Santhi Swaroop Vege

Salient points from the CV of Santhi Swaroop Vege, MACG, AGAF, FACP

Clinical experience : 43 yrs , 38 years as academic consultant in GI in leading tertiary institutions ( Mayo Clinic, Rochester,Tata Memorial Center, Bombay)

Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic since 2004 ( nearly 20 years)

Bibliography: 1. Over 220 peer reviewed full manuscripts( including JAMA, NEJM, Gastroenterology)

2. Over 100 letters, abstracts, editorials

3. Over 15 book chapters including topics in Up to date for more than 12 years and Sleisenger text book of Gastroenterology

Guidelines: 1. Acute pancreatitis Guidelines 2013 and 2024, senior corresponding author for ACG

2. Acute pancreatitis guidelines for APA/IAP 2013 and current IAP 2024 steering committee member ( in press)

3. Acute pancreatitis technical review for guidelines 2018 senior author AGA, Gastroenterology

4. Microscopic colitis 2015 AGA, Gastroenterology

5. ICI GI toxicity (in press) pancreas involvement for ACG ( in press)

6. Surveillance of Metaplastic and Premalignant Conditions of the GI Tract in the Geriatric Population (in press) for AGA

7. Pancreas cysts 2015 senior author for AGA, Gastroenterology

8. Revised Atlanta classification on acute pancreatitis 2012, Gut – One of the small working group of authors

9. Lead member for the group on Revision of revised Atlanta for IAP

ACG leadership 1. International governor from India for 2 terms 1992 to 1996. The initial efforts to increase membership for AcG from India

2. Education committee, international committee, practice parameters committee more than 1 time and currently active

AGA leadership 1. AGA Council member for 7 years

2. AGA Pancreas section vice chair and then chair 2 and 3 years respectively

3. AGA pancreas section councillor current

APA leadership 1. Clinical practice guideline committee chair for 2 years

2. Scientific committee member for the combined APA, I AP, JPS meeting December 2024

IAP leadership 1. President 2022, 23, 24

2. Treasurer 2014 to 2022

3. Inducting a new region of the world, Central Asia into IAP with a scientific meeting in October 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Mayo Clinic 1. Director pancreas clinic for 8 years prior to 2021

2. Member international committee and regional chair for India and South East Asia for many years

3. Committee member of Education, diversity, practice in internal medicine and gastroenterology in the past

Journals 1. American Journal of Gastroenterology- current and past editorial board member

2. Gastroenterology- current and past editorial board member

3. Pancreatology - current associate editor for few years

4. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology editorial board member current

5. Reviewer for many decades for journals including NEJM, Annals of surgery, NEJM, Gastroenterology, Amer J Gastroenterol

Honors: 1. AGA distinguished clinical researchmentor award pancreas section 2023

2. Master of ACG nearly 10 years ago

3. Outstanding Teacher in Physical Diagnosis - Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic 2001

4. Henry Plummer distinguished clinician award at Mayo Clinic many years ago

5. Honorary membership in Brazilian College of Surgeons 10 yrs ago

6. Member, WHO scientific advisory board for colorectal cancer 1986

7. James Lipsky Service Award for General Internal Medicine 2005 - Mayo Clinic

8. Excellence in teaching recognition for Internal Medicine Residents 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 - Mayo Clinic

9. Scientific advisor to International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech republic for 5 years

Program Director for Advanced fellowship in Medical Pancreatology for 8 yrs ( Only program in the US at that time)

More than 30 mentees in leadership positions in universities in India, USA, Mexico

Scientific committee member for meetings USA,India, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, UAE

More than 300 key note addresses, orations, invited lectures, oral presentations

Visiting professor to national and international universities including Dartmouth, Duke, Cedar Sinai, Emory, USC, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Munich, Verona, Kyoto, Tokyo, Dokyo, New Castle, Delhi, Bombay, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Nanjing, Nanchang, SaoPaulo, Alicante, Heidelberg, Budapest, Brno, amongst others

Federal (extra-mural ) grants :

1. R21 NIDDK Pentoxifylline/placebo in acute panreatitis ( published one of the only two drug trials in AP at that time, both by me as PI)
2. DOD grant on pirfenidone in AP RCT with UAB 2022 (ongoing in 2 centers, Mayo PI)
3. NIDDK U01 consortium CPDPC, site PI Mayo, 9 centers (entering last year of second 5 yr cycle)
4. DOD grant on perfenidone in RAP RCT with UAB 2023 ( site PI for Mayo)
5. NIDDK Lacosamide in CP 2022 ( Indiana primary site, Mayo PI)
6. R21 NIDDK Indomethacin in CP PAIR study ( Ohio state and Mayo, PI, completed recruitment)
7. NIDDK U01 consortium T1DAP, Diabetes in AP,2021 ( advisor to California centers)
8. NIDDK CBT in CP 2024 ( Seattle Children primary, Mayo PI)

Intra-mural Grants:

1. MIDAS Mayo Clinic for prospective study of AP 2004
2. CP-10 Mayo Clinic Islet cell autotransplantation 2006