Natalia Imad Khalaf
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Natalia Imad Khalaf
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Medicine-Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- BA from Rice University
- 05/2007 - Houston
- Biological Sciences
- MD from Baylor College of Medicine
- 05/2011 - Houston
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- 05/2014 - Houston
- Internal Medicine
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- 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
- Baylor College of Medicine (06/2010 - 06/2015)
- Bobby Alford Award for Clinical Professionalism Selection Committee
- Baylor College of Medicine (01/2013 - 06/2015)
- Dean of Medical Education Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
- Baylor College of Medicine (06/2013)
- Outstanding Achievement Award for Continuity Clinic
- Baylor College of Medicine (06/2014)
- Michael E. Debakey VA Hospital Intern of the Month
- Baylor College of Medicine (01/2011)
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Rice University (06/2007)
Selected Publications
- 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 "Association of Alterations in Main Driver Genes Predict Patient Outcomes in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.." JAMA Oncology. 2018 Mar;4(3):e173420. Pubmed PMID: 29098284
- Murthy S, Khalaf N, Shah S, Ma B, Goldsmith C, Kass J "Churg-Strauss Syndrome: An Uncommon Cause of Intracerebral Hemorrhage." JAMA Neurology. 2013;70:1580-1. Pubmed PMID: 24126465
- Khalaf N, Crews J, DuPont HL, Koo HL "Clostridium difficile: An Emerging Pathogen in Children." Discovery Medicine.;14:105-13. Pubmed PMID: 22935207
- Hamada T, Yuan C, Yurgelun MB, Perez K, Khalaf N, et al "Family history of cancer, Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, and pancreatic cancer risk." Br J Cancer. 2019 Apr;120(8):848-854. Pubmed PMID: 30867564
- 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 "Germline cancer susceptibility gene variants and paired somatic analyses in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma." Genetics in Medicine. 2019 Jan;21(1):213-223. Pubmed PMID: 29961768
- Khalaf N, Mittal S "Hepatic portal venous gas: an ominous sign of mesenteric ischemia." Image of the Month, Clinical Gatroenterology and Hepatology. 2014;12(6):A29-30. Pubmed PMID: 24440213
- Khalaf N, El-Serag H, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey D, Tabasi S, White D, Kanwal F "Intake of Coffee and Caffeine are Associated with Decreased Risk of Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis among Patients with Hepatitis C." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2015;13:1521-1531. Pubmed PMID: 25777972
- Khalaf N, Anish R, Buehler G "Intragastric Balloon in the Emergency Department: An Unusual Cause of Gastric Outlet Obstruction." Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014;46:113-6. Pubmed PMID: 24495937
- Khalaf N, Felice F, Sejpal D "Jejunal Dieulafoy’s 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 "Lymph node metastases in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: predictors of disease recurrence and survival. British Journal of Cancer 2017 Dec 5." Br J Cancer. 2017 Dec;117(12):1874-1882. Pubmed PMID: 28982112
- Khalaf N, Wolpin BW "Metabolic Alterations as a Signpost to Early Pancreatic Cancer.." Gastroenterology. 2019 May;156:1560-1563. Pubmed PMID: 30926350
- 12. Khalaf N, Ying J, Mittal S, Temple S, El-Serag H "Natural History of Untreated HCC in a U.S. Cohort and the Role of Cancer Surveillance." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2016;16:30517-1. Pubmed PMID: 27521507
- Khalaf N, Nguyen T, Ramsey D, El-Serag H "Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and the Risk of Barrett’s Esophagus." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2014;12:1832-9. Pubmed PMID: 24793026
- Khalaf N, Kramer J, Ramsey D, El-Serag H "Personal and family history of cancer and the risk of Barrett’s esophagus in men." Diseases of the Esophagus. 2015;28:283-90. Pubmed PMID: 24529029
- Hamada T, Khalaf N, Yuan C, et al "Pre-diagnosis Use of Statins Associates With Increased Survival Times of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2018 Aug;16(8):1300-1306. Pubmed PMID: 2947497
- 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;
- Khalaf N, Yuan C, Tsuyoshi Hamada, et al "Regular Use of Aspirin or Non-Aspirin Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Is Not Associated With Risk of Incident Pancreatic Cancer in Two Large Cohort Studies." 2018 Apr;154(5):1380-1390. Pubmed PMID: 29229401
- Khan N, Husain SA, Husain SI, Khalaf N, George J, Raissi F, Segura A, Biswajit K, Bogaev R, Frazier O "Remission of Chronic Anthracycline-Induced Heart Failure with Support from a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device." Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2012;39:554-556. Pubmed PMID: 22949777
- Hamada T, Khalaf N, Yuan C, et al "Statin Use and Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Two Prospective Cohort Studies." Journal of Gastroenterology. 2018 Aug;53(8):959-966. Pubmed PMID: 29362938
- Khalaf N, Samadder NJ "Utility of Genetic Testing In Persons With Multiple Colorectal Polyps." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2019 Mar 12;3565(19):30259-9. Pubmed PMID: 30876960
- Jiang K, Bazarbashi AN, Dahdal S, Voiculescu A, Khalaf N "The Spiraling Case of a Yellow Chef: Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia." Case Reports Hepatol. 2018 Aug;23:5876718. Pubmed PMID: 30210882
- Nguyen T, Khalaf N, Ramsey D, El-Serag H "Statin Use is Associated with a Decreased Risk of Barrett's Esophagus." Gastroenterology. 2014;14:314-23. Pubmed PMID: 24798416
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 American Pancreatic Association
Languages
Arabic, Spanish
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