Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
3rd Floor, Ravdin Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-8222
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. Abstract submitted, Digestive Disease Week May 2012 2012 Notes: Submitted.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.
Bewtra M, Burkett A, Aberra F: Clinical Challenges and Images in GI: Colonic Schistosomiasis. Gastroenterology 136(2): 405, 2009.
Bewtra M, Lewis JD: Safety Profile of IBD: Lymphoma Risks. Gastroenterology Clin North America 38(4): 669-89, 2009.
Bewtra M, Lewis JD: Secular Trends in Hospitalization for IBD: The Ecological Niche. Digestive Diseases in Science 54(9): 1815-1817, 2009.
Jones DT, Osterman MT, Bewtra M, Lewis JD: Passive Smoking and Inflammatory Bowel Disease : A Meta-analysis. American Journal of Gastroenterology 103(9): 2382-2393, 2008.
Bewtra M, Su C, Lewis J: Trends in Hospitalization Rates for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States. Clinical Gastroenterolgy Hepatology 5(5): 597-601, 2007.
Bewtra M, Su C, Lewis JD: Rising Hospitalization Rates for Crohn’s Disease but not Ulcerative Colitis in the United States. Oral presentation. Digestive Disease Week, Los Angeles, CA, May 2006. 2006.
