Biographical summary
Dr. Mihir Wagh is the Director of Interventional Endoscopy at the Mayo Clinic Florida. Dr. Wagh trained in Gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He then pursued advanced fellowships in Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) at the University of Chicago, and ERCP at Indiana University. Dr. Wagh moved to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville from the University of Colorado Denver where he was Professor of Medicine and Head of Endoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Wagh performs pancreatobiliary endoscopy (ERCP and EUS) and has been on the forefront of flexible endoscopic surgery such as Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM, G-POEM), Zenker's myotomy (Z-POEM), endoscopic fundoplication for acid reflux, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) and endoscopic suturing.
Dr. Wagh is a nationally and internationally recognized endoscopist and has written numerous scientific papers, reviews, editorials, book chapters and books. He has demonstrated live interventional endoscopy at multiple national and international endoscopy conferences. Dr. Wagh is the Chair of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Research Committee and serves on the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Practice Parameters Committee. He has been Chair of the ASGE Training Committee and has also served on the ASGE Advanced Endoscopy Committee and ACG Educational Affairs Committee.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Cryotherapy
- Endoscopic mucosal resection
- Endoscopic submucosal dissection
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- ERCP
- Esophageal dilatation
- Peroral endoscopic myotomy
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Stenting
- Suturing
- Transoral incisionless fundoplication
- Transoral outlet reduction
- Zenker's diverticulotomy
Interests
- Esophageal strictures
- Barrett's endotherapy (Radiofrequency ablation, cryotherapy)
- Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)
- Gastric Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (GPOEM)
- Resection of GI precancer/early cancer with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
- ERCP with biliary and pancreatic stone treatment/lithotripsy
- ERCP with cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopy
- ERCP with biliary and pancreatic stenting
- ERCP with ampullectomy
- Endoscopic fistula closure
- Endoscopic suturing
- Duodenal stenting
- Colonic stenting
- EUS with FNA/FNB
- EUS guided pseudocyst drainage, necrosectomy
- EUS guided gallbladder drainage
- EUS-Directed Transgastric ERCP (EDGE) after RY gastric bypass
- Endoscopic fundoplication
- Zenker's myotomy (ZPOEM)
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2007
Advanced Fellowship - ERCPIndiana University Medical Center
- 2006
Advanced Fellowship - Interventional Endoscopy and EUSUniversity of Chicago Medical Center
- 2005
Clinical/Research FellowshipHarvard Medical School
- 2005
Fellowship - Gastroenterology & HepatologyBrigham and Women's Hospital
- 2002
Chief Medical Resident - Internal MedicineSt. Vincent's Medical Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2005
GastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2013
Exemplary Teacher Award
University of Florida College of Medicine
- 2011
Exemplary Teacher Award
University of Florida College of Medicine
- 2009
Excellence in Teaching AwardDepartment of Medicine, University of Florida
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
ChairAmerican Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Research Committee
- 2021 - 2023
MemberResearch Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- 2021 - present
MemberAmerican College of Gastroenterology Practice Parameters Committee
- 2019 - present
MemberEducation Curriculum and Competencies Council, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- 2018 - 2021
ChairASGE Training Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- 2017 - 2019
MemberContinuing Medical Education Committee, American Journal of Gastroenterology
- 2015 - 2021
MemberEducational Affairs Committee, American College of Gastroenterology
- 2015 - 2019
MemberAssociation for Bariatric Endoscopy
- 2014 - 2017
MemberTraining Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- 2012 - 2015
MemberPublication Committee, American College of Gastroenterology
- 2010 - 2013
MemberResearch Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Publications