Natalia Imad Khalaf, MD, MPH, FACP
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Natalia Imad Khalaf, MD, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Medicine-Gastroenterology
7m视频
- Clinical Investigator
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Clinical Effectiveness and Population Health Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Core Faculty Member in Health Policy, Quality & Informatics (HPQI) Program
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Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt). MEDVAMC
Education
- BA from Rice University
- 05/2007 - Houston
- Biological Sciences
- MD from 7m视频
- 05/2011 - Houston
- Residency at 7m视频
- 05/2014 - Houston
- Internal Medicine
- Residency at 7m视频
- 06/2015 - Houston
- Chief Medical Resident
- Clinical Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 06/2018 - Boston
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- 06/2018 - Boston
- Epidemiology
Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Board certified in Internal Medicine.
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Board certified in Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
Honors & Awards
- Chief Medical Resident and Instructor in Medicine, BCM, Houston, TX
- 07/2014 - 06/2015
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course Preceptor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 07/2017 - 06/2018
- AGA Academy of Educators Elected Member
- 05/2018
- Partners in Excellence Quality Treatment and Service Award
- Harvard Medical/Partners System (05/2017)
- Bob Parsons Inaugural Fellow in Pancreatic Cancer Research
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute (01/2017 - 06/2018)
- American Gastroenterological Association Certificate of Recognition as an Early Career Investigator for an oral presentation at Digestive Disease Week
- 05/2017
- GI Fellowship Mentoring Award,
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (06/2017)
- Soma Weiss Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (06/2017)
- Ambulatory Lecturing Fellow Award
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (06/2017)
- Clinical Teaching Skills Workshop Grant Recipient, Center of Expertise in Medical Education
- Harvard Medical School (03/2016)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, Elected Residency Chapter President
- 7m视频 (06/2010 - 06/2015)
- Bobby Alford Award for Clinical Professionalism Selection Committee
- 7m视频 (01/2013 - 06/2015)
- Dean of Medical Education Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
- 7m视频 (06/2013)
- Outstanding Achievement Award for Continuity Clinic
- 7m视频 (06/2014)
- Michael E. Debakey VA Hospital Intern of the Month
- 7m视频 (01/2011)
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Rice University (06/2007)
Selected Publications
- Sharara A, Mokahal A, Harb A, Khalaf N, et al. "." World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2020 Oct; Pubmed PMID:
- Babic A, Zhang X, Moralez-Oyarvide V, Yuan C, Khalaf N, et al. "." Br J Cancer. 2020; Pubmed PMID:
- Babic, A., Rosenthal, M.H., Sundaresan, T.K., Khalaf, N, et al "." Nat Commun. 2023 Jul 18;14(1):4317. Pubmed PMID:
- Qian ZR, Rubinson DA, Nowak JA, Morales-Oyarvide V, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Welch MW, Brais LK, Da Silva A, Li T, Li W, Masuda A, Yang J, Shi Y, Gu M, Masugi Y, Bui J, Zellers CL, Yuan C, Babic A, Khalaf N, et al "." JAMA Oncology. 2018 Mar;4(3):e173420. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, El-Serag H, Abrams H, Thrift A "Burden of Pancreatic Cancer: From Epidemiology to Practice." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2019;
- Khalaf N, Ali B. "." Gastroenterology. 2022 Jun;162(7):2113-2120. Pubmed PMID:
- Murthy S, Khalaf N, Shah S, Ma B, Goldsmith C, Kass J "." JAMA Neurology. 2013;70:1580-1. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Crews J, DuPont HL, Koo HL "." Discovery Medicine.;14:105-13. Pubmed PMID:
- Saini SD, Schoenfeld P, Goebel S, von Rosenvinge EC ... Khalaf N, et al. "." JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jul 3;6(7):e2321730. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Liu Y, Kramer JR, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F, Singh H "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jul 27; Pubmed PMID:
