Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
423 Guardian Drive, 724 Blockley Hall,
Phila, PA 19104-6021
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phila, PA 19104-6021
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-4922
Email:
mbewtra@upenn.edu
mbewtra@upenn.edu
Education:
BSc
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
MPH
Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2003.
BSc
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
MPH
Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2003.
Post-Graduate Training
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2006.
Fellowship in Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2009.
Permanent linkResidency in Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2006.
Fellowship in Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2009.
Selected Publications
Gary D. Wu, Meenakshi Bewtra, Christian Hoffmann, Ying-Yu Chen, Sue Keilbaugh, R. Knight, Kyle Bittinger, Jennifer Hwang, Jun Chen, Erin Gilroy, Kernika Gupta, Lisa Nessel, Robert Baldassano, Hongzhe Li, Frederic D. Bushman, James D. Lewis.: Controlled Feeding Experiments Demonstrate the Impact of Diet on the Composition of the Human Gut Microbiome. Poster presentation, Digestive Disease Week May 2012 2012 Notes: Submitted.Bewtra M, Siegel CA, Lewis JD: Patient-Driven Six-Point Mayo Score Correlates with Disease Severity Indices and Patient-Defined Symptom Activity in Ulcerative Colitis. Oral presentation, Digestive Disease Week, San Diego 2012 2012.
Bewtra M, Siegel CA, Lewis JD: Ulcerative Colitis Patients Taking Immunosuppressive Medications Report Inadequate Understanding of Surgical Options. Poster presentation, Digestive Disease Week, San Diego 2012 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.
Bewtra M, Kilambi V, Siegel CA, Lewis JD: Patient Preferences for Surgical and Pharmaceutical Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: When Is Surgery Better Than Drugs? Oral presentation, Digestive Disease Week, San Diego 2012 2012.
Bewtra M, Kaiser LM, Ten Have T, Lewis JD: Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Are Associated with Elevated Standardized Mortality Ratios: A Meta-Analysis. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2012 Notes: Accepted for publication.
Wu GD, Chen J, Hoffmann C, Bittinger K, Chen YY, Keilbaugh SA, Bewtra M, Knights D, Walters WA, Knight R, Sinha R, Gilroy E, Gupta K, Baldassano R, Nessel L, Li H, Bushman FD, Lewis JD.: Linking long-term dietary patterns with gut microbial enterotypes. Science 334(6052): 105-8, October 2011.
Bahirwani R, Shaked O, Bewtra M, Forde K, Reddy KR: Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) prior to Liver Transplantation: Impact on Post-Transplant Outcomes. Transplantation. August 2011.
Bahirwani R., Shaked O., Bewtra, M., Reddy, KR.: “Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) prior to Liver Transplantation: Impact on Post-Transplant Outcomes.” Poster presentation at the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA Oct 2010. 2010.
Bewtra M, Lewis JD: An Update on the Risk of Lymphoma following Immunosuppressive therapy in IBD. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 6(4): 621-31, 2010.
Bewtra MD, Lewis JD: Safety Profile of IBD: Lymphoma Risks Med Clin Corth Am 94(1): 93-113, 2010.
