TGMG Hepatology

Nyingi Kemmer, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., has been a member of the TGMG liver transplant team since July 2011. Prior to her joining the group she was an associate professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati, OH. Dr Kemmer completed her medical degree at the University of Sokoto in Sokoto, Nigeria and a residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL. Dr. Kemmer went on to complete her gastroenterology training at the University of Texas Medical Group, Galveston, TX, and transplant hepatology fellowship training at the Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA. She is actively involved in clinical research and completed her M.P.H. with a focus on outcomes research and M.Sc. in drug development and pharmacogenomics.

Her research interest is in the area of health related quality of life, clinical outcomes and disparities in liver transplantation. Her research pertaining to transplant immunosuppression, clinical outcomes and disparities in liver transplantation has been published in numerous journals including Liver Transplantation, Transplantation Journal, Transplant Proceedings, Liver International and Hepatology.

She is a member of many professional medical societies and has been a reviewer of abstracts (disparities and outcomes in transplantation) for the American Society of Transplantation annual ATC meetings.

Dr. Kawtar Al Khalloufi is a transplant hepatologist with Tampa General Hospital who is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology and transplant hepatology. Prior to joining Tampa General, she served as a transplant hepatologist with Cleveland Clinic Florida's Transplant Center, where she was an abdominal transplant center representative for patient experience. Dr. Al Khalloufi has provided valuable guidance in her field as a clinical assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University. She is a member of the National Liver Review Board, which was established to improve the process of assessing and determining liver transplant priority for candidates with exceptional medical conditions. Before joining Cleveland Clinic Florida in 2017, Dr. Al Khalloufi completed a transplant hepatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She was a chief fellow during her gastroenterology fellowship at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where she previously had been a chief resident. She also was honored as a chief fellow during her hepatology fellowship at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Fluent in English, French and Arabic, Dr. Al Khalloufi graduated with summa cum laude distinction after studying at Université Hassan II in Morocco. She has dozens of research publication entries to her credit and has completed reviews for the Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology.