Positions
Associate Professor
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Department:
- Medicine
- Classification:
- Faculty
Education
- MD, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2014
- MS, Georgetown University, 2010
- BS, Washington & Lee University, 2009
Publications
Journal Articles
2024 Agrawal R, Maan S, Mendez A, Haffar M, Cohen EM, Ayowumi AA, Krafft M, Thakkar S, Singh
S. Safety and efficacy of lumen-apposing metal stents for management of late refractory
gastro-jejunal strictures in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (with video). Digestive
Diseases and Sciences. 2024; Nov 2. doi: 10.1007/s10620-024-08707-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID:
39487907.
2023 Tyberg A, Duarte-Chavez R, Shahid HM, Sarkar A, Simon A, Shah-Khan SM, Gaidhane M,
Mohammad TF, Nosher J, Wise SS, Needham V, Kheng M, Lajin M, Sojitra B, Wey B, Dorwat S, Raina H,
Ansari J, Gandhi A, Bapaye A, Shah-Khan SM, Krafft MR, Thakkar S, Singh S, Bane JR, Nasr JY, Lee
DP, Kedia P, Arevalo-Mora M, Del Valle RS, Robles-Medranda C, Puga-Tejada M, Vanella G, Ardengh JC,
Bilal M, Giuseppe D, Arcidiacono PG, Kahaleh M. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage
versus percutaneous drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis undergoing elective
cholecystectomy. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2023; 14(6): e00593.
2023 Kedia P, Shah-Khan S, Tyberg A, Gaidhane M, Sarkar A, Shahid H, Zhao E, Thakkar S, Winkie
M, Krafft M, Singh S, Zolotarevsky E, Barber J, Zolotarevsky M, Greenberg I, Eke D, Lee D, Gress F,
Andalib I, Bills G, Carey P, Gabr M, Lajin M, Vazquez-Sequeiros E, Pleskow D, Mehta N, Schulman A,
Kwon R, Platt K, Nasr J, Kahaleh M. Endoscopic ultrasound-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE): A
multicenter US study on long-term follow-up and fistula closure. Endosc Int Open. 2023; 11(5):
E529-E537.
2022 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. 2022; 67(6): 2337-2346.
2021 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.
2021 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.
2020 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.
2019 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.
2019 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.
2012 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.
Book Chapters
2024 Bilal M, Krafft MR, Freeman ML. (2024). Adverse Events of ERCP: Prediction, Prevention,
and Management. In TH Baron, DL Carr-Locke, RA Kozarek, DN Reddy (Eds.), ERCP: Fourth Edition. (pp.
67 – 77). Elsevier.
2024 Krafft MR, Guda NM, Freeman ML. (In press). Adverse Events of ERCP. In LS Lee (Ed.), ERCP
and EUS: A Case-Based Approach, 2nd edition. Springer.
Review Articles
2019 Krafft M, Nasr J. Anterograde endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage: A
technical review. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2019; 64(7): 1770-1781.
2018 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.
2016 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.
Invited Editorial
2021 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.
Case Reports
2023 Hathaway QA, Lakhani DA, Balar AB, Santiago SP, Krafft MR, Zitun M, Schmidt CR, Smith KT,
Kim C. Distal cholangiocarcinoma: Case report and brief review of the literature. Radiol Case Rep.
2022; 18(2): 423-429.
2022 Abdallah MA, Freeman ML, Amateau SK, Krafft MR. Quadruple, 4-segment, triple sector
“Y-shaped stents” in complex hilar cholangiocarcinoma after cholangitis from plastic stents.
VideoGIE. 2022;7(1): 38- 41.
2021 Graves M, Krafft M, Nasr J. EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy creation using a biliary
fully covered self-expanding metal stent after maldeployment of lumen-apposing metal stent.
VideoGIE. 2021; 6(5): 234- 235.
2020 Shah-Khan SM, Krafft MR, Nasr JY. An unusual finding during EUS-guided gallbladder
drainage. Gastroenterology. 2020; 159(1): e12-e13.
2020 Shah-Khan SM, Krafft MR, Tabone L, Nasr JY. Cutting the gastric septum between 2
gastrojejunal openings to manage refractory gastrojejunal stenosis in a bariatric surgery patient.
VideoGIE. 2020; 5(7): 283–285.
2019 Kochar T, Krafft M, Gayam S. Esophageal Crohn’s disease unresponsive to glucocorticoids-
A rare presentation. ACG Case Reports Journal. 2019; 6(4): 1-2.
Abstracts
2024 Scott A, Hageboeck K, Fang W, Singh S, Thakkar S, Amateau S, Krafft M. PEG + PEJ versus
PEG-J for gastric decompression and post-pyloric feeding: A dual-center retrospective study. In:
Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024; 99(6S), Supplement page
AB1145.
