Shelly Gurwara, MD
- Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology

Shelly Gurwara, MD
Research Interests
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Education
- MD, Louisiana State University Hospital, 2014
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2017
- Fellowship
- Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 2020
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Gastroenterology
Research
- Precision nicotine metabolism-informed care for smoking cessation in Crohn's disease: A pilot study. Scoville EA, Tindle HA, Wells QS, Peyton SC, Gurwara S, Pointer SO, Horst SN, Schwartz DA, Adams DW, Freiberg MS, Gatskie V, King S, Abney LR, Beaulieu DB. PLoS One. 2020; 15(3):e0230656.
- Esophageal Perforations: An Endoscopic Approach to Management. Gurwara S, Clayton S. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2019 Nov; 21(11):57.
- Sarcopenia Is Common in Overweight Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and May Predict Need for Surgery. Adams DW, Gurwara S, Silver HJ, Horst SN, Beaulieu DB, Schwartz DA, Seidner DL. Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 2017 07; 23(7):1182-1186.
- He Did Not Cry Wolf: The Case of a Man With Lupus and 10 Years of Dysphagia. Gurwara S, DaVee T, Vaezi MF. Gastroenterology. 2016 Aug; 151(2):245-7.
- T-cell derived interferon-gamma contributes to arteriolar dysfunction during acute hypercholesterolemia. Stokes KY, Gurwara S, Granger DN. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 2007 Sep; 27(9):1998-2004.