Niharika Samala, MD, MBBS

Indiana University School of Medicine

Dr. Samala is a physician-researcher and board-certified gastroenterologist. She moved to the United States after graduating from Osmania Medical College in India. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan and then pursued hepatology research fellowship in the Liver Diseases Section at the National Institutes of Health. She is a clinical researcher with an interest in metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease (MASLD), particularly in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and post-menopausal women, the impact of sarcopenia in MASLD, and acute viral hepatitis. She is the director of the MASLD clinic, which serves as an interface between clinical care for patients referred to IU for MASLD and clinical research offered by our division. As an Associate Program Director for Research and Advocacy of the fellowship program, she helps fellows find research endeavors of their interest and serves as a conduit for feedback to improve the quality of the training experience for the fellows.