Priya Kathpalia, MD

Education
2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
2017 - Gastroenterology Fellowship, UCSF
2014 - Internal Medicine Chief Residency, Loyola University Medical Center
2013 - Internal Medicine Residency, Loyola University Medical Center
2010 - MD, Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine
2006 - BA, Northwestern University
Honors and Awards
  • AztraZeneca Senior Fellow Award, American College of Gastroenterology
  • Honors in Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine
  • Margaret Raiford Hano Memorial Scholarship Award, Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine
  • Cum Laude, Northwestern University
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Northwestern University
  • Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Member, UCSF
  • UCSF Division of Gastroenterology Inaugural Teaching Award, UCSF
Publications

  1. Njie C, Richman C, Rebhun J, Achalu S, Kamal AN, Otaki F, Leiman DA, Kathpalia P. Identification of gaps in the delivery of high-quality care of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus 2024. PMID: 39007698


  2. Connie W. Wang, Myung S. Ko, Priya Kathpalia. Mo1070 AN ONLINE MOTILITY CURRICULUM IMPROVES GASTROENTEROLOGY TRAINEE PROFICIENCY IN MOTILITY INTERPRETATION. Gastroenterology 2024. PMID:


  3. Salvador R, Pandolfino JE, Costantini M, Gyawali CP, Keller J, Mittal S, Roman S, Savarino EV, Tatum R, Tolone S, Zerbib F, Capovilla G, Jain A, Kathpalia P, Provenzano L, Yadlapati R. The Role of High-Resolution Manometry Prior to and Following Antireflux Surgery: The Padova Consensus. Annals of surgery 2024. PMID: 38606560


  4. Wang CW, Lees CR, Ko MS, Sewell JL, Kathpalia P. Implementation and Analysis of a 5-Year Online Esophageal Motility Curriculum for Gastroenterology Fellows. Digestive diseases and sciences 2024. PMID: 38507124


  5. Kamal AN, Kathpalia P, Leiman DA, Bredenoord AJ, Clarke JO, Gyawali CP, Katzka DA, Lazarescu A, Pandolfino JE, Penagini R, Roman S, Savarino E, Vela MF, Otaki F. Quality Indicator Development for the Approach to Ineffective Esophageal Motility: A Modified Delphi Study. Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2024. PMID: 38227852


  6. Hyun Ji, Alexis Bayudan, Amy Yu, Patrick Avila, Sun-Chuan Dai, Myung Ko, Priya Kathpalia, Craig Munroe, Abdul Kouanda. EARLY OUTCOMES OF A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE IN PER-ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2023. PMID:


  7. Hyun Ji, Alexis Bayudan, Amy Yu, Patrick Avila, Sun-Chuan Dai, Myung Ko, Priya Kathpalia, Craig Munroe, Abdul Kouanda. EARLY OUTCOMES OF A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE IN PER-ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2023. PMID:


  8. Tanya Khan, Cary Kraft, Donna Leet, Erin Libuit, Chelsea Xu, Nicole Dalal, Logan Pierce, Akshay Ravi, Myung S. Ko, Priya Kathpalia. Su1049 ADHERENCE TO GUIDELINES FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CHEMOPREVENTION OF NON-DYSPLASTIC BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS. Gastroenterology 2023. PMID:


  9. Leiman DA, Kamal AN, Otaki F, Bredenoord AJ, Dellon ES, Falk GW, Fernandez-Becker NQ, Gonsalves N, Hirano I, Katzka DA, Peterson K, Yadlapati R, Kathpalia P. Quality Indicators for the Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis. The American journal of gastroenterology 2022. PMID: 36599135


  10. Romanoff E, Zhuo J, Huang AC, Amador D, Otaki F, Kamal AN, Kathpalia P, Leiman DA. Achalasia Quality Indicator Adherence. Digestive diseases and sciences 2022. PMID: 36459295


  11. Erin Libuit, Nathan Alhalel, David Nagle, Connie W. Wang, Priya Kathpalia, Myung S. Ko. Low Use of First-Line Agents for Constipation by Primary Care Providers in Patients Referred to Gastroenterology Clinic for Chronic Constipation. Gastroenterology 2022. PMID:


  12. Wang CW, Mclean I R, Cheng YW, Kim S, Terdiman J, Kathpalia P, Beck KR. Racial Disparities in Endoscopy Cancellations During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digestive diseases and sciences 2022. PMID: 35732970


  13. Connie W. Wang, Christopher R. Lees, Myung S. Ko, Priya Kathpalia. Mo1066: IMPLEMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF AN ONLINE ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY CURRICULUM FOR GASTROENTEROLOGY FELLOWS OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. Gastroenterology 2022. PMID:


  14. Myung S. Ko, Connie W. Wang, Priya Kathpalia. Mo1073: EVALUATION OF COMPETENCY IN LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY IN GASTROENTEROLOGY FELLOWS. Gastroenterology 2022. PMID:


  15. . Recurrent Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding due to a Cholecystocolonic Fistula. The American journal of gastroenterology 2021. PMID: 33606381


  16. Huppert LA, Hsiao EC, Cho KC, Marquez C, Chaudhry RI, Frank J, Goglin SE, Hsu G, Kathpalia P, Khanna R, Kompala T, Rao MN, Bower BA, Trafas V, Santhosh L, Schwartz BS, Babik JM. Virtual Interviews at Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: Determining Evidence-Based Best Practices. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 33298691


  17. Stein E, Sloan J, Sonu I, Kathpalia P, Jodorkovsky D. GERD for the nongastroenterologist: successful evaluation, management, and lifestyle-based symptom control. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2020. PMID: 32944973


  18. Holmes I, Ko MS, Kouanda A, Singh A, Nett A, Kathpalia P. Epiphrenic diverticula: An added source of complexity in achalasia management. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2019. PMID: 31777144


  19. Han S, Obuch JC, Keswani RN, Hall M, Patel SG, Menard-Katcher P, Simon V, Ezekwe E, Aagaard E, Ahmad A, Alghamdi S, Austin K, Brimhall B, Broy C, Carlin L, Cooley M, Di Palma JA, Duloy AM, Early DS, Ellert S, Gaumnitz EA, Goyal J, Kathpalia P, Day L, El-Nachef N, Kerman D, Lee RH, Lunsford T, Mittal M, Morigeau K, Pietrak S, Piper M, Shah AS, Shapiro AB, Shergill A, Sonnier W, Sorrell C, Vignesh S, Wani S. THE EFFECT OF INDIVIDUALIZED FEEDBACK ON LEARNING CURVES IN EGD AND COLONOSCOPY: A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2019. PMID: 31715173


  20. Kraft C, Kathpalia P, Baumgardner JM, Pandolfino JE, Sewell JL. How to Incorporate Esophageal Manometry Teaching in Your Fellowship Program. Gastroenterology 2019. PMID: 31028777


  21. Carlson DA, Kathpalia P, Craft J, Tye M, Lin Z, Kahrilas PJ, Pandolfino JE. The relationship between esophageal acid exposure and the esophageal response to volumetric distention. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2017. PMID: 29098750


  22. Mukhtar NA, Kathpalia P, Hilton JF, Lau G, Yu A, Grumbach K, Nguyen TT, Chan D, Khalili M. Provider, Patient, and Practice Factors Shape Hepatitis B Prevention and Management by Primary Care Providers. Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2017. PMID: 27811627


  24. Kathpalia P, Smith A, Lai JC. Underutilization of palliative care services in the liver transplant population. World journal of transplantation 2016. PMID: 27683638


  25. Kathpalia P, Kane S, Mahadevan U. Detectable Drug Levels in Infants Exposed to Biologics: So What? Gastroenterology 2016. PMID: 27215654


  26. Kathpalia P, Bhatia A, Robertazzi S, Ahn J, Cohen SM, Sontag S, Luke A, Durazo-Arvizu R, Pillai AA. Indwelling peritoneal catheters in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites. Internal medicine journal 2015. PMID: 26122531


  27. Kathpalia P, Ahn J. Assessment of jaundice in the hospitalized patient. Clinics in liver disease 2014. PMID: 25454302