Yamini Natarajan, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group Provider
PointerLanguage(s): English, Tamil
2727 W. Holcombe Blvd.,
Houston,
TX
77025
Joined Kelsey-Seybold: March 2022
Ways to Schedule an Appointment
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My Biography
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Professional Background
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Professional Associations
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Hobbies and Interests
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Awards & Publications
Dr. Natarajan enjoys photography, reading, cooking, and spending time with family.
Fun Facts
The best advice Dr. Natarajan has ever received is “Always put 150% effort into everything you do. That way you will never have regrets.”
Not everyone knows this about Dr. Natarajan, but she’s the first doctor in her family.
Her guilty pleasures are the NBA and NFL playoffs.
Honors and Awards
- Reviewer for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Helicobacter Digestive Disease Sciences
- Ben Taub Medical Intensive Care Unit Resident of the Month, July 2011
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Resident of the Month, September 2010
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Intern of the Month, August 2009
Presentations
- Kramer, J, Natarajan Y, Dai J, Yu X, Li L, Richardson P, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Effect of medications for diabetes on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Oral presentation. Digestive Disease Week, 2020* (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- Le, M, Ali, H, Harpavat, M, Harpavat, S, Staggers, K, Natarajan, Y, Kanwal, F. What’s in Your Drink? Teaching Families About Sugar Content and NAFLD. Poster presentation. Digestive Disease Week, 2020* (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
- Natarajan Y, Hou JK, Kramer, J, Wang J, Xu H, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with NAFLD and Normal Liver Enzymes. Oral presentation, The Liver Meeting, 2018.
- Redman JS, Natarajan Y, Hou JK, Wang J, Hanif M, Feng H, Kramer JR, Desiderio R, Xu H, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Accurate Identification of Fatty Liver Disease in Data Warehouse Utilizing Natural Language Processing. Poster of Distinction, Digestive Disease Week 2017.
- Natarajan, Y, Shukla, R, Tansel, A, Qureshi, Z Kanwal, F, El-Serag, H. Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with PBC: a systematic review. Poster presentation at American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting 2015.
- Shukla, R, Tansel A, Natarajan, Y, Kramer, J, El-Serag, H, Kanwal, F. Primary prophylaxis with non-selective beta-blockers in patients with cirrhosis. Poster presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2015.
- Tansel, A, Natarajan, Y, Shukla, R, Kramer, J, El-Serag, H, Kanwal, F. Changes in the Incidence and Prevalence of Cirrhosis in the National Veterans Administration Over a Decade: 2002-2012. Poster presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2015.
- Natarajan, Y, Abraham, B. Transition of Care in Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Poster presentations at Digestive Disease Week 2012, Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2012.
Publications and Projects
- Natarajan Y, Kanwal F. Pay for Performance in Chronic Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Nov;13(12):2042-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.06.038. Epub 2015 Jul 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 26164221.
- Khan A, Natarajan Y, Sellin J. Crohn's Disease Causes a Catastrophe. ACG Case Rep J. 2015 Apr 10;2(3):171-2. doi: 10.14309/crj.2015.44. eCollection 2015 Apr. PubMed PMID: 26157953; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4435412.
- Natarajan, Y, White DL, El-Serag HB, Ramsey D, Richardson P, Kuzniarek J, Shukla R, Tansel A, Kanwal F. Role of Non-Hepatic Medical Comorbidity and Functional Limitations in Predicting Mortality in Patients with HCV. Dig Dis Sci. 2017 Jan;62(1):76-83. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4303-2.
- Redman JS, Natarajan Y, Hou JK, Wang J, Hanif M, Feng H, Kramer JR, Desiderio R, Xu H, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Accurate Identification of Fatty Liver Disease in Data Warehouse Utilizing Natural Language Processing. Dig Dis Sci. 2017 Oct;62(10):2713-2718. doi: 10.1007/s10620-017-4721-9.
- Natarajan, Y, Shukla, R, Shapiro, J. Advocacy in Action – Meeting Congressman Gene Green. New Gastroenterologist. Fall 2017.
- Kanwal F, Kramer JR, Mapakshi S, Natarajan Y, Chayanupatkul M, Richardson PA, Li L, Desiderio R, Thrift AP, Asch SM, Chu J, El-Serag HB. Risk of Hepatocellular Cancer in Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Gastroenterology. 2018 Aug 22. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.08.024.
- Styskel, B, Natarajan, Y, Kanwal, F. Nutrition in Alcoholic Liver Disease. Clinics in Liver Disease 2018.
- Hernaez R, Kramer JR, Liu Y, Tansel A, Natarajan Y, Hussain KB, Ginès P, Solà E, Moreau R, Gerbes A, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Prevalence and short-term mortality of acute-on-chronic liver failure: A national cohort study from the USA. J Hepatol. 2019 Apr;70(4):639-647. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.12.018. Epub 2018 Dec 25.
- Gurwara S, Ajami NJ, Jang A, Hessel FC, Chen L, Plew S, Wang Z, Graham DY, Hair C, White DL, Kramer J, Kourkoumpetis T, Hoffman K, Cole R, Hou J, Husain N, Jarbrink-Sehgal M, Hernaez R, Kanwal F, Ketwaroo G, Shah R, Velez M, Natarajan Y, El-Serag HB, Petrosino JF, Jiao L. Dietary Nutrients Involved in One-Carbon Metabolism and Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiome in Individuals with an Endoscopically Normal Colon Nutrients. 2019 Mar 13;11(3). pii: E613. doi: 10.3390/nu11030613.
