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Inuk Zandvakili, MD,PHD

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Internal Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, (Gastroenterology)
  • Residency: Mayo Clinic, School of Graduate Medical Education,
  • MD: University of Cincinnati,
  • PhD: University of Cincinnati, (Molecular and Developmental Biology)
  • BS: University of Western Ontario, (Biochemisry)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Internal Medicine (Certification Date: 2019-08-14)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) (Certification Date: 2022-11-16)

Specialties

Digestive Diseases
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Gastroenterology

Internal Medicine

Digestive System Disease

Peer Reviewed Publications

Schneider, Carolin V; Hehl, Leonida; Creasy, Kate T; Vitali, Cecilia; Vell, Mara S; Vujkovic, Marijana; Park, Joseph; Scorletti, Eleonora; Seeling, Katharina S; Rendel, Miriam D; Conlon, Donna M; Huang, Helen; Zandvakili, Inuk; Valmiki, Swati ; Schneider, Kai Markus; Hussain, M Mahmood; Rader, Daniel J 2023. A coding variant in the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein reduces both hepatic steatosis and plasma lipids. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, ,

Schneider, Carolin V; Li, Tang; Zhang, David; Mezina, Anya I; Rattan, Puru; Huang, Helen; Creasy, Kate Townsend; Scorletti, Eleonora; Zandvakili, Inuk; Vujkovic, Marijana; Hehl, Leonida; Fiksel, Jacob; Park, Joseph; Wangensteen, Kirk; Risman, Marjorie; Chang, Kyong-Mi; Serper, Marina; Carr, Rotonya M; Schneider, Kai Markus; Chen, Jinbo; Rader, Daniel J 2023. Large-scale identification of undiagnosed hepatic steatosis using natural language processing. EClinicalMedicine, 62 , 102149

Vell, Mara Sophie; Krishnan, Arunkumar; Wangensteen, Kirk; Serper, Marina; Seeling, Katharina Sophie; Hehl, Leonida; Rendel, Miriam Daphne; Zandvakili, Inuk; Vujkovic, Marijana; Scorletti, Eleonora; Creasy, Kate Townsend; Trautwein, Christian; Rader, Daniel James; Alqahtani, Saleh; Schneider, Kai Markus; Schneider, Carolin Victoria 2023. Aspirin is associated with a reduced incidence of liver disease in men. Hepatology communications, 7 10,

Vell, Mara Sophie; Loomba, Rohit; Krishnan, Arunkumar; Wangensteen, Kirk J; Trebicka, Jonel; Creasy, Kate Townsend; Trautwein, Christian; Scorletti, Eleonora; Seeling, Katharina Sophie; Hehl, Leonida; Rendel, Miriam Daphne; Zandvakili, Inuk; Li, Tang; Chen, Jinbo; Vujkovic, Marijana; Alqahtani, Saleh; Rader, Daniel James; Schneider, Kai Markus; Schneider, Carolin Victoria 2023. Association of Statin Use With Risk of Liver Disease, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, and Liver-Related Mortality. JAMA network open, 6 6, e2320222

Zandvakili, Inuk; Pulaski, Marya; Pickett-Blakely, Octavia 2023. A phenotypic approach to obesity treatment. Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, ,

Scorletti, Eleonora; Creasy, Kate Townsend; Vujkovic, Marijana; Vell, Mara; Zandvakili, Inuk; Rader, Daniel J; Schneider, Kai Markus; Schneider, Carolin V 2022. Dietary Vitamin E Intake Is Associated With a Reduced Risk of Developing Digestive Diseases and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. The American journal of gastroenterology, 117 6, 927-930

Sehgal, Kanika; Zandvakili, Inuk; Tariq, Raseen; Pardi, Darrell S; Khanna, Sahil 2022. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Efficacy of Vancomycin Taper and Pulse Regimens in Clostridioides difficile Infection. Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 20 4, 577-583

Schneider, Carolin V; Schneider, Kai Markus; Conlon, Donna M; Park, Joseph; Vujkovic, Marijana; Zandvakili, Inuk; Ko, Yi-An; Trautwein, Christian; Center, Regerneron; Carr, Rotonya M; Strnad, Pavel; Thaiss, Christoph A; Rader, Daniel J 2021. A genome-first approach to mortality and metabolic phenotypes in MTARC1 p.Ala165Thr (rs2642438) heterozygotes and homozygotes. Med (New York, N.Y.), 2 7, 851-863.e3

