Nitin K. Ahuja, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Director, Program in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
7 South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
7 South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
AB (Biology)
Harvard University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
University of Michigan, 2011.
MS (Clinical Research)
University of Virginia, 2013.
Permanent linkAB (Biology)
Harvard University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
University of Michigan, 2011.
MS (Clinical Research)
University of Virginia, 2013.
Selected Publications
Rosenthal B, Zoll B, Ryan HN, Toto E, Reynolds JC, Ahuja NK: Comparing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and intestinal methanogen overgrowth: a retrospective cohort study. Gastro Hep Advances 2(7): 925-927, Jul 2023.Beveridge CA, Triggs JR, Thanawala SU, Ahuja NK, Falk GW, Benitez AJ, Lynch KL: Can FLIP guide therapy in idiopathic esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction? Diseases of the Esophagus 35(4), Apr 2022.
Shah ED, Staller K, Nee J, Ahuja NK, Chan WW, Lembo A, Brenner DM, Siegel CA, Chey WD: Evaluating the impact of cost on the treatment algorithm for chronic idiopathic constipation: cost-effectiveness analysis American Journal of Gastroenterology 116(10): 2118-2127, Oct 2021.
Ahuja NK: Therapeutic nihilism. Sir William Osler: An Encyclopedia. Bryan CS (eds.). Norman Publishing, Page: 773, 2020.
Ahuja NK: Health and high water. New England Journal of Medicine 381(23): 2196-2197, Dec 2019.
Ahuja A, Ahuja NK: Popular remedies for esophageal symptoms: a critical appraisal. Current Gastroenterology Reports 21(8), Jul 2019.
Ahuja A, Ahuja NK: Clinical role-play in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) videos: performance and placebo in the digital era. Journal of the American Medical Association 321(14): 1336-37, Apr 2019.
Ahuja NK, Mische L, Clarke JO, Wigley FM, McMahan ZH: Pyridostigmine for the treatment of gastrointestinal symptoms in systemic sclerosis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 48(1): 111-6, Aug 2018.
Ahuja NK, Ahuja A: Gastroenvironmental distress: metaphorical antecedents of the gut microbiome Medical Humanities 42(2): 121-27, Jun 2016.
Ahuja NK: It feels good to be measured: clinical role-play, Walker Percy, and the tingles. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 56(3): 442-51, Jun 2013.