Priya Kathpalia, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Priya Kathpalia is a gastroenterologist and Medical Director of Motility at UCSF Health where she specializes in the diagnosis and management of various esophageal motility disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and eosinophilic esophagitis.
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In addition to performing upper endoscopies and colonoscopies, she has specialized training in esophageal manometry, Bravo, pH-impedance, PillCam, SmartPill, and EndoFLIP studies.
After earning her medical degree at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Kathpalia completed a residency in internal medicine at Loyola University Medical Center, where she also served as chief resident. Kathpalia then completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at UCSF, where she trained with international experts in esophagology.
Her passion, in addition to esophageal disorders, lies in medical education related to curricular development and motility, and she is the Program Director for UCSF's GI fellowship program. Kathpalia belongs to the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, where she serves on the Training Committee, and the American Foregut Society, where she serves on the Clinical Practice Committee. She also serves on the editorial board for Gastroenterology. Kathpalia serves as the Co-Chair for the UCSF Medical Staff Committee on Professionalism.
Awards
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- 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
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 2020
- Gastroenterology Fellowship UCSF 2017
- Internal Medicine Chief Residency Loyola University Medical Center 2014
- Internal Medicine Residency Loyola University Medical Center 2013
- MD Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine 2010
- BA Northwestern University 2006
Interests
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- GERD
- medical education
- esophageal disorders
- achalasia
- swallowing disorders
- women's health
- GI motility
- eosinophilic esophagitis
Websites
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- @@priyakathpalia on Twitter (twitter.com)
Publications (23)
Top publication keywords:
PeritonitisCholedocholithiasisJaundiceCatheters, IndwellingDrainageEsophageal AchalasiaAscitesIntestinal FistulaGastrointestinal HemorrhageCholestasisDiverticulum, EsophagealBilirubinEosinophilic EsophagitisGastroenterologistsBiological Factors
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The Role of High-Resolution Manometry Prior to and Following Antireflux Surgery: The Padova Consensus.
Annals of surgery 2024 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 -
Implementation and Analysis of a 5-Year Online Esophageal Motility Curriculum for Gastroenterology Fellows.
Digestive diseases and sciences 2024 Wang CW, Lees CR, Ko MS, Sewell JL, Kathpalia P -
Quality Indicator Development for the Approach to Ineffective Esophageal Motility: A Modified Delphi Study.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2024 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 Indicators for the Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology 2022 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 -
Achalasia Quality Indicator Adherence.
Digestive diseases and sciences 2022 Romanoff E, Zhuo J, Huang AC, Amador D, Otaki F, Kamal AN, Kathpalia P, Leiman DA
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Low Use of First-Line Agents for Constipation by Primary Care Providers in Patients Referred to Gastroenterology Clinic for Chronic Constipation.
Gastroenterology 2022 Erin Libuit, Nathan Alhalel, David Nagle, Connie W. Wang, Priya Kathpalia, Myung S. Ko -
Racial Disparities in Endoscopy Cancellations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Digestive diseases and sciences 2022 Wang CW, Mclean I R, Cheng YW, Kim S, Terdiman J, Kathpalia P, Beck KR -
Recurrent Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding due to a Cholecystocolonic Fistula.
The American journal of gastroenterology 2021 Kraft C, Kim RG, Kathpalia P -
Virtual Interviews at Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: Determining Evidence-Based Best Practices.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020 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 -
GERD for the nongastroenterologist: successful evaluation, management, and lifestyle-based symptom control.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2020 Stein E, Sloan J, Sonu I, Kathpalia P, Jodorkovsky D -
Epiphrenic diverticula: An added source of complexity in achalasia management.
Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2019 Holmes I, Ko MS, Kouanda A, Singh A, Nett A, Kathpalia P -
Effect of individualized feedback on learning curves in EGD and colonoscopy: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2019 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, … -
How to Incorporate Esophageal Manometry Teaching in Your Fellowship Program.
Gastroenterology 2019 Kraft C, Kathpalia P, Baumgardner JM, Pandolfino JE, Sewell JL -
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 Carlson DA, Kathpalia P, Craft J, Tye M, Lin Z, Kahrilas PJ, Pandolfino JE -
Provider, Patient, and Practice Factors Shape Hepatitis B Prevention and Management by Primary Care Providers.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2017 Mukhtar NA, Kathpalia P, Hilton JF, Lau G, Yu A, Grumbach K, Nguyen TT, Chan D, Khalili M -
Changing Paradigms in Detection of Dysplasia and Management of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is Colectomy Still Necessary?
Gastroenterology 2016 Velayos F, Kathpalia P, Finlayson E -
Underutilization of palliative care services in the liver transplant population.
World journal of transplantation 2016 Kathpalia P, Smith A, Lai JC -
Detectable Drug Levels in Infants Exposed to Biologics: So What?
Gastroenterology 2016 Kathpalia P, Kane S, Mahadevan U -
Indwelling peritoneal catheters in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites.
Internal medicine journal 2015 Kathpalia P, Bhatia A, Robertazzi S, Ahn J, Cohen SM, Sontag S, Luke A, Durazo-Arvizu R, Pillai AA -
Assessment of jaundice in the hospitalized patient.
Clinics in liver disease 2014 Kathpalia P, Ahn J -
Is glutamic acid the pyramidal tract neurotransmitter?
Experientia 1976 Stone TW -
Aminopeptidases in webbing clothes moth larvae. Properties and specificities of the enzymes of intermediate electrophoretic mobility.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1975 Ward CW -
Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.
Biochemical pharmacology 1975 Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G