- Claridge H, Price CA, Ali R, Cooke E, de Lusignan S, Harvey-Sullivan A, Hodges C, Khalaf N, et al "." BMJ Open. 2024 Jan 22;14(1):e079863. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Kramer J, Liu Y, Abrams D, Singh H, El- Serag HB, Kanwal F "." Dig Dis Sci.. 2023 Sep;68(9):3634-3643. Pubmed PMID:
- Yuan C, Babic A, Khalaf N, et al. "." JAMA Oncol. 2020 Oct;6(10):e202948. Pubmed PMID:
- Szafron D, Kim H, Turin C, Benzi E, Khalaf N, Hernaez R "Duodenal and liver lesions in an adult with generalized weakness." Gut. 2019;
- Khalaf N, Ali B, Liu Y, Kramer JR, El-Serag H, Kanwal F, Singh H "." Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Dec 16;69(2):603-614. Pubmed PMID:
- Hamada T, Yuan C, Yurgelun MB, Perez K, Khalaf N, et al "." Br J Cancer. 2019 Apr;120(8):848-854. Pubmed PMID:
- Yurgelun M, Chittenden A, Morales V, Dunne R, Kozak M, Quian ZR, Welch M, Brais L, Da Silva A, Bui J, Yuan C, Li T, Li W, Masuda A, Gu M, Bullock A, Chang D, Clancy T, Linehan D, Findeis-Hosey J, Doyle L, Thorner A, Ducar M, Wollison B, Khalaf N, et al "." Genetics in Medicine. 2019 Jan;21(1):213-223. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Mittal S "." Image of the Month, Clinical Gatroenterology and Hepatology. 2014;12(6):A29-30. Pubmed PMID:
- Zaid M, Elganainy D, Dogra P, Dai A, Widmann L, Fernandes P, Wang Z, Pelaez MJ, Ramirez JR, Singhi A, Dasyam A, Brand R, Park W, Rahmanuddin S, Rosenthal M, Wolpin B, Khalaf N, et al. "." Frontiers in Oncology. 2020 Dec 2;10 Pubmed PMID:
- Jacob J, Millien V, Berger S, Ketwaroo A, Flores A, Hernaez A, Hou J, Jarbrink Sehgal M, Khalaf N, et al. "." J Clin Gastroenterol.. 2023 Jul;58(5):432-439. Pubmed PMID:
- Millien V, Jacob J, Ketwaroo G, Flores A, Hernaez R, Hou J, Husain N, Jarbrink-Sehgal M, Khalaf N et al. "." J Clin Gastroenterol. 2021 Jul;161(1):e28-e29. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, El-Serag H, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey D, Tabasi S, White D, Kanwal F "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2015;13:1521-1531. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Anish R, Buehler G "." Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014;46:113-6. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Felice F, Sejpal D "Jejunal Dieulafoy鈥檚 Lesion: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed." Practical Gastroenterology. 2014;37(10)
- Morales-Oyarvide V, Rubinson DA, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Bui JL, Yuan C, Qian ZR, Babic A, Da Silva A, Nowak JA, Khalaf N, et al "." Br J Cancer. 2017 Dec;117(12):1874-1882. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Wolpin BW "." Gastroenterology. 2019 May;156:1560-1563. Pubmed PMID:
- 12. Khalaf N, Ying J, Mittal S, Temple S, El-Serag H "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2016;16:30517-1. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Ali B "New-Onset Diabetes as a Signpost of Early Pancreatic Cancer: The Role of Screening." Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2022 Feb;in press
- Khalaf N, Ali B. "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2022 Sep;20(9):1927-1930. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Nguyen T, Ramsey D, El-Serag H "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2014;12:1832-9. Pubmed PMID:
- Millenia V, Abrams D, Khalaf N "Not all terminal ileitis is Crohn鈥檚 disease: Intestinal tuberculosis causing small bowel obstruction." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2020;
- Khalaf N, Kramer J, Ramsey D, El-Serag H "." Diseases of the Esophagus. 2015;28:283-90. Pubmed PMID:
- Hamada T, Khalaf N, Yuan C, et al "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2018 Aug;16(8):1300-1306. Pubmed PMID:
- Yuan C, Morales-Oyarvide V, Khalaf N, et al "." J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 Sep; Pubmed PMID:
- Yuan C, Morales-Oyarvide V, Khalaf N, et al. "." J Natl Cancer Inst.. 2021 Sep 4;113(9):1186-1193. Pubmed PMID:
- Hamada T, Yan C, Bao Y, Zhang M, Khalaf N, et al "Prediagnostic Leukocyte Telomere Length and Pancreatic Cancer Survival." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention [Accepted]. 2019;
