Bio
Dr. Loganantharaj completed her undergraduate training at the University of Texas
in Austin. She then completed her M.D. and residency in Internal Medicine at LSUHSC
in New Orleans in 2018. She completed her Gastroenterology Fellowship training at
LSUHSC in New Orleans in 2021. She obtained additional inflammatory bowel disease
training by attending multiple IBD conferences and focusing on IBD in her third year
of fellowship. She joined the LSU Health Science faculty as Assistant Professor in
the Department of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology and as the Director of Inflammatory
Bowel Disease. She has organized Women in Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel
Disease conferences with nationally known speakers that were well attended by healthcare
providers from the Gulf Coast. She has served as a reviewer for multiple publications
for the American Journal of Gastroenterology and Crohn's and Colitis 360 Journal.
She has been chosen to be part of the IBD-REACH committee for 2024-2028 and was selected
to be an AIBD ambassador for 2024-2026. She is part of the IUSCAN Committee Group
and is working towards implementing intestinal ultrasound in the LSU IBD clinic.
Education
Undergraduate:
B.S. in Neuroscience
University of Texas
Medical:
M.D.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Residency:
Internal Medicine
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Fellowship:
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics
University Medical Center
Publications
Mendoza AE, Wong A, Loganantharaj N, Marr A, Charles AG. Splenic abscess and infarct
concealing pancreatic cancer. Am Surg. 2015 Jun; 81 (6): E240-1. Cited in PubMed;
PMID: 26031252.
Falgout L, Kailas S, Sridhar S, Loganantharaj N. A Rare Cause of Diarrhea: Intestinal
Spirochetosis in an HIV-Positive Patient. ACG Case Rep J. 2023 Sep 23;10(9):e01148.
PMID: 37753098. Publication Status: Published
Bommireddipally, J, Broussard, K, Osman, H, Uhlhorn, A, Loganantharaj, N. A Rare Case
of concurrent Vulvar Crohn’s Disease and Pyoderma Gangrenosum. J Gastroenterol Hepatol.
2023. PMID: 38030955. Publication Status: Published.
Research
Title: Food Insecurity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Study
Dates: 2021-present
IRB #1657 Food Insecurity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease; IRB currently closed
Role: PI
This is a study to identify food security status in our sample population and assess
relationship between food insecurity and IBD severity in patients from IBD clinic
in the last two years.
