Ngozi Enwerem, M.D. Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine Biography Ngozi Enwerem, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases. Dr. Enwerem received her medical education at the University of Lagos in Lagos, Nigeria. She then earned a master's degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, where she also obtained a certificate in Public Health Economics. She completed her internal medicine residency training at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., and attained advanced training through a gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of California San Diego as an NIH funded T-32 fellow. Dr. Enwerem's research focus includes population health, colorectal cancer screening, small bowel capsule endoscopy, luminal GI diseases like microscopic colitis and clostridium difficile. She serves as a local site investigator for the OPTION trial, a study that seeks to identify the optimal treatment of clostridium difficile, and has a grant to study microscopic colitis. Her clinical interests include gastroenterology, hepatology, and health care technology. Dr. Enwerem joined the UTSW faculty in 2020. Research Interest Capsule endoscopy Clinical Services researcher Clostridium Difficile Colorectal cancer screening and prevention Microscopic colitis. Population Health Publications Featured Publications Systematic Review of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Risk for Metachronous Advanced Neoplasia in Patients With Young-Onset Colorectal Adenoma. Enwerem N, Cho MY, Demb J, Earles A, Heskett KM, Liu L, Singh S, Gupta S, Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2020 May Inferior Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Comorbid Protein-Energy Malnutrition. Adejumo AC, Adejumo KL, Adegbala OM, Enwerem N, Ofosu A, Akanbi O, Fijabi DO, Ogundipe OA, Pani L, Adeboye A, JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2020 Mar 44 3 454-462 The Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Iyalomhe O, Swierczek S, Enwerem N, Chen Y, Adedeji MO, Allard J, Ntekim O, Johnson S, Hughes K, Kurian P, Obisesan TO, Cell. Mol. Neurobiol. 2017 Aug 37 6 969-977 Effect modification by race-ethnicity of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on airway inflammation in US children. Mehari A, Enwerem N, Odeyemi Y, Gillum RF, Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015 Dec 115 6 477-80 Social Support and Sleep Symptoms in U.S. Adults. Glenn C, Enwerem N, Odeyemi Y, Mehari A, Gillum RF, J Clin Sleep Med 2015 Aug 11 8 957 Differential Impact of Comorbidities on Cost of Care amongst patients hospitalized for Acute Pancreatitis Enwerem N, Obirieze A, Laiyemo A, Gillum R. Am J Gastroenterol 2015 110 S994 Estimating the influence of maternal height on under-five mortality in Nigeria. Enwerem NY, Obirieze AC, Bishai DM, Afr J Reprod Health 2014 Mar 18 1 54-60 The effect of ballooning following carotid stent deployment on hemodynamic stability. Qazi U, Obeid TE, Enwerem N, Schneider E, White JR, Freischlag JA, Perler BA, Malas MB, J. Vasc. Surg. 2014 Mar 59 3 756-60 Comparison of surgical bypass with angioplasty and stenting of superficial femoral artery disease. Malas MB, Enwerem N, Qazi U, Brown B, Schneider EB, Reifsnyder T, Freischlag JA, Perler BA, J. Vasc. Surg. 2014 Jan 59 1 129-35 National cost of trauma care by payer status. Velopulos CG, Enwerem NY, Obirieze A, Hui X, Hashmi ZG, Scott VK, Cornwell EE, Schneider EB, Haider AH, J. Surg. Res. 2013 Sep 184 1 444-9 Results 1-10 of 10 1 Honors & Awards Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (2017) AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar (2016) Howard University Outstanding Scholarly activity (2016) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Gastroenterology (2016) American Gastroenterological Association (2016) American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2017)
