Doctor's Office Center (DOC) 90 Bergen Street Room DOC Suite 4300 Newark, NJ 07101 Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8.30AM to 2.00PM Phone: (973) 972-5437
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Medical Expertise
Board certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist, caring for children with gastrointestinal and liver problems.
Her practice encompasses management of a wide variety of gastrointestinal and liver diseases in
children, including gastroesophageal reflux, chronic abdominal pain, constipation, inflammatory bowel
disease, autoimmune and viral hepatitis, obesity and its comorbidities especially non alcoholic fatty liver
disease and dyslipidemias
Hospital Affiliation
University Hospital, Newark
INSURANCE PARTICIPATION
Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable) The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after
it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should
be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and
insurance companies.
She is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Division Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She is board certified in
Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology and runs a busy clinical pediatric
gastroenterology practice. Her research interests are obesity and the microbiome.
Currently, she is studying the changes in the microbiome in obese and overweight in
collaboration with researchers at the Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers
University. She has been the principal investigator on various grants for basic science
and clinical trials. She has published on a wide range of topics from basic research to
clinical case reports. She has published a review article on the Diagnosis and management
of Inflammatory bowel disease in the British Medical Journal. Her most recent
publication is on the effects of immigration on infant feeding practices in an inner
city, low socioeconomic community. She has been an invited speaker at local, regional,
national and international meetings. She is very active in the North American Society for
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and is currently their liaison to
the American Gastroenterological Association?s section on Pediatric Gastroenterology and
Developmental Biology.
Education
M.D., 1988, Goa Medical College M.B.B., 1983, Goa Medical College
Licensure & Certification
Medical Licensure New Jersey
Languages
Portugese Spanish
Relevant Publications
Monteiro IM and Ferraris RP: Precocious enhancement of intestinal fructose by diet in
adrenalectomized rat pups. Pediatric Research; 1997; 41:353-358
Monteiro IM, Jiang L and Ferraris RP: Dietary modulation of intestinal fructose transport and GLUT5
mRNA expression in hypothyroid rat pups. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition; 1999;
29:563-570
Monteiro IM, McLoughlin LM, Fisher A, de la Torre AN and Koneru B: Rituximab with plasmapheresis
and splenectomy in ABO-incompatible liver transplantation. Transplantation; 2003; 76:1648-1649
Monteiro IM, David E and Ferraris RP: Ontogenetic development of rat intestinal bile acid transport
requires thyroxine but not corticosterone. Pediatric Research; 2004; 55:611-21,
Nikhil Bhagat, MD, Nasrin V Ghesani, MD, Iona M Monteiro, MD, Debra S Heller, MD, Lionel S
Zuckier, MD: 99m Tc Red Blood Cell Scintigraphic Detection of CMV induced small bowel
hemorrhage. Clinical Nuclear Medicine; 2007; 32(10):807-09
Jyonouchi H, Geng L, Cushing-Ruby A, Monteiro IM: Aberrant responses to TLR agonists in pediatric
IBD patients; the possible association with increased production of Th1/Th17 cytokines in response to
candida, a luminal antigen. Pediatric Allergy Immunology: 2009 Aug 27
Oliveira SB, Monteiro IM: Endoscopic Management of Transanal Protrusion of Subdural Peritoneal
Shunt in a Child. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition: 2011; 53(4)465-7
Almeida DM, Jean MR, Monahan E, Oliveira SB, Monteiro IM: Levetiracetam Associated Acute
Pancreatitis in an Adolescent with Autism. Pancreas: 2013; 42(1):177-8
David ES, Monteiro IM and Ferraris RP: Bile acid metabolism during development. Chapter 108 in
Polin and Fox: Fetal and Neonatal Physiology 4th Edition, 2012
Monteiro IM, Gastrointestinal disorders that can lead to both physical and behavioral problems in
individuals with Autism Spectrum disorders. Chapter 4 in Ming and Pletcher: Navigating the medical
maze with a child with Autism Spectrum disorder, 1st Edition 2014.
Review Article: Role of Intestinal Transporters in Neonatal Nutrition: Carbohydrates, proteins, Lipids,
Minerals and Vitamins. Gaelle Boudry*, Elmer S. David*, Veronique Douard*, Iona M. Monteiro*, Isabelle
Le Huerou-Luron and Ronaldo P. Ferraris. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Volume
51, Number 4, October 2010
Case Study: Vaso-occlusive Crisis Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Child with Sickle Cell Disease.
Boran Li, Franklin Desposito, Iona M. Monteiro. New Jersey Pediatrics Vol 38, issue 3, Fall 2013.
Case Study: Ewing Sarcoma in Child with Ulcerative Colitis. Lubna Mehyr, Wreida Attia, Jill Menell,
Iona M.Monteiro. New Jersey Pediatrics, Fall 2014
Case Study: Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a child with Ulcerative Colitis. Jaclyn Tamaroff and
Iona M. Monteiro. New Jersey Pediatrics, Fall 2015.
Areas Of Interest
Course List
Gut microbiome and immune changes in overweight and obese children.
IRB Approved Research Project to study the Gut microbiome and immune changes in overweight and obese children.