2024 Singh S, Maan S, Hadi Y, Cohen E, Adekolu A, Zitun M, Agrawal R, Markovich B, Krafft M,
Thakkar S. A randomized control trial comparing the migration rate and cost-effectiveness of fully covered
esophageal stents with and without endoscopic suture fixation. In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
2024. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024; 99(6S), Supplement page AB990.
2024 Boortalary T, Tran T, McDonald N, Kahaleh M, Tyberg A, Shahid H, Sarkar A, Pawa R, Pawa
S, Ventura F, Cohen E, Krafft M, Thakkar S, Singh S, Nasr J, Nimri F, Zuchelli T, Dang D, Piraka C,
Hassan K, Sharaiha R, Kumar A, Schlachterman A, Kowalski T, Kamal F. Success of different closure
modalities of gastro-gastric or jejunal-gastric fistula closure and non-closure after EDGI. In:
Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024; 99(6S), Supplement page AB884.
2024 McDonald N, Gouda Z, Boortalary T, Cohen E, Thakkar S, Singh S, Krafft M, Ferrante N,
Amin S, Kahaleh M, Tyberg A, Shahid H, Sarkar A, Jamali T, Zuchelli T, Piraka C, Rizzatti G, Larghi
A, Kumta N, Ladd AM, Alsamman A, Kedia P, Chiang A, Kumar A, Schlachterman A, Kamal F, Kowalski T.
Does lumen apposing metal stent (LAMS) dilation after impact efficacy and outcomes of endoscopic
ultrasound guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE). In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024; 99(6S), Supplement page AB822.
2024 McDonald N, Gouda Z, Boortalary T, Kahaleh M, Tyberg A, Shahid H, Sarkar A, Kedia P,
Adekolu A, Singh S, Krafft M, Thakkar S, Kamal F, Schlachterman A, Kumar A, Kowalski T. Long-term
follow-up in patients with and without gallbladder LAMS removal. In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
2024. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024; 99(6S), Supplement page AB913.
2023 Krishnan A, Diab K, Khan A, Zitun M, Shah-Khan SM, Hadi Y, Krafft MR, Singh S, Thakkar S.
Endoscopic full-thickness resection of colorectal lesions with full-thickness resection device: A
single referral center experience. In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy. 2023; 97(6S), Supplement page AB537 – AB538.
2021 Kihara M, Odusanya S, Ibrahim S, Kabbur G, Luengas, Li S, Krafft M, Wise E, Dutta N.
Nutritional deficiency after Roux-en-Y gastic bypass can lead to dermatitis, hypercoagulability,
and severe immunodeficiency: A case report. In: American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual
Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course 2021. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2021; 116,
pS1210.
2021 Tyberg A, Ventre S, Abdelqader A, Sarkar A, Shahid HM, Gjeorgjievski M, Gaidhane M, Nasr
JY, Graves M, Krafft MR, Armellini E, Lee DP, Tarnasky PR, Kedia P, Tejedor-Tejada J, Patel J,
Nieto J, Kahaleh M. Curative surgery after EUS-guided biliary drainage: An international multicenter
feasibility study. Oral Presentation In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2021. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy. 2021; 93(6S), Supplement page AB266.
2020 Krafft MR, Lorenze A, Fang W, Nasr JY. “Innocent as a LAMS.” Does spontaneous
gastrogastric/jejunogastric fistula closure (healing by secondary intention), after EUS-directed
transgastric ERCP (EDGE) via 20-mm LAMS, confer an increased risk of persistent fistula and
unintentional weight gain? In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2020. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2020;
91(5S), Supplement page AB297.
2020 Krafft MR, Shah-Khan SM, Fang W, Nasr JY. “Ahhh, this interval is just right!” The Story
of EDGE and the Three Intervals. Can a shortened (several day) interval between
EUS-gastrogastrostomy and transgastric ERCP mitigate the risk of stent (LAMS) dislodgment while
facilitating a timely ERCP? In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2020. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
2020; 91(5S), Supplement page AB328.
2020 Shah-Khan SM, Krafft MR, Abdelqader A, Fang W, Nasr JY. Time to resolution of walled-off
necrosis in patients undergoing EUS-guided drainage (using 15-mm vs 20-mm LAMS) with PRN
necrosectomy: A single-center experience. In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2020. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy. 2020; 91(5S), Supplement pages AB203-AB204.
