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Vivek Kaul, M.D.
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Surgery Center at Sawgrass
180 Sawgrass Drive, Suite 230, 2nd Floor
Rochester, NY 14620
Ambulatory Care Center at Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue, Ambulatory Care Center, 4th & 5th Floor
Rochester, NY 14642
About Me
Dr Kaul's 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 ASGE and the ACG and is a past Governor of the ACG for Northern NY. He is chair of the ACG Innovation & Technology Committee and 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.
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.
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology/Hepatology (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Endoscopy, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. 2006 - 2007
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia. 1998 - 2001
Residency, Internal Medicine, State University of NY Health Science Center/Brooklyn. 1995 - 1998
Internship, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. 1993 - 1994
Education
MBBS | University College of Medical Sciences-Delhi (India). 1992
Awards
Outstanding Overall Annual Proficiency Rating as Teaching and Clinical Staff. 2001 - 2008
Maimonides Society Scientific Paper Best Manuscript Award. 2000
Nominated for position of Chief Medical Resident. 1998
"Outstanding Performance as an Intern" Award. 1996
Graduated Medical School with Honors. 1992
Pallav Chowdhary Memorial Trophy. 1991
Kishan Tehlan Memorial Trophy. 1991
Graduated High School with Honors. 1988
Research
Clinical Trials
Lead Researcher: Vivek Kaul
The purpose of this research study is to learn about the best approach to sample patients with known or suspected Barrett's esophagus (BE) by comparing the standard Seattle biopsy protocol to sampling using wide area transepithelial sampling (WATS3D)...
Publications
Journal Articles
Enslin S, Kaul V
Current opinion in gastroenterology.. 2024 September 140 (5):330-337. Epub 04/24/2024.
Underhill-Blazey M, Bobry M, Podsiadly E, Kamen C, Zhang Y, Kaul V, Norton SA
Oncology nursing forum.. 2024 August 1551 (5):457-465. Epub 1900 01 01.
Singh AD, Burke CA, Draganov PV, Bapaye J, Nishimura M, Ngamruengphong S, Kushnir V, Sharma N, Kaul V, Singh A, Bapaye A, Banerjee D, Bayudan A, De Leon MR, Singh RR, Mony S, Gandhi A, Hollander T, Bittner K, Beauvais J, Lyu R, Liska D, Stevens T, Walsh M, Bhatt A
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.. 2024 July 36 (7):834-842. Epub 01/10/2024.
Enslin S, Kaul V
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.. 2024 July 22 (7):1349-1352.e1. Epub 04/16/2024.
Wilson N, Abdallah M, Schulman AR, Mosko JD, Saeed A, Kothari S, Kaul V, Kothari TH, Phan J, Kumar A, Tofani C, Kim RE, Westanmo A, Moy BM, Dang F, Canakis A, Sharma N, Muniraj T, Azeem N, Bilal M
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2024 June 99 (6):971-980.e1. Epub 12/11/2023.
Al-Haddad MA, Elhanafi SE, Forbes N, Thosani NC, Draganov PV, Othman MO, Ceppa EP, Kaul V, Feely MM, Sahin I, Ruan Y, Sadeghirad B, Morgan RL, Buxbaum JL, Calderwood AH, Chalhoub JM, Coelho-Prabhu N, Desai M, Fujii-Lau LL, Kohli DR, Kwon RS, Machicado JD, Marya NB, Pawa S, Ruan W, Sheth SG, Storm AC, Thiruvengadam NR, Qumseya BJ
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2023 September 98 (3):285-305.e38. Epub 07/25/2023.
Choudhry V, Williams J, Choudhry U, Kaul V
Cure?us.. 2023 May 15 (5):e38757. Epub 05/09/2023.
Cryer B, Quezada S, Culpepper-Morgan JA, Day L, Kaul V, NuQuay C, Omary MB
Gastroenterology.. 2022 October 163 (4):800-805. Epub 1900 01 01.
Odze RD, Goldblum J, Kaul V
Clinical and translational gastroenterology.. 2021 December 712 (12):e00422. Epub 12/07/2021.
