Nitin K. Ahuja, MD, MS

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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Program in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

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3400 Civic Center Boulevard
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.
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Selected Publications

JF Brown, N Mahmud, NK Ahuja: Diagnostic trends and differences in prescription burden by sex in patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction. Poster presentation. Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL May 2026.

NK Ahuja: The therapeutic inventory: a lodestone for complex motility encounters. Gastro Hep Advances 5(3), Jan 2026.

Ahuja NK: Looking Behind the Veil. The New York Review of Books Nov 2025.

Hewlett KK, PeBenito A, Hecht AL, Tiffany C, Tanes C, Glover RC, Friedman ES, Reynolds JC, Bittinger K, Wu GD, Ahuja NK, Zackular JP: Dietary fiber modulates the window of susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection. Gastroenterology 169(5): 970-982, Oct 2025.

Khanna T, Itzoe M, Mukherjee J, Ahuja NK : Concomitant use of prescription-based agents for chronic constipation: a single-center retrospective study Gastro Hep Advances 4(10): 1-3, Jul 2025.

Ahuja A, Ahuja NK: Preparing the next generation of gastroenterologists to tackle climate change. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 23(1): 7-10, Jan 2025.

Brenner DM, Sayuk GS, Cash BD, Harris LA, Ahuja NK, Deutsch JK, Yang Y, Zhao S, Rosenbaum DP, Lembo AJ: Tenapanor improves abdominal symptoms irrespective of changes in complete spontaneous bowel movement frequency in adults with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. Digestive Diseases 43(2): 146-157, 2025.

19. Hostler TJ, Poerio GL, Nader C, Mank S, Lin AC, Villena-Gonzalez M, Lemera ASMR, Sharon Shares ASMR, Yoloma ASKR, Moongem ASMR, Plutzik N, Ahuja NK, Baker DH, Bannister S, Barratt EL, Bedwell SA, Billot P-E, Blakey E, Cardini F, Cash DK, Davis NJ, Del Sette BM, Erfanian M, Flockton JR, Fredborg B, Gillmeister H, Gray E, Haigh SM, Heisick LL, McErlean AJ, Klausen HB, Kondo HM, Maas F, Maurand LT, McKay LS, Mozzoni M, Navyte G, Ortega-Balderas JA, Palmer-Cooper EC, Richard CAH, Roberts N, Romei V, Schoeller F, Shaw SD, Simner J, Smith SD, Specker E, Succi A, Valtakari NV, Weinheimer J, Zehetgrube J: Research priorities for autonomous sensory meridian response: an interdisciplinary Delphi study. Multisensory Research 37(6-8): 499-528, Nov 2024.

MSM Itzoe, T Khanna, J Mukherjee, NK Ahuja: Single-center experience with concomitant use of novel and off-label prescriptions for chronic constipation. Poster presentation. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Oct 2024.

Ahuja NK: A case study in the IBS-C management continuum: assessing patient response and tailoring treatment. Gastroenterology and Hepatology 20(7): 383-427, Jul 2024.

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