Lauren D. Nephew, MD, MAE, MSC, BA

Bio

Dr. Lauren D. Nephew is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Assistant Vice Chair of Health Equity at Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research interest includeunderstanding how the social and structural determinants of health contribute to disparities in chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes and developing interventions that move patients closer to health equity. She completed residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation Fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Case Western Reserve University for medical school, Dr. Nephew completed a Master’s program in Bioethics. While at the University of Pennsylvania, she completed a Master’s of Science in Clinical Epidemiology. She is a health equity champion, wife, and mother of two.

Key Publications

Dakhoul L, Gawrieh S, Jones KR, Ghabril M, McShane C, Orman E, Vilar-Gomez E, Chalasani N, Nephew L. Racial Disparities in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Are Not Explained by Differences in Comorbidities, Liver Disease Severity, or Tumor Burden. Hepatol Commun. 2019 Jan;3(1):52-62. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1277. eCollection 2019 Jan. PubMed PMID: 30619994; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6312653.

Nephew L, Zia Z, Ghabril M, Orman E, Lammert C, Chalasani N. Black Adult Patients With Acute Liver Failure Are Sicker and More Likely to Undergo Liver Transplantation Than White Patients. Liver Transpl. 2019 Nov;25(11):1634-1641. doi: 10.1002/lt.25594. Epub 2019 Aug 9. PubMed PMID: 31271697

Nephew LD, Mosesso K, Desai A, Ghabril M, Orman ES, Patidar KR, Kubal C, Noureddin M, Chalasani N. Assocation of State Medicaid Expansion With Racial/Ethnic Disparitires in Liver Transplant Waitlisitng in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(10):e2019869.

Nephew LD, Zia Z, Ghabril M, Orman E, Lammert C, Kubal C, Chalasani N. Sex-based Disparities Absent from Transplant for Acute Liver Failure. J Hepatology Reports. In Press Online. October 30, 2020?

Titles & Appointments

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate View Chair of Health Equity

Education

2017 FEL Fellowship Transplant Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital

2016 FEL Fellowship Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital

2016 MSC University of Pennsylvania

2013 RES Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital

2010 MD Case Western Reserve University

2010 MAE Case Western Reserve University

2003 BA Boston University
Research

Understanding barriers to liver transplantation for vulnerable populations

Disparities in care of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Publications

Removal of Medicaid Restrictions were Associated with Increased Hepatitis-C Virus Treatment Rates, But Disparities Persist.
Nephew LD; Wang Y; Mohamed K; Nichols D; Rawl SM; Orman E; Desai AP; Patidar KR; Ghabril M; Chalasani N; Kasting ML; Journal of viral hepatitis 2022 Mar 7

Confusion assessment method accurately screens for hepatic encephalopathy and predicts short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis.
Desai AP; Gandhi D; Xu C; Ghabril M; Nephew L; Patidar KR; Campbell NL; Chalasani N; Boustani M; Orman ES; Metabolic brain disease 2022 Dec 19

Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis Is Associated With Worse Survival in Critically Ill Patients With Acute on Chronic Liver Failure.
Patidar KR; Peng JL; Kaur H; Worden A; Kettler CD; Pike F; Buckley CA; Orman ES; Desai AP; Nephew LD; Kubal CA; Gawrieh S; Chalasani N; Ghabril MS; Hepatology communications 2021 Dec 3
Professional Organizations

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

American College of Gastroenterology

Indiana University Cancer Institute

National Medial Association (NMA)

National Minority Research Institute (NMRI)
Clinical Interests

Decompensated liver disease patients being evaluated for liver transplantation

Patients with chronic liver disease

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