Jaya Vasudevan, MD

GI Fellow - PGY5

Personal Statement:

What are your hobbies and favorite activities outside of medicine?

Hiking, national parks, traveling, long dinners with friends, reading/listening to audiobooks, watching TV, and lazing about with the husband and dog.

What do you like about San Antonio, or what are you most excited to experience in San Antonio?

I’m most excited to explore the excellent food scene here, as well as checking out the parks/trails (I currently have my eye on the Mission Trails). As a native of the Northeast, I’m also looking forward to training in the year-round sunny weather!

Why would you recommend UTHSA GI Fellowship?

I knew UT Health San Antonio to be a well-established institution that serves a large and diverse patient population, while providing strong, well rounded clinical training in multiple GI specialties. What made this program stand out to me was the warmth and camaraderie that emanated from the faculty and fellows during my interview. Being able to train at an impressive institution with equally impressive (and kind) individuals had me sold!

Hometown:

Havertown, Pennsylvania

Education

Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin’s Internal Medicine Residency Program
Chief Residency in Quality and Safety (CRQS), Central Texas VA System Austin OP Clinic
Medical School: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kerala India

Publications

J Vasudevan MD, D Larson MS RD LD, J Damianos MD, C Shori Bi, C DiVincenzo RD, Y Ishola MBBS, J Gaidos MD, M Burgermaster PhD, L Feagins MD. Dietary Fiber Intake Associated with Reduced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity. Digestive Diseases Week International Conference, May 2023.
Vasudevan, J., & Feagins, L. A. “Should You Feed Patients Admitted for IBD Flares?” The Hospitalist 27(1), January 2023, 17-19.
Vasudevan, J, and Feagins L. “Optimizing Nutrition to Enhance the Treatment of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Gastroenterology & Hepatology 18.2 (2022).
J Vasudevan MD, B Dhother, P Guzik DO, L Feagins MD. Early Corticosteroid Treatment for Patients Requiring Hospitalization for Acute IBD Exacerbations Prior to C. difficile Likely Safe. American College of Gastroenterology National Conference, October 2021.
J Vasudevan MD, B Dhother, P Guzik DO, L Feagins MD. Hold the Steroids: More Aggressive Assessment of Crohn’s Disease Activity for Inpatients Should Empower Providers to Reduce Outpatient Corticosteroid Use. American College of Gastroenterology National Conference, October 2021.
B Dhother, J Vasudevan MD, P Guzik DO, L Feagins MD. More Scopes, Less ‘Roids: More Aggressive Assessment of Ulcerative Colitis Activity for Inpatients Likely to Reduce Outpatient Corticosteroid Use. American College of Gastroenterology National Conference, October 2021.