- Pan S, Brand R, Lai L, Dawson D, Donahue T, Kim S, Khalaf N, et al "." Clin Transl Med.. 2021 Aug; Pubmed PMID:
- Pan S, Brand R, Lai L, Dawson D, Donahue T, Kim S, Khalaf N, et al. "." Clin Transl Med.. 2021 Aug;11(8):e506. Pubmed PMID:
- Abrams H, Lee M, Dahdal S, Khalaf N "Rapid Rectal Polyposis Development in a Patient with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis." ACG Case Reports Journal. 2020;
- Abrams H, Lee M, Dahdal S, Khalaf N "." ACG Case Reports. 2020 Oct 26;7(10):e00469. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Yuan C, Tsuyoshi Hamada, et al "." 2018 Apr;154(5):1380-1390. Pubmed PMID:
- Khan N, Husain SA, Husain SI, Khalaf N, George J, Raissi F, Segura A, Biswajit K, Bogaev R, Frazier O "." Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2012;39:554-556. Pubmed PMID:
- Sharara A, Mokahal A, Harb A, Khalaf N, et al. "." World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2020 Oct 7;26(37):5705-5717. Pubmed PMID:
- Hamada T, Khalaf N, Yuan C, et al "." Journal of Gastroenterology. 2018 Aug;53(8):959-966. Pubmed PMID:
- Nguyen T, Khalaf N, Ramsey D, El-Serag H "." Gastroenterology. 2014;14:314-23. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Xu A, Nguyen T, Kramer J, Liu Y, Singh H, El-Serag, Kanwal F. "." Pancreas. 2024 Jan 1;53(1):e27-e33. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, El-Serag H, Kanwal F, et al. "." Gastroenterology,. 2020 Sep;159(3):1184-1185. Pubmed PMID:
- Jiang K, Bazarbashi AN, Dahdal S, Voiculescu A, Khalaf N "." Case Reports Hepatol. 2018 Aug;23:5876718. Pubmed PMID:
- 3. Srivatsav A, Ghanayem R, Dahdal S, Khalaf N "Treatment of Esophageal Stricture After Lye Ingestion: A Case of Dysphagia following Colon Interposition." ACG Case Reports. 2020;
- Khalaf N, Samadder NJ "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2019 Mar 12;3565(19):30259-9. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, Abrams H, Chemezian E, Kanwal F, El-Serag H "Why Do Small IPMNs Create Such a Huge Management Challenge? How International Classification of Diseases Codes Have Failed Us." Pancreas. 2022 Feb;in press
Memberships
- Texas Digestive Disease Center
- National Arab American Medical Association, Houston Chapter, Vice President
- Texas Gulf Coast GI Society
- National Pancreas Foundation
- American Pancreatic Association
- Massachusetts Gastroenterology Association
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- American College of Gastroenterology
- Texas Medical Association
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Medical Association
- American College of Physicians
- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Funding
- Young Investigator Grant in Pancreatitis (04/01/2019 - 03/01/2021) American Pancreatic Association
- Precision Risk Stratification for Pancreatic Cancer: A Deep Learning Approach (01/01/2020 - 12/01/2021) Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Pilot Project Award
- Imaging repository for pre-diagnostic and early stage pancreatic cancer (01/01/2020 - 03/31/2022) UO1 Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) supplemental grant program Research Grant
- Predicting Risk of Long-term Complications of Acute Pancreatitis in a U.S. Veteran Population
- $50,000.00 (01/01/2021 - 06/30/2022) Grant funding from Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center Pilot/Feasibility Award
- Health Informatics Approaches to Improve Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer - #1 IK2 HX003346-01A2; NIH Appl. ID:10425951
- $1,090,647.00 (04/01/2022 - 09/30/2026) Grant funding from VA Health Services Research & Development Career Development
- Systematic improvement in care through the study of emergency cancer diagnosis (01/01/2022 - 09/30/2022) Grant funding from Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) SWIFT Award
- Implementing Digital Quality Measures into Learning Health Systems for Diagnostic Excellence in Cancer Care (06/01/2024 - 06/01/2025) National Academy of Sciences
- Clinical Quality Measures to Improve the Diagnosis for Gastrointestinal Cancers (09/01/2022 - 06/01/2027) Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Languages
Arabic
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