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Natalia Khalaf, M.D., M.P.H.

Natalia

Investigator, Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine

Email: nikhalaf@bcm.edu

Phone: 713-791-1414

Research Interests

  • Use of machine learning to study acute pancreatitis as a marker of occult pancreatic cancer
  • Understanding and optimizing the prediagnostic gastrointestinal (GI) cancer care pathway
  • Developing and implementing digital quality measures for emergency GI cancer diagnoses

Education

  • M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • Internal Medicine Chief Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • NIH T-32 Clinical Research Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • M.P.H., Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
  • B.A., Biological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Awards and Activities

  • National Academy of Medicine Diagnostic Scholars Fellowship Program, 2024-2025
  • Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism, Selection Committee Member
  • Fellowship in American College of Physicians, 2019
  • Department of Medicine Wellness Grant Recipient, 2018 and 2019
  • Bob Parsons Inaugural Fellow in Pancreatic Cancer Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2017-2019
  • Ambulatory Lecturing Fellow Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2017
  • American Gastroenterological Association Certificate of Recognition as an Early Career Investigator, 2017
  • GI Fellowship Mentoring Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2017
  • Partners in Excellence Quality Treatment and Service Award, 2017
  • Soma Weiss Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2017
  • Outstanding Achievement Award for Continuity Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, 2014
  • Dean of Medical Education Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, Baylor College of Medicine, 2013

Dr. Khalaf's PubMed Link *

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