Vivek Kaul MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, NYSGEF
Segal-Watson Professor of Medicine, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New YorkDr. Vivek Kaul is the Segal-Watson Professor of Medicine (and former Division Chief) in the Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His clinical, research and medical education efforts are focused in Therapeutic Endoscopy, Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound and advanced ERCP. He also specializes in esophageal endotherapy for Barrett’s & Esophageal Cancer. He has specific expertise in complex interventional endoscopy, especially in the patient with GI-cancer and in Endoscopic resection procedures.
Dr. Kaul helped start the pancreas cancer screening programs in Milwaukee and Rochester and has been actively involved with the community based pancreatic cancer group called PCAWNY (Pancreas Cancer Association of Western NY) for over a decade.
He is a PI and/or co-investigator on several national and international trials in endoscopy, pancreatic and esophageal disease. In particular, he is the site PI for Upstate NY for the PRECEDE trial, a prospective, multicenter, international trial for pancreatic cancer screening.
Dr. Kaul serves on several national committees with the ASGE and the ACG and is a past Governor of the ACG for Northern NY. He is currently chair of the ACG Innovation & Technology Committee and also immediate past Chair of the EUS special interest group (SIG) for the ASGE. He is also Chair of the World Gastroenterology Organization’s Endoscopy Committee and serves on the WGO Governing council. In addition, he is Co-Chair of the AGA national GI division Chief’s consortium. Dr. Kaul also serves as the alternate ASGE RUC advisor to the AMA and serves on several national and international task forces such as the ACG GI-On Demand task force and the WGO Global Climate Change & Green Endoscopy Working Group. He is also co-Chair of the ACG Artificial Intelligence (AI) task force.
Dr. Kaul is a reviewer for several journals, is a sought after speaker and has published extensively in the field of interventional endoscopy and several other aspects of Gastroenterology. Dr. Kaul regularly lectures and shares his endoscopy expertise at centers in the USA and around the world.