2020 David YN, Kakked G, Dixon RE, Confer B, Shah RN, Khara HS, Diehl DL, Krafft MR, Shah-Khan
SM, Nasr JY, Benias PC, Trindade AJ, Muniraj T, Aslanian HR, Chahal P, Rodriguez J, Adler DG,
Dubroff J, DeLatour R, Tzimas D, Khanna L, Haber GB, Goodman AJ, Hoerter NA, Pandey N, Bakhit M,
Kowalski TE, Loren DE, Chiang AL, Schlachterman A, Nieto J, Deshmukh AA, Ichkhanian Y, El Halabi M,
Khashab MA, Kwon R, Prabhu A, Hernandez A, Storm AC, Levy MJ, Miller CS, Berzin TM, Kushnir V,
Cosgrove N, Mullady D, Al-Shahrani A, Rolston V, D'Souza L, Buscaglia JM, Bucobo JC, Kedia P,
Kasmin F, Nagula S, Kumta NA, DiMaio CJ. Endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-
GB) with lumen apposing metal stents (LAMS) in patients with acute cholecystitis has excellent
long- term outcomes: A large, multicenter U.S. study. In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2020.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2020; 91(5S), Supplement page AB298.
2020 David YN, Kakked G, Dixon RE, Nieto J, Deshmukh AA, Krafft MR, Shah-Khan SM, Nasr JY,
Trindade AJ, Hoerter NA, Khanna L, Tzimas D, Kedia P, Kumbhari V, Itani MI, Farha J, Chapman CG,
Kasmin F, Gress FG, Nagula S, Greenwald DA, DiMaio CJ, Waye JD, Kumta NA. Endoscopic ultrasound
guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) with lumen apposing metal stents for malignant biliary
obstruction: A multicenter North American experience. In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2020.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2020; 91(5S), Supplement page AB311.
2019 Krafft MR, Hsueh W, Nasr J. Anterograde endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct
drainage: An effective salvage procedure for pancreatic ductal obstruction. In: Digestive Disease
Week (DDW) 2019; 2019 May 18-21; San Diego, CA. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2019; 89(6S),
Supplement pages AB586- AB587.
2019 Hsueh W, Krafft MR, Abdelqader A, Nasr J. EUS-directed transgastric ERCP with 20 mm
lumen- apposing metal stents in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, are we closer to
perfection? In: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2019; 2019 May 18-21; San Diego, CA. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy. 2019; 89(6S), Supplement page AB297.
2015 Krafft M, Guilfoose J. A rare case of Aspergillus empyema thoracis complicating chronic
pulmonary aspergillosis [abstract]. In: Annual meeting of 2015 American College of Physicians, West
Virginia Chapter Meeting; 2015 Oct.; Roanoke, WV.
2013 Krafft M, Ertle J, Kittai A, Vermani S, Davis J, Anderson B, McMullan S, Borum M.
Multiple abdominal CT scans may result in excess radiation exposure in some patients with
inflammatory bowel disease [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's &
Colitis Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14; Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory
Bowel Diseases. 2013; 19(Supplement 1): S64.
2013 Ertle J, Krafft M, Anderson B, Davis J, Kittai A, Vermani S, McMullan S, Borum M. Excess
abdominal CT scans may be performed in some inflammatory bowel disease patients due to
multi-specialty involvement in management [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14;
Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2013; 19 (Supplement 1): S67.
2013 Anderson B, Ertle J, Krafft M, Davis J, Kittai A, McMullan S, Vermani S, Borum, M.
Geriatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease do not require more laboratory testing than
younger patients [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14; Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases. 2013; 19(Supplement 1): S66.
2013 Anderson B, Ertle J, Krafft M, Kittai A, McMullan S, Vermani S, Davis J, Borum M.
Laboratory testing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease increases after the initial
diagnostic period [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14; Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases. 2013; 19 (Supplement 1): S66.
2013 Ertle J, Anderson B, Chandler M, Krafft M, McMullan S, Vermani S, Davis J, Kittai A,
Borum M. Gastroenterologist laboratory testing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease does not
increase linearly by decade [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's &
Colitis Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14; Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory
Bowel Diseases. 2013; 19 (Supplement 1): S66.
2013 Davis J, Kittai A, Al Jaser W, Anderson B, Ertle J, Krafft M, Vermani S, McMullan S,
Borum M. Women with inflammatory bowel disease have increased radiation risk due to abdominal
imaging [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14; Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases. 2013; 19 (Supplement 1): S68.
2013 Kittai A, Davis J, Vermani S, McMullan S, Ertle J, Anderson B, Krafft M, Borum M.
Geriatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease receive more imaging studies than younger
patients with inflammatory bowel disease [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14;
Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2013; 19 (Supplement 1): S64.
2013 Davis J, Al Jaser W, Kittai A, Vermani S, McMullan S, Anderson B, Ertle J, Krafft M,
Borum M. African Americans with inflammatory bowel disease undergo more abdominal CT scans than
Caucasians [abstract]. In: 2013 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation's Clinical & Research Conference; 2013 Dec. 12-14; Hollywood, FL. Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases. 2013; 19 (Supplement 1): S67.
Awards
2023 Dr. John Shamma'a Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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