Amanda Michelle Pebenito, MD
Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Instructor A of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
  • NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow of Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Pebenito is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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


Vannier, AGL*., PeBenito, A.*, Fomin, V., Chung, R.T., Schaefer, E., Goodman, R.P., Luther, J. An exploratory analysis of the competing effects of alcohol use and advanced hepatic fibrosis on serum HDL , Clin Exp Med : 2022,103-110


Vannier, AGL, Wardwell, B., Fomin, V., PeBenito, A., Wolczynski, N., Piaker, S., Kedrin, D., Chung, R.T., Schaefer, E., Goodman, R., Patel, S.J., Luther, J. Serum HMGB1 Associates with Liver Disease and Predicts Readmission and Mortality in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder. , Alcohol , 95: 2021,37-43


PeBenito, A., Liu, M., Nazzal, L. & Blaser, M. J. Development of a Humanized Murine Model for the Study of Oxalobacter formigenes Intestinal Colonization , The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 220(11): 2019,1848-1858


PeBenito, A., Nazzal, L., Wang, C., Li, H., Jay, M., Noya-Alarcon, O., Contreras, M., Lander, O., Leach, J., Dominguez-Bello, M.G., Blaser, M.J. Comparative prevalence of Oxalobacter formigenes in three human populations. , Scientific Reports, 9(1): 2019,574


Liu, M., Koh, H., Kurtz, Z.D., Battaglia, T., PeBenito, A., Li, H., Nazzal, L., Blaser, M.J.. Oxalobacter formigenes-associated host features and microbial community structures examined using the American Gut Project. , Microbiome, 5(1): 2017,108