- Thrift AP, Natarajan Y, Liu Y, El-Serag HB. Statin Use After Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Associated with Decreased Mortality. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jan 6. pii: S1542-3565 (19)30019-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.12.046. [Epub ahead of print]
- Natarajan Y, Tansel A, Patel P, Emologu IK, Shukla R, Qureshi Z, El-Serag HB, Thrift AP, Kanwal F. Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Aug 2. Online ahead of print.
- Natarajan Y, El-Serag, HB. Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Historical Perspective. Clinical Liver Disease. Epub ahead of print.
- Liu Y, Ajami NJ, El-Serag HB, Hair C, Graham DY, White DL, Chen L, Wang Z, Plew S, Kramer J, Cole R, Hernaez R, Hou J, Husain N, Jarbrink-Sehgal ME, Kanwal F, Ketwaroo G, Natarajan Y, Shah R, Velez M, Mallepally N, Petrosino JF, Jiao L. Dietary quality and the colonic mucosa-associated gut microbiome in humans. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;110(3):701-712.
Accepted Insurance
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Humana Plans
Humana
- KelseyCare Humana (learn more)
- Humana Choice POS
- Humana COT National POS Open Access
- Humana EPO PPO Open Access
- Humana National EPO
- Humana HMO Premier (Open Access)
- Humana PPO
- Humana Preferred PPO
- Humana Preferred POS (Open Access)
- Humana/ ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Humana National POS- Open Access
- Humana National POS-Open Access Plus
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield
The specific BCBSTX PPO and HMO plans in which Kelsey-Seybold participates are:
- Blue Edge PPO
- Blue Essentials HMO Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (Basic and Standard Option)
- Health Select of Texas - ERS
- TRS-ActiveCare Primary Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- TRS-ActiveCare Primary+ Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- TRS-ActiveCare HD
- TRS-ActiveCare 2
- UT SELECT
Kelsey-Seybold will not participate in the following BCBSTX plans: Blue Premier, Blue High-Performance network, Marketplace plans: My Blue Health, and Blue Advantage HMO, or any BCBSTX Medicare products.View FAQ (pdf)
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Cigna Plans
Cigna
- KelseyCare powered by Cigna (learn more)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Fund Open Access Plus (OAP)
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna KelseyCare
- Cigna HMO Open Access (OA)
- Cigna HMO Open Access Plus (OAP)
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
- Cigna Surefit
- LocalPlus
- LocalPlus IN
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UnitedHealthcare Plans
UnitedHealthcare (UHC)
- United Charter Kelsey-Seybold (learn more)
- UnitedHealthcare Charter
- UnitedHealthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Core
- UnitedHealthcare Core Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Navigate Plus
- UnitedHealthcare NexusACO
- UnitedHealthcare Options PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Select
- UnitedHealthcare Select Plus
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Aetna Plans
Aetna KelseyCare (learn more)
Aetna PPO, POS, and EPO Plans
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is an in-network provider for most Aetna PPO, POS, and EPO plans*, including:
- Aetna Select
- Open Access Select
- Elect Choice
- Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Choice POS II
- Managed Choice
- Open Choice PPO
Aetna CVS Health Marketplace Plans
Effective January 1, 2023
- Bronze S
- Silver 1
- Silver 2
- Silver 3
- Silver 4
- Silver S
- Gold
- Gold S
*All Houston area Aetna CVS Health plans are accepted at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic*
*Kelsey-Seybold does not participate in any commercial Aetna HMO and HNO plans, including Aetna QPOS.
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KelseyCare Health Plans
Local employers can add a KelseyCare plan alongside current plan offerings. Over 400 Houston-area employers offer the choice of a KelseyCare plan to their employees.
KelseyCare plans include:
- Aetna KelseyCare (learn more)
- KelseyCare powered by Cigna (learn more)
- KelseyCare Humana (learn more)
- United Charter Kelsey-Seybold (learn more)
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Other Plans
Allied Benefit Systems/NGBS
Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
- APWU Health Plan Nationwide – CDHP with UnitedHealthcare PPO
- APWU Health Plan Nationwide – High Option with Cigna PPO
- GEHA Benefit Plan Nationwide – High & Standard Options with UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus
- NALC Nationwide with Cigna OAP
- NALC Value Option Nationwide with Cigna OAP
- SAMBA Nationwide – High & Standard with Cigna OAP
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Standard Option
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Basic Option
First Health
Great West Healthcare (also known as Cigna-GWH)
- POS
- PPO
- Open Access
HealthSmart PPO
Medicare
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic accepts the following Medicare Advantage Plans: KelseyCare Advantage, Aetna Medicare Advantage, WellCare TexanPlus, Humana Medicare and select UnitedHealthcare plans. Effective January 1, 2009, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic does not accept new patients with traditional Medicare.
MultiPlan PPO
Private Healthcare Systems PPO (PHCS)
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Medicare Advantage Plans
Education and Board Certifications
Medical School
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 2009
Internship/Residency
- Internal Medicine residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2012; Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2016
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology