Dr. 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/endosurgery, 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. He is a PI
and/or co-investigator on several national and international trials in
endoscopy, pancreatic and esophageal disease. Dr. Kaul serves on several
national committees with the ¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï and the American College of Gastroenterology
and is currently chair of the ¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï Reimbursement Committee. Dr Kaul also serves
as the alternate ¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï RUC advisor to the AMA and serves on several national and
international task forces. 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.