Najwa El-Nachef, MD

Adjunct Professor

Education
2011 - Gastroenterology Fellowship, UCSF
2007 - Internal Medicine Residency, University of Michigan
M.D., 2004 - School of Medicine, Wayne State University
Publications

  1. Zhang B, Magnaye KM, Stryker E, Moltzau-Anderson J, Porsche CE, Hertz S, McCauley KE, Smith BJ, Zydek M, Pollard KS, Ma A, El-Nachef N, Lynch SV. Sustained mucosal colonization and fecal metabolic dysfunction by Bacteroides associates with fecal microbial transplant failure in ulcerative colitis patients. Scientific Reports 2024. PMID: 39122767


  2. Mennillo E, Kim YJ, Lee G, Rusu I, Patel RK, Dorman LC, Flynn E, Li S, Bain JL, Andersen C, Rao A, Tamaki S, Tsui J, Shen A, Lotstein ML, Rahim M, Naser M, Bernard-Vazquez F, Eckalbar W, Cho SJ, Beck K, El-Nachef N, Lewin S, Selvig DR, Terdiman JP, Mahadevan U, Oh DY, Fragiadakis GK, Pisco A, Combes AJ, Kattah MG. Single-cell and spatial multi-omics highlight effects of anti-integrin therapy across cellular compartments in ulcerative colitis. Nature communications 2024. PMID: 38374043


  3. Mennillo E, Kim YJ, Rusu I, Lee G, Dorman LC, Bernard-Vazquez F, Bain JL, Patel R, Andersen C, Rao A, Tamaki S, Tsui J, Shen A, Naser M, Eckalbar W, Cho SJ, Beck K, El-Nachef N, Lewin S, Selvig DR, Terdiman JP, Mahadevan U, Oh DY, Fragiadakis GK, Pisco A, Combes AJ, Kattah MG. Single-cell and spatial multi-omics identify innate and stromal modules targeted by anti-integrin therapy in ulcerative colitis. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023. PMID: 36711576


  4. Chugh R, Braga-Neto MB, Fredrick TW, Ramos GP, Terdiman J, El-Nachef N, Loftus EV, Mahadevan U, Kane SV. Multicenter Real-world Experience of Upadacitinib in the Treatment of Crohn's Disease. Journal of Crohn's & colitis 2022. PMID: 36272109


  5. Medina SP, Wong AC, El-Nachef N. Painless rectal bleeding in patient with prostate cancer. Gastroenterology 2022. PMID: 35777477


  6. Smith BJ, Piceno Y, Zydek M, Zhang B, Syriani LA, Terdiman JP, Kassam Z, Ma A, Lynch SV, Pollard KS, El-Nachef N. Strain-resolved analysis in a randomized trial of antibiotic pretreatment and maintenance dose delivery mode with fecal microbiota transplant for ulcerative colitis. 2022. PMID: 35365713


  7. Lenhart A, Chen F, Condon A, Kardashian A, El-Nachef N, UCLA GI Division Biostatistics, Chang L. Gender and Other Factors Associated with Endoscopy Volume Among U.S. Gastroenterology Fellows. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2021. PMID: 34628079


  8. Ashraf DC, Jankovic I, El-Nachef N, Winn BJ, Kim GE, Kersten RC. New-Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient Treated With Teprotumumab for Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy. Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021. PMID: 33710035


  9. Ha NB, Wang CW, El-Nachef N. CLINICAL CHALLENGES AND IMAGES IN GI An Unusual Mechanical Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Gastroenterology 2020. PMID: 33039467


  10. Claytor JD, El-Nachef N. Fecal microbial transplant for inflammatory bowel disease. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 2020. PMID: 32618725


  11. Cheng YW, Alhaffar D, Saha S, Khanna S, Bohm M, Phelps E, Ghabril M, Orman E, Sashidhar S, Rogers N, Xu H, Khoruts A, Vaughn B, Kao D, Wong K, Cammarota G, Ianiro G, Dhere T, Kraft CS, Mehta N, Michael Woodworth H, Allegretti JR, Nativ L, Marcus J, El-Nachef N, Fischer M. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation is Safe and Effective in Patients with Clostridioides difficile Infection and Cirrhosis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2020. PMID: 32645451


