Nitin K. Ahuja, MD, MS
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
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
Ahuja NK: 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.
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.
Bor S, Kalkan IH, Savarino E, Rao S, Tack J, Pasricha J, Cangemi D, Schol J, Karunaratne T, Ghisa M, Ahuja NK, Lacy B: Prokinetics – safety and efficacy: The European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility/The American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society expert review. Neurogastroenterology and Motility 36(5): e14774, Mar 2024.
Ahuja NK: Hypermobility, trauma, and the roads to Rome. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 69(3): 653-654, Mar 2024.
Ahuja NK: Gut Instincts. The New York Review of Books Nov 2023.
Ahuja NK: Chronic Illness TikTok Through the Eyes of a Doctor. Wired Aug 2023.
Ahuja NK: In Humanity's Collective Unconscious, the Body Is a Bad Dream. Wired Aug 2022.