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

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.

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