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Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

American College of Gastroenterology, National American Gastroenterological Association, National American Gastroenterology Association Institute Council: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, National Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, National Crohn's and Colitis Foundation National Scientific Advisory Committee, National Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, National Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, National Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, National Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Women in IBD Task Force, National International Academy of Health Preference Research, International

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Medicine Radnor: Has privileges to perform procedures.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Selected Publications:

Scott Frank I, Johnson F Reed, Bewtra Meenakshi, Brensinger Colleen M, Roy Jason A, Reed Shelby D, Osterman Mark T, Mamtani Ronac, Chen Lang, Yun Huifeng, Xie Fenlong, Curtis Jeffrey R, Lewis James D: Improved Quality of Life With Anti-TNF Therapy Compared With Continued Corticosteroid Utilization in Crohn's Disease. Inflammatory bowel diseases : 2018.

Aaron Cohen, MD, MSCE; Juan Marcos Gonzalez, PHD; Ronac Mamtani, MD, MSCE; Meena Bewtra, MD, PHD, MPH: Patients’ and Caretakers’ Treatment Preferences in the End-of-Life Setting The 9th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research : 2018.

Konnikova L, Boschetti G, Rahman A, Mitsialis V, Lord J, Richmond C, Tomov VT, Gordon W, Jelinsky S, Canavan J, Liss A, Wall S, Field M, Zhou F, Goldsmith JD, Bewtra M, Breault DT, Merad M, Snapper SB: High-dimensional immune phenotyping and transcriptional analyses reveal robust recovery of viable human immune and epithelial cells from frozen gastrointestinal tissue Mucosal Immunol : 2018.

Brandon Chu, Frank I. Scott, Meenakshi Bewtra: Optimal Positioning of Colectomy in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: A Markov Model Gastroenterology 154 (6): s-798,2018.

Lillian Chau, Sarah A. Smith, Sayaka A. Ogawa, Kelly A. Whelan, Kathryn E. Hamilton, Jie Chen, Sue A. Keilbaugh, Franz Fogt, Meenakshi Bewtra, Barry Slaff, Aalim Weljie, Michael J. Bennett, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Gary D. Wu: Inflammation-Induced Alterations in Colonic Epithelial Mitochondria Function Revealed by Fatty Acid Oxidation Gastroenterology 154 (6): S-170,2018.

Liza Konnikova, Gilles Boschetti, Adeeb Rahman, James D. Lord, Camilla Richmond, Vesselin Tomov, William Gordon, James B. Canavan, Sarah Wall, Michael Field, Fanny Zhou, Meenakshi Bewtra, Jeffrey D. Goldsmith, David Breault, Miriam Merad, Scott B. Snapper: High Dimensional Immune Phenotyping and Transcriptional Analysis Reveal Robust Recovery of Viable Human Immune and Epithelial Cells from Frozen Gastrointestinal Tissue Gastroenterology 154 (6): S-1041-S-1042,2018.

Lewis James D, Scott Frank I, Brensinger Colleen M, Roy Jason A, Osterman Mark T, Mamtani Ronac, Bewtra Meenakshi, Chen Lang, Yun Huifeng, Xie Fenglong, Curtis Jeffrey R: Increased Mortality Rates With Prolonged Corticosteroid Therapy When Compared With Antitumor Necrosis Factor-α-Directed Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The American journal of gastroenterology 113 (3): 405-417,2018.

Vesselin Tomov, Olesya Palko, Chi W. Lau, Meenakshi Bewtra, E. John Wherry: Human Norovirus-Specific T Cell Responses Gastroenterology 152 (5): s1001,2017.

Frank I. Scott, F. Reed Johnson, Meenakshi Bewtra, Colleen M. Brensinger, Jason A. Roy, Shelby Reed, Mark T. Osterman, Ronac Mamtani, Lang Chen, Huifeng Yun, Fenglong Xie, Jeffrey R. Curtis, James D.Lewis: Improved Quality of Life with Anti-TNF Therapy Compared to Continued Corticosteroid Utilization in Crohn’s Disease Gastroenterology 152 (5): S585-S586,2017.

Angelyn Fairchild, Tatyana Kushner, F. Reed Johnson, Bruce E. Sands, Uma Mahadevan, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, Christina Y. Ha, Meenakshi Bewtra: Women's Preferences for IBD Medical Therapy during Pregnancy Gastroenterology 152 (5): S84-S85,2017.

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