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Edwin McDonald

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMedicine-Gastroenterology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Edwin K. McDonald IV, MD, is dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities through nutrition education. He works with patients with small bowel diseases, obesity and other conditions affecting the digestive system.

    Dr. McDonald's interest in the effects of nutrition on health and disease stem from his experience with Project Brotherhood — an innovative clinic dedicated to providing accessible, affordable care for black men on Chicago's South Side. While training barbers to serve as health educators, he became keenly aware of the impact of social determinants of health, including the role of nutrition. In 2012, Dr. McDonald received a certificate in professional cookery from Kendall College School of Culinary Arts.

    Dr. McDonald also is an active researcher. He recently investigated the effects of vitamin deficiency in patients requiring parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) and studied the usefulness of fecal calprotectin in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. He also created a web-based mobile program to assess the utility of applications in managing inpatient hepatology patients. Dr. McDonald's work has been funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

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    1. Lin JC, Lin JC, Zhao J, Holt EG, McDonald EK, Moleski SM. Expanding Nutrition Training in Gastroenterology: A Call to Action. Gastroenterology. 2025 May 29. PMID: 40449757.
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    2. Modi R, Hakimian D, McDonald E. Incidental Discovery of Duodenal Kaposi Sarcoma. Gastro Hep Adv. 2025; 4(4):100598. PMID: 39996245; PMCID: PMC11849061.
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    3. Hakimian D, Wall E, Herlitz J, Lozano ES, McDonald E, Semrad C, Micic D. Parenteral fish oil lipid emulsion use in adults: a case series and review from an intestinal failure referral center. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2024 Sep; 78(9):796-800. PMID: 38886536.
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    4. Temelkova S, Lofton S, Lo E, Wise J, McDonald EK. Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention. Nutrients. 2024 Mar 27; 16(7). PMID: 38612994; PMCID: PMC11013884.
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    5. Velasquez DA, Dhiman A, Brottman C, Eng OS, Fenton E, Herlitz J, Lozano E, McDonald E, Reynolds V, Wall E, Whitridge J, Semrad C, Turaga K, Micic D. Outcomes of parenteral nutrition in patients with advanced cancer and malignant bowel obstruction. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Mar 04; 32(3):206. PMID: 38433169.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Velasquez DA, Dhiman A, Brottman C, Eng OS, Fenton E, Herlitz J, Lozano E, McDonald E, Reynolds V, Wall E, Whitridge J, Semrad C, Turaga K, Micic D. Outcomes of parenteral nutrition in patients with advanced cancer and malignant bowel obstruction. Res Sq. 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 38014195; PMCID: PMC10680932.
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    7. Estime SR, McDonald EK, Twiss M, Podczerwinski J, Blanchard AK. Using Graduate Medical Education Institutional Data to Enhance Diverse Recruitment Strategies. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 06; 14(3):270-273. PMID: 35754648; PMCID: PMC9200250.
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    8. Ihionkhan EO, Odenwald MA, Ayoub F, Kumar SD, McDonald EK. Small Bowel Giant Polypoid Gastric Heterotopia Causing Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia. ACG Case Rep J. 2021 Jun; 8(6):e00623. PMID: 34250175; PMCID: PMC8248512.
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    9. Kwak YE, McMillan R, McDonald EK. Trends in Overweight and Obesity Self-awareness Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity in the United States, 1999 to 2016. Ann Intern Med. 2021 05; 174(5):721-723. PMID: 33253038.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Micic D, McDonald EK, Stein AC, Semrad CE. How to Obtain Training in Nutrition During the Gastroenterology Fellowship. Gastroenterology. 2018 Feb; 154(3):467-470. PMID: 29337152.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Lipowska AM, Micic D, Cavallo A, McDonald E. Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility due to small cell lung cancer. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug 11; 2017. PMID: 28801331; PMCID: PMC5623317.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Ansell DA, McDonald EK. Bias, black lives, and academic medicine. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 19; 372(12):1087-9. PMID: 25692913.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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