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Quan Nhu, MD, PhD
Scripps Research Joint Appointments
Research Focus
Quan M. Nhu, MD, PhD is an adult gastroenterologist at Scripps Clinic and an Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Nhu has strong clinical and research interests in inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders, specifically eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. His clinical interests also include other eosinophilic GI disorders (EGID’s) such as eosinophilic gastritis, eosinophilic enteritis and eosinophilic colitis, microscopic colitis including lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis, celiac disease and colon cancer prevention. While at University of California, San Diego, Dr. Nhu’s research focused on understanding the mechanisms of inflammation and tissue remodeling and fibrosis in EoE. The Nhu laboratory at TSRI currently focuses on developing novel, clinically relevant therapeutic agents for EoE and beyond.
Education
B.S. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2000Ph.D. (Microbiology and Immunology), University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2009
M.D. (Medicine), Ross University School of Medicine, 2012
Professional Experience
1/2025 - present, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Department of Immunulogy and Microbiology, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA08/2021 - present, Gastroenterologist, Attending Physician, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
12/2020 - 2024, Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA
12/2016 - 09/2021, Visiting Scholar, Allergy & Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
07/2018 - 06/2021, Clinical Fellow, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
06/2014 - 06/2018, Medical Resident, Internal Medicine/ABIM Physician-Scientist Pathway, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
08/2012 - 06/2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunopathology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Awards & Professional Activities
2023 Excellence in Research Mentoring Award2022 Top 10%, National Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Key Metrics
2022 Ruben F Gittes MD Memorial Honorary Lectureship
2021 Physician-Scientist Award, Scripps Clinic Medical Group
2020 Ruben Gittes MD Department of Medicine Chairman's Excellence in Research Award
2019 American College of Gastroenterology Radhika Srinivasan Research Award
2019 Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, Scripps Clinic / Scripps Green Hospital
2019 Ruben Gittes MD Department of Medicine Chairman's Excellence in Research Award
2018 Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR) Scholar
2017 The Charles & Virginia Feld Award for Humanism in Medicine, Scripps Green Hospital
2015 Finalist, American College of Physicians National Research Competition
2013 Young Investigator Award, Johns Hopkins University Pathology
2012 Finalist, American College of Physicians National Med Student Research Competition
2010 Translational Graduate Research Award, Univ of Maryland
2008 Ollie Eylar Award - Outstanding Senior Graduate Student, Univ of Maryland
2009 1st Prize - 31st Annual Graduate Research Conference, Univ of Maryland
2008 Young Investigator Award, International Endotoxin & Innate Immunity Society
1996 John J. Leidy Foundation Scholar
1996 Honors College Scholar
Selected Publications
Nhu, Quan M.; Hsieh, Lance; Dohil, Lucas; Dohil, Ranjan; Newbury, R O.; Kurten, Richard; Moawad, Fouad J.; Aceves, Seema S S. Antifibrotic Effects of the Thiazolidinediones in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Pathologic Remodeling: A Preclinical Evaluation. 2020, 11, e00164.
Nhu, Quan M.; Aceves, Seema S S. Current state of biologics in treating eosinophilic esophagitis. 2023, 130, 15-20.
Nhu, Quan M.; Moawad, Fouad J. New Developments in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis. 2019, 17, 48-62.
Nhu, Quan M.; Chiao, Hellen; Moawad, Fouad J.; Bao, Fei; Konijeti, Gauree G G. The Anti-a4ß7 Integrin Therapeutic Antibody for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Vedolizumab, Ameliorates Eosinophilic Esophagitis: a Novel Clinical Observation. The American journal of gastroenterology 2018, 113, 1261-1263.
Nhu, Quan M.; Aceves, Seema S S. Medical and dietary management of eosinophilic esophagitis. 2018, 121, 156-161.
Nhu, Quan M.; Aceves, Seema S S. Tissue Remodeling in Chronic Eosinophilic Esophageal Inflammation: Parallels in Asthma and Therapeutic Perspectives. 2017, 4, 128.