Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Meenakshi Bewtra, MD MPH PhD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bewtra sees patients with inflammatory bowel disease at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. Dr. Bewtra has been conducting clinical research for over 20 years in inflammatory bowel disease with a focus on natural history of inflammatory bowel disease; outcomes of disease and medication safety using observational data and statistical modeling; measures of risk and risk tolerance for therapies using discrete choice experiment; and clinical trials for educational interventions and novel therapies. Dr. Bewtra is also the PI of the IBD-Immunology Initiative (I3), a prospective clinical and tissue biobank actively enrolling all inflammatory bowel disease patients seen at the University of Pennsylvania. The I3 has collaborators within the University of Pennsylvania, nationally and internationally in academia, private foundations and industry, and is participating in several studies examining the basic mechanisms of IBD and predictors of response to therapies with the goal of improving personalized medicine in inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Bewtra’s work has been funded by the NIH, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, AGA, PCORI, pharmaceutical industries, and private philanthropy. She is currently a member of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and a founding member of the International Academy of Health Preference Research. Dr. Bewtra is also on the National Boards of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and Doctors for America.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
ON DEMAND (Must purchase Bonus Sessions to have access)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM ET