  12. Han S, Obuch JC, Keswani RN, Hall M, Patel SG, Menard-Katcher P, Simon V, Ezekwe E, Aagaard E, Ahmad A, Alghamdi S, Austin K, Brimhall B, Broy C, Carlin L, Cooley M, Di Palma JA, Duloy AM, Early DS, Ellert S, Gaumnitz EA, Goyal J, Kathpalia P, Day L, El-Nachef N, Kerman D, Lee RH, Lunsford T, Mittal M, Morigeau K, Pietrak S, Piper M, Shah AS, Shapiro AB, Shergill A, Sonnier W, Sorrell C, Vignesh S, Wani S. THE EFFECT OF INDIVIDUALIZED FEEDBACK ON LEARNING CURVES IN EGD AND COLONOSCOPY: A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2019. PMID: 31715173


  13. Selvig D, Piceno Y, Terdiman J, Zydek M, Umetsu SE, Balitzer D, Fadrosh D, Lynch K, Lamere B, Leith T, Kassam Z, Beck K, Lewin S, Ma A, Somsouk M, Lynch SV, El-Nachef N. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Pouchitis: Clinical, Endoscopic, Histologic, and Microbiota Results from a Pilot Study. Digestive diseases and sciences 2019. PMID: 31302808


  14. Feuille C, Carter J, El-Nachef N. An unusual cause of massive GI hemorrhage in an adult. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2019. PMID: 31220445


  15. Gutin L, Piceno Y, Fadrosh D, Lynch K, Zydek M, Kassam Z, LaMere B, Terdiman J, Ma A, Somsouk M, Lynch S, El-Nachef N. Fecal microbiota transplant for Crohn disease: A study evaluating safety, efficacy, and microbiome profile. United European gastroenterology journal 2019. PMID: 31316785


  16. Adler E, Tabaa A, Kassam Z, Zydek M, Terdiman J, El-Nachef N. Capsule-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplant Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. Digestive diseases and sciences 2019. PMID: 30919208


  17. Cheng YW, Phelps E, Ganapini V, Khan N, Ouyang F, Xu H, Khanna S, Tariq R, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Woodworth MH, Dhere T, Kraft CS, Kao D, Smith J, Le L, El-Nachef N, Kaur N, Kowsika S, Ehrlich A, Smith M, Safdar N, Misch EA, Allegretti JR, Flynn A, Kassam Z, Sharfuddin A, Vuppalanchi R, Fischer M. Fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent and severe Clostridium difficile infection in solid organ transplant recipients: A multicenter experience. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2018. PMID: 30085388


  18. Kidambi TD, Terdiman JP, El-Nachef N, Singh A, Kattah MG, Lee JK. Effect of I-scan Electronic Chromoendoscopy on Detection of Adenomas During Colonoscopy. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2018. PMID: 29935326


  19. Allegretti J, Eysenbach LM, El-Nachef N, Fischer M, Kelly C, Kassam Z. The Current Landscape and Lessons from Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Past, Present, and Future. Inflammatory bowel diseases 2017. PMID: 28858073


  20. Merenstein D, El-Nachef N, Lynch SV. Fecal microbial therapy: promises and pitfalls. Volume 59 of Issue 2. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2014. PMID: 24796803


  21. Inadomi JM, Vijan S, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Thomas JP, Lin YV, Muñoz R, Lau C, Somsouk M, El-Nachef N, Hayward RA. Adherence to colorectal cancer screening: a randomized clinical trial of competing strategies. Volume 172 of Issue 7. Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22493463


  22. El-Nachef N, Terdiman J, Mahadevan U. Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for inflammatory bowel disease in the setting of immunosuppression for solid organ transplantation. The American journal of gastroenterology 2010. PMID: 20445523


  23. Elnachef N, Scheiman JM, Fendrick AM, Howden CW, Chey WD. Changing perceptions and practices regarding aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and cyclooxygenase-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs among US primary care providers. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2008. PMID: 18729848


  24. Elnachef N, McMorris M, Chey WD. Successful treatment of common variable immunodeficiency disorder-associated diarrhea with budesonide: a case report. The American journal of gastroenterology 2007. PMID: 17531016