Schneider, Carolin V; Zandvakili, Inuk; Thaiss, Christoph A; Schneider, Kai Markus 2021. Physical activity is associated with reduced risk of liver disease in the prospective UK Biobank cohort. JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 3 3, 100263

Calderon, Gerardo; McRae, Alison; Rievaj, Juraj; Davis, Judith; Zandvakili, Inuk; Linker-Nord, Sara; Burton, Duane; Roberts, Geoffrey; Reimann, Frank; Gedulin, Bronislava; Vella, Adrian; LaRusso, Nicholas F; Camilleri, Michael; Gribble, Fiona M; Acosta, Andres 2020. Ileo-colonic delivery of conjugated bile acids improves glucose homeostasis via colonic GLP-1-producing enteroendocrine cells in human obesity and diabetes. EBioMedicine, 55 , 102759

Zandvakili, Inuk; Lazaridis, Konstantinos N 2019. Cell-free DNA testing: future applications in gastroenterology and hepatology. Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology, 12 , 1756284819841896

Zandvakili, Inuk; Lloyd, James W; Giridhar, Karthik V 2019. Hepatitis, Pancreatitis and Rash in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Gastroenterology, 157 4, e8-e9

Zandvakili, Inuk; Conboy, Caitlin B; Ayed, Ayed O; Cathcart-Rake, Elizabeth J; Tefferi, Ayalew 2018. Ruxolitinib as first-line treatment in secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A second experience. American journal of hematology, 93 5, E123-E125

Zandvakili, I; Lin, Y; Morris, J C; Zheng, Y 2017. Rho GTPases: Anti- or pro-neoplastic targets? Oncogene, 36 23, 3213-3222

Zandvakili, Inuk; Davis, Ashley Kuenzi; Hu, Guodong; Zheng, Yi 2015. Loss of RhoA Exacerbates, Rather Than Dampens, Oncogenic K-Ras Induced Lung Adenoma Formation in Mice. PloS one, 10 6, e0127923

Akbari, Mohammad Reza; Ghadirian, Parviz; Robidoux, Andre; Foumani, Maryam; Sun, Yulong; Royer, Robert; Zandvakili, Inuk; Lynch, Henry; Narod, Steven A 2009. Germline RAP80 mutations and susceptibility to breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment, 113 2, 377-81

Young, S R; Pilarski, Robert T; Donenberg, Talia; Shapiro, Charles; Hammond, Lyn S; Miller, Judith; Brooks, Karen A; Cohen, Stephanie; Tenenholz, Beverly; Desai, Damini; Zandvakili, Inuk; Royer, Robert; Li, Song; Narod, Steven A 2009. The prevalence of BRCA1 mutations among young women with triple-negative breast cancer. BMC cancer, 9 , 86

Akbari, M R; Malekzadeh, R; Nasrollahzadeh, D; Amanian, D; Islami, F; Li, S; Zandvakili, I; Shakeri, R; Sotoudeh, M; Aghcheli, K; Salahi, R; Pourshams, A; Semnani, S; Boffetta, P; Dawsey, S M; Ghadirian, P; Narod, S A 2008. Germline BRCA2 mutations and the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Oncogene, 27 9, 1290-6

Schneider C.V.; Li T.; Zhang D.; Mezina A.I.; Rattan P.; Huang H.; Creasy K.T.; Scorletti E.; Zandvakili I.; Vujkovic M.; Hehl L.; Fiksel J.; Park J.; Wangensteen K.; Risman M.; Chang K.M.; Serper M.; Carr R.M.; Schneider K.M.; Chen J.; Rader D.J. 08-01-2023. Large-scale identification of undiagnosed hepatic steatosis using natural language processing eClinicalMedicine, 62 ,

Schneider C.V.; Hehl L.; Creasy K.T.; Vitali C.; Vell M.S.; Vujkovic M.; Park J.; Scorletti E.; Seeling K.S.; Rendel M.D.; Conlon D.M.; Huang H.; Zandvakili I.; Valmiki S.; Schneider K.M.; Hussain M.M.; Rader D.J. 07-01-2023. A coding variant in the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein reduces both hepatic steatosis and Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 58 2, 238-249

Schneider C.V.; Zandvakili I.; Thaiss C.A.; Schneider K.M. 06-01-2021. Physical activity is associated with reduced risk of liver disease in the prospective UK Biobank coh JHEP Reports, 3 3,

Zandvakili I.; Lazaridis K. 04-01-2019. Cell-free DNA testing: future applications in gastroenterology and hepatology Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 12 ,