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Priya Kathpalia, MD

Education
2020 - DOM CORE Leader, 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
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Publications
  1. Ahmad W, Lewin S, Kathpalia P. Comments on "Coaching in Gastroenterology Training". Gastroenterology 2025. PMID: 41135906


  2. Chen SL, Partida D, Wang C, Kathpalia P. Esophageal retention on modified barium swallow study: Limited predictive value for true esophageal pathology. World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology 2025. PMID: 41024989


  3. 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


  4. 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


  5. 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


  6. 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


  7. 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


  8. 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


  9. 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


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


  11. 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


  12. 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


  13. 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


  14. 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


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


  16. Patrick Avila, Kenneth McQuaid, Priya Kathpalia. Obstructing Paraesophageal Hernias Presenting as Outflow Obstruction on High Resolution Esophageal Manometry. The American journal of gastroenterology 2018. PMID:


  17. Patrick Avila, Amandeep Shergill, Kenneth McQuaid, Lygia Stewart, Rabindra Watson, Priya Kathpalia. Pseudoachalasia Due to Infiltrative Malignancy Not Identified on Cross-Sectional Imaging. The American journal of gastroenterology 2018. PMID:


  18. 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


  19. 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


  20. Velayos F, Kathpalia P, Finlayson E. Changing Paradigms in Detection of Dysplasia and Management of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is Colectomy Still Necessary? Gastroenterology 2016. PMID: 27765687


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


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


  23. 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


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


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