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. 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


  2. 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


  3. 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


  4. 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


  5. 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


  6. 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:


  7. 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


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


  9. 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


  10. 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


  11. 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


  12. 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


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


  14. 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


  15. 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


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


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


  19. 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


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


  21. Stone TW. Is glutamic acid the pyramidal tract neurotransmitter? Experientia 1976. PMID: 6297


  23. Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G. Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes. Biochemical pharmacology 1975. PMID: 10