Priya Kathpalia, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

In addition to performing upper endoscopies and colonoscopies, she utilizes advanced diagnostic modalities such as esophageal manometry, Bravo, pH-impedance testing, EndoFLIP, and mucosal impedance (MiVu) studies.

Dr. Kathpalia earned her medical degree from the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Loyola University Medical Center, where she also served as Chief Resident. She then pursued her gastroenterology fellowship at UCSF, receiving advanced training in esophagology under the mentorship of international experts in the field.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Kathpalia is passionate about medical education and curriculum development. She serves as the Program Director for UCSF's Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program. She is an active member of professional organizations such as the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), where she contributed to the Training Committee. Dr. Kathpalia also serves on the Clinical Practice Committee of the American Foregut Society and previously sat on the editorial board of Gastroenterology. Additionally, she co-chairs the UCSF Medical Staff Committee on Professionalism.

• 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
• 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 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 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