Rai D, Tariq R, Tahir MW, Chowdhury M, Wahab A, Kharsa A, Bandyopadhyay D, Feitell SC, Parikh V, Aronow WS, Lanier GM, Levine E, Fonarow GC, Kaul V
Current problems in cardiology.. 2021 November 46 (11):100835. Epub 03/26/2021.
Sun E, Hughes ML, Enslin S, Bull-Henry K, Kaul V, Littenberg GD
Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America.. 2021 October 31 (4):681-693. Epub 07/20/2021.
Sultan S, Siddique SM, Singh S, Altayar O, Caliendo AM, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Kaul V, Lim JK, Mustafa RA, Falck-Ytter Y, Inadomi JM,
Gastroenterology.. 2021 September 161 (3):1011-1029.e11. Epub 05/21/2021.
Kothari TH, Bittner K, Kothari S, Kaul V
World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2021 August 1613 (8):329-335. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaul V, Diehl D, Enslin S, Infantolino A, Tofani C, Bittner K, Tariq R, Aslam R, Ayub K
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2021 March 93 (3):640-646. Epub 07/02/2020.
Kaul V, Gross S, Corbett FS, Malik Z, Smith MS, Tofani C, Infantolino A
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 2020 December 733 (12)Epub 1900 01 01.
Sprung B, Marino D, Yoon S, Kaul V
The American journal of gastroenterology.. 2020 December 115 (12):1927-1930. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kothari TH, Enslin S, Cheong J, Kaul V, Ullah A, Kothari S
The American journal of gastroenterology.. 2020 November 115 (11):1748. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kothari S, Kothari TH, Kaul V
VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.. 2020 November 5 (11):562-563. Epub 07/15/2020.
Hughes M, Sun E, Enslin S, Kaul V
Gastroenterology & hepatology.. 2020 November 16 (11):571-576. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kothari TH, Enslin S, Cheong J, Kaul V, Ullah A, Kothari S
The American journal of gastroenterology.. 2020 October 14 Epub 10/14/2020.
Kaul V, Enslin S, Gross SA
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2020 October 92 (4):807-812. Epub 06/18/2020.
Kaul V, Shah VH, El-Serag H
Gastroenterology.. 2020 September 159 (3):809-812. Epub 05/18/2020.
Park S, Weg R, Enslin S, Kaul V
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.. 2020 August 18 (9):1923-1929. Epub 02/25/2020.
Bartell N, Bittner K, Kaul V, Kothari TH, Kothari S
World journal of gastroenterology.. 2020 June 2826 (24):3495-3516. Epub 1900 01 01.
Enslin S, Kaul V
Current gastroenterology reports.. 2020 June 1522 (8):37. Epub 06/15/2020.
Ahn J, Allen J, Brandon K, Chang M, Kaul V, Lieberman D, Manthey J, Shah VH
Gastroenterology.. 2020 June 158 (8):2033-2036.e4. Epub 03/05/2020.
Kaul V, Bittner K, Ullah A, Kothari S
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 2020 April 1533 (4)Epub 1900 01 01.
Taylor C, Bittner K, Bartell N, Aranez J, Alexis JD, Carlson B, Chen L, McNitt S, Kothari T, Kaul V, Kothari S
Endoscopy international open.. 2020 March 8 (3):E301-E309. Epub 02/21/2020.
Thakkar S, Kaul V
Gastroenterology & hepatology.. 2020 January 16 (1):14-20. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tariq R, Enslin S, Hayat M, Kaul V
Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center.. 2020 27 (1):1073274820976668. Epub 1900 01 01.
Bartell N, Bittner K, Vetter MS, Kothari T, Kaul V, Kothari S
Digestive diseases and sciences.. 2019 December 64 (12):3623-3629. Epub 09/16/2019.
Gross SA, Sun E, Kaul V, Littenberg G
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2019 October 90 (4):659-661. Epub 1900 01 01.
Iyer PG, Kaul V
Mayo Clinic proceedings.. 2019 September 94 (9):1888-1901. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hughes M, Enslin S, Kaul V
VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.. 2019 July 4 (7):325-327. Epub 05/25/2019.
Kothari TH, Kothari S, Kaul V
VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.. 2019 May 