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Mihir S. Wagh, M.B.B.S., M.D.

  1. Gastroenterologist
  2. Interventional Endoscopist

Location

  1. Jacksonville, Florida

Languages

English

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.

  1. Cryotherapy
  2. Endoscopic mucosal resection
  3. Endoscopic submucosal dissection
  4. Endoscopic ultrasound
  5. ERCP
  6. Esophageal dilatation
  7. Peroral endoscopic myotomy
  8. Radiofrequency ablation
  9. Stenting
  10. Suturing
  11. Transoral incisionless fundoplication
  12. Transoral outlet reduction
  13. Zenker's diverticulotomy
  • 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)
  1. 2007
    Advanced Fellowship - ERCPIndiana University Medical Center
  2. 2006
    Advanced Fellowship - Interventional Endoscopy and EUSUniversity of Chicago Medical Center
  3. 2005
    Clinical/Research FellowshipHarvard Medical School
  4. 2005
    Fellowship - Gastroenterology & HepatologyBrigham and Women's Hospital
  5. 2002
    Chief Medical Resident - Internal MedicineSt. Vincent's Medical Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Certifications

  1. 2005
    GastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2013
    Exemplary Teacher Award University of Florida College of Medicine
  2. 2011
    Exemplary Teacher Award University of Florida College of Medicine
  3. 2009
    Excellence in Teaching AwardDepartment of Medicine, University of Florida

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    ChairAmerican Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Research Committee
  2. 2021 - 2023
    MemberResearch Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  3. 2021 - present
    MemberAmerican College of Gastroenterology Practice Parameters Committee
  4. 2019 - present
    MemberEducation Curriculum and Competencies Council, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  5. 2018 - 2021
    ChairASGE Training Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  6. 2017 - 2019
    MemberContinuing Medical Education Committee, American Journal of Gastroenterology
  7. 2015 - 2021
    MemberEducational Affairs Committee, American College of Gastroenterology
  8. 2015 - 2019
    MemberAssociation for Bariatric Endoscopy
  9. 2014 - 2017
    MemberTraining Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  10. 2012 - 2015
    MemberPublication Committee, American College of Gastroenterology
  11. 2010 - 2013
    MemberResearch Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Publications