Matthew "Skip" Krafft, MD

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2014
• MS, Georgetown University, 2010
• BS, Washington & Lee University, 2009

2019 – 2020 Chief Fellow, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Training Program
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology  

2014 Mark Millen Memorial Award (Rheumatology)
George Washington University School of Medicine

2011 Health Services Scholarship
George Washington University School of Medicine

 

Krafft MR, Lorenze A, Croglio MP, Fang W, Baron TH, Nasr JY. “Innocent as a LAMS.” Does spontaneous fistula closure (secondary intention), after EUS-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE) via 20-mm lumen-apposing metal stent, confer an increased risk of persistent fistula and unintentional weight gain? Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021. doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-07003-4. Online ahead of print.

Krafft MR, Freeman ML. Precut biliary sphincterotomy in ERCP: Don’t reach for the needle-knife quite so fast! Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2021; 93(3): 594-596.

Runge TM, Chiang AL, Kowalski TE, James TW, Baron TH, Nieto J, Diehl D, Krafft MR, Nasr JY, Kumar V, Khara HS, Irani S, Patel A, Law R, Loren D, Schlachterman A, Hsueh W, Confer B, Stevens T, Chahal P, Al-Haddad M, Faisal MF, Pleskow D, Huggett M, Paranandi B, Trindade A, Brewer-Gutierrez OI, Ichkhanian Y, Dbouk M, Kumbhari V, Khashab MA. EUS-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE): A retrospective, multicenter study. Endoscopy. 2021; 53(6): 611-618.

Krafft MR, Fang W, Nasr JY. Shortened-interval dual-session EDGE reduces the risk of LAMS dislodgement while facilitating timely ERCP. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021; 66(8): 2776-2785.

Krafft MR, Croglio MP, James TW, Baron TH, Nasr JY. Endoscopic endgame for obstructive pancreatopathy: Outcomes of anterograde endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage: A dual-center study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2020; 92(5): 1055-1066.

Krafft MR, Hsueh W, James TW, Runge TM, Baron TH, Khashab MA, Irani SS, Nasr JY. The EDGI new take on EDGE: EUS-directed transgastric intervention (EDGI), other than ERCP, for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass anatomy: A multicenter study. Endoscopy International Open. 2019; 7(10): E1231-E1240.

James TW, Krafft MR, Croglio MP, Nasr J, Baron TH. EUS-guided gallbladder drainage in patients with cirrhosis: Results of a multicenter retrospective study. Endoscopy International Open. 2019; 7(9): E1099-E1104.

Krafft M, Nasr J. Anterograde endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage: A technical review. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2019; 64(7): 1770-1781.

Priyanka P, Kupec JT, Krafft M, Shah NA, Reynolds GJ. Newer oral anticoagulants in the treatment of acute portal vein thrombosis in patients with and without cirrhosis. International Journal of Hepatology. 2018; 2018: Article ID 8432781.

Krafft MR, Williams HJ, Amin OS, Reynolds GJ. Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with gastric metastasis: A case report and literature review. Journal of Digestive Diseases and Hepatology. 2016; 2016(4): JDDH-117.

Lee KC, Li C, Schneider EB, Wang Y, Somervell H, Krafft M, Umbricht CB, Zeiger MA. Is BRAF mutation associated with lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer? Surgery. 2012; 152(6): 977-83.

Medical Specialties

• Gastroenterology

Board Certifications

• Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Training

• Fellowship, Advanced Endoscopy (ERCP/EUS)
  University of Minnesota Medical Center, Division Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2021
• Fellowship, Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 2020
• Residency, Internal Medicine
  West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 2017