Nathalie Nguyen, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (2011)
Undergraduate School
  • BA/BS, University of Texas–Austin (TX) (2007)
Internship
  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas/University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Program (2012)
Residency
  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas/University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Program, Pediatrics (2014)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Pediatric Gastroenterology (2017)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Professional Titles

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Recognitions

  • Resident Research Award, UT Southwestern/ Children's Medical Center (2014)
  • APFED Outstanding Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Abstract Award, American Partnership for Eosinophilic Diseases (2016)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Research Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics (2013)
  • Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Fellowship Grant, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2014)
  • Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Fellowship Grant, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2015)

Research Interests

My research interests are in eosinophilic esophagitis and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/16a4jvBi9gv5u/bibliography/48276389/public/?sort=date&direction=descending

Publications

  • Nguyen N, Kramer RE, Friedlander JA. Videocapsule Endoscopy Identifies Small Bowel Lesions in Patients With Eosinophilic Enteritis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28870663
  • Nguyen N, Fernando SD, Biette KA, Hammer JA, Capocelli KE, Kitzenberg DA, Glover LE, Colgan SP, Furuta GT, Masterson JC. TGF-ß1 alters esophageal epithelial barrier function by attenuation of claudin-7 in eosinophilic esophagitis. Mucosal Immunol. 2017 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28832026
  • Hall CHT, Nguyen N, Furuta GT, Prager J, Deboer E, Deterding R, Menard-Katcher C, Capocelli KE, Kramer RE, Friedlander JA. Unsedated in Office Transgastrostomy Esophagoscopy (TGE) to Monitor Therapy in Pediatric Esophageal Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28505050
  • Nguyen N, Furuta GT. Chapter 411: Allergic and Eosinophilic Gastoenteropathies. In: Kline MW, ed. Rudolph’s Pediatrics. 23rd Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • Wright BL, Nguyen N, Shim KP, Masterson JC, Jacobson EA, Ochkur SI, Lee JJ, Furuta GT. Increased GATA-3 and T-bet Expression in Eosinophilic Esophagitis is Comparable to Proton Pump Inhibitor- Responsive Esophageal Eosinophilia in Contrast to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Under Review.
  • Nguyen N, Furuta GT. Chapter 411: Allergic and Eosinophilic Gastoenteropathies. In: Kline MW, ed. Rudolph’s Pediatrics. 23rd Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2018.
  • Lee K, Furuta GT, Nguyen N. Eosinophilic Esophagitis Is an Underlying Cause for Gastrointestinal Concerns in Children. Front Pediatr. 2018;6:113. PubMed PMID: 29780792
  • Wright BL, Nguyen N, Shim KP, Masterson JC, Jacobsen EA, Ochkur SI, Lee JJ, Furuta GT. Increased GATA-3 and T-bet expression in eosinophilic esophagitis versus gastroesophageal reflux disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 May;141(5):1919-1921.e5. PubMed PMID: 29374572
  • Nguyen N, Kramer RE, Friedlander JA. Videocapsule Endoscopy Identifies Small Bowel Lesions in Patients With Eosinophilic Enteritis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jun;16(6):e64-e65. PubMed PMID: 28870663
  • Mark JA, Nguyen N, Rosenwald K, Brumbaugh DE, Kramer RE. Retrieval of 28 Rare Earth Magnets From the Small Bowel With Antegrade Single Balloon Enteroscopy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Nov;67(5):e105. PubMed PMID: 30063583
  • Nguyen N, Baumgarten A, Wright BL, Capocelli KE, Pan Z, Lee JJ, Furuta GT, Masterson JC. Histologic similarities in children with eosinophilic esophagitis and proton pump inhibitor-responsive esophageal eosinophilia. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30445056
  • Kim DY, Furuta GT, Nguyen N, Inage E, Masterson JC. Epithelial Claudin Proteins and their Role in Gastrointestinal Diseases. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. Accepted for Publication. 2018 Dec.
  • Hall CHT, Nguyen N, Furuta GT, Prager J, Deboer E, Deterding R, Menard-Katcher C, Capocelli KE, Kramer RE, Friedlander JA. Unsedated In-office Transgastrostomy Esophagoscopy to Monitor Therapy in Pediatric Esophageal Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Jan;66(1):33-36. PubMed PMID: 28505050
  • Masterson JC, Biette KA, Hammer JA, Nguyen N, Capocelli KE, Saeedi BJ, Harris RF, Fernando SD, Hosford LB, Kelly CJ, Campbell EL, Ehrentraut SF, Ahmed FN, Nakagawa H, Lee JJ, McNamee EN, Glover LE, Colgan SP, Furuta GT. Epithelial HIF-1a/claudin-1 axis regulates barrier dysfunction in eosinophilic esophagitis. J Clin Invest. 2019 Jul 2;129(8):3224-3235. PubMed PMID: 31264974
  • Nguyen N, Lavery WJ, Capocelli KE, Smith C, DeBoer EM, Deterding R, Prager JD, Leinwand K, Kobak GE, Kramer RE, Menard-Katcher C, Furuta GT, Atkins D, Fleischer D, Greenhawt M, Friedlander JA. Transnasal Endoscopy in Unsedated Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Using Virtual Reality Video Goggles. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Nov;17(12):2455-2462. PubMed PMID: 30708107
  • Nguyen N, Baumgarten A, Wright BL, Capocelli KE, Pan Z, Lee JJ, Furuta GT, Masterson JC. Histologic similarities in children with eosinophilic esophagitis and proton pump inhibitor-responsive esophageal eosinophilia. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Mar;143(3):1237-1240.e2. PubMed PMID: 30445056
  • Kim DY, Furuta GT, Nguyen N, Inage E, Masterson JC. Epithelial Claudin Proteins and Their Role in Gastrointestinal Diseases. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 May;68(5):611-614. PubMed PMID: 30724794
  • Nguyen N, Hayes K, Fenton L, Furuta GT, Menard-Katcher C. Case Series: Role of Pill Esophagram to Identify Pediatric Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Amenable to Therapeutic Dilation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 Oct;71(4):530-532. PubMed PMID: 32960542
  • Smith C, Prager J, Deterding, DeBoer E, Nguyen N, Menard-Katcher C, Furuta GT, Kramer R, Zhaoxing P, Friedlander J. Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy in Children: Improving Efficiency. Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Chicago, IL. October 2019.
  • Nistel M, Nguyen N, Atkins D, Miyazawa H, Burger C, Furuta GT, Menard-Katcher C. Ciclesonide Impacts Clinicopathological Features of Eosinophilic Esophagitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Jul 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34293498
  • Friedlander JA, Fleischer DM, Black JO, Levy M, Rothenberg ME, Smith C, Nguyen N, Pan Z, Furuta GT. Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy with virtual reality distraction enables earlier monitoring of dietary therapy in eosinophilic esophagitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Sep;9(9):3494-3496. PubMed PMID: 34224927
  • Nguyen N, Kramer RE, Menard-Katcher C. Endoscopy in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Front Pediatr. 2021;9:713027. PubMed PMID: 34504816
  • Howell S, Buchanan C, Davis SM, Miyazawa H, Furuta GT, Tartaglia NR, Nguyen N. Eosinophilic esophagitis in individuals with sex chromosome aneuploidies: Clinical presentations and management implications. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2021 Nov 5;:e1833. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34738344
  • Howell S, Buchanan C, Davis SM, Miyazawa H, Furuta GT, Tartaglia NR, Nguyen N. Eosinophilic esophagitis in individuals with sex chromosome aneuploidies: Clinical presentations and management implications. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2021 Dec;9(12):e1833. PubMed PMID: 34738344
  • Nguyen N, Mark J, Furuta GT. Here and Now: Emerging Role of Transnasal Endoscopy in Children and Adults. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Accepted for publication. November 2021.
  • Nguyen N, Mark J, Furuta GT. Emerging Role of Transnasal Endoscopy in Children and Adults. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Mar;20(3):501-504. PubMed PMID: 34921762
  • Nguyen N, Mark J, Furuta GT. Reply: Seeing is Believing. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35378294
  • Burger C, Nguyen N. Chapter 43: Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis. In McNally, P ed. Gastrointestinal / Liver Secrets. 6th Edition. Elsevier. 2022.
  • Venkatesh R, Leinwand, Nguyen N. Pediatric Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics. 2022.
  • Bailey D, Nguyen N, Mukkada V. Allergic Gastroenteropathies and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases. In: Kline MW, ed. Rudolph’s Pediatrics. 24th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2022.
  • Sowa LE, Stillwell PC, Houin PR, Nguyen N, Prager JD, Wine T, Teynor NJ, Meier M, Hanson RB, Francom C, Gitomer SA. Prophylactic inhaled corticosteroids for the management of recurrent croup. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Jul;170:111600. PubMed PMID: 37201337
  • Venkatesh RD, Leinwand K, Nguyen N. Pediatric Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2023 Apr;33(2):309-321. PubMed PMID: 36948748
  • Bauer M, Atkins D, Nguyen N. A case of food and aeroallergen sublingual immunotherapy inducing eosinophilic esophagitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2023 Aug;2(3):100125. PubMed PMID: 37779515
  • Friedlander JA, Smith C, Nguyen N, Mark J, Prager J, DeBoer E, Deterding R, Belkind-Gerson J. Functional Endoscopic Esophageal Evaluation of Swallowing (FEEES) using Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. December 2023.
  • Nguyen N, Burger C, Skirka S, White S, Smith M, Menard-Katcher C, Furuta GT, Mehta P. One Year Into Dupilumab: Physician and Patient Experiences in Initiating Dupilumab for Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Oct 1;77(4):536-539. PubMed PMID: 37491718
  • Joseph M, Nguyen N, Wiersch J, Mark JA. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Removal of an Unusual Paraesophageal Foreign Body Through the Esophageal Wall. Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37815207
  • Bauer M, Nguyen N, Liacouras C. Clinical Evaluation of the Child with Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Immunology & Allergy Clinics. Accepted October 2023.
  • Friedlander J, Leinwand K, Bhardwaj V, Nguyen N. A Guide on Trasnasal Endoscopy: Setting up a Pediatric Unsedated Endoscopy Program. Front Pediatr. December 2023.
  • Joseph M, Corrado M, Odiase E, Friedlander JA, Smith C, Nguyen N. Sedation-Free Transnasal Esophagoscopy to Evaluate and Monitor Esophageal Diseases in Children with Esophageal Atresia-Tracheoesophageal Fistula. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr Reports. December 2023.
  • Burger C, Nguyen N. Chapter 43: Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis. In McNally, P ed. Gastrointestinal / Liver Secrets. 6th Edition. Elsevier. 2023.
  • Bailey D, Nguyen N, Mukkada V. Allergic Gastroenteropathies and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases. In: Rudolph’s Pediatrics. 24e Ed. Mark W. Kline. McGraw-Hill. 2023.
  • Nguyen N. Eosinophilic Esophagitis. In: Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics, 27e Eds. Maya Bunik, et al. MgGraw Hill. Accepted for publication 2023.
  • Quinn L, Furuta GT, Nguyen N. Chapter 16: Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders. In: Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition. 2e Eds. Stefano Guandalini, Ankur Chugh. McGraw Hill. 2023.

Professional Memberships

  • North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Member
  • American Gastroenterological Association, Member
  • International Eosinophil Society, Member
  • American Parternship for Eosinophilic Disorders, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification (2014, 2014)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology, Board Certification (2017, 2017)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Certificate (2017)
Clinical Interests
My clinical interests include esophageal diseases, Transnasal Endoscopy/ Esophagoscopy (TNE), Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), eosinophilic gastritis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, eosinophilic enteritis, eosinophilic colitis, general gastrointestinal diseases. I perform unsedated transnasal endoscopy/ esophagoscopy (TNE) which is where we are able to do endoscopy without general anesthesia in children. The Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Disease Program (GEDP) provides individualized multi-disciplinary care for patients and families with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases.

Care Philosophy
I hope to improve the lives of children with gastrointestinal diseases, with a particular interest in esophageal diseases, eosinophilic esophagitis and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, transnasal endoscopy/ esophagoscopy (TNE) through patient-oriented, multi-disciplinary care and research.

Personal Interests
I enjoy hiking, running, cycling, and traveling

Public Speaking
Yes
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases, Eosinophilic Esophagitis