine in Canada.

She received her board certification and recertification in general surgery in 1992 and 2002, and pediatric surgery subspecialty certification in 1998 and 2006. Dr. Holterman completed postdoctoral scientific research at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Dr. Holterman has special clinical interests in congenital malformations of the bile ducts, such as biliary atresia; pediatric solid tumors, including congenital teratoma; general pediatric thoracic surgery, including chest wall abnormalities; and morbid obesity in adolescents. She has extensively lectured and has published several articles and book chapters on various pediatric surgical topics, including biliary atresia, congenital teratoma and adolescent morbid obesity.

Dr. Holterman is dedicated to research applicable to the care of children. She has received the Robert Welch Fellowship Award in Chemistry from the University of Virginia, the Upjohn Award for Academic Excellence from the University of Virginia, the Jerry and Selma Stergios Award for Excellence in Basic Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago and National Institute of Health research grants.

Her research interests are in the molecular mechanisms of bile duct cell gene function and differentiation in hepatic and bile duct injury; noninvasive means to diagnose intestinal injury by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of exhaled breath and outcome-related studies of the role of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for the treatment of morbidly obese adolescents.

Dr. Holterman performs volunteer services for underprivileged and medically challenged surgical patients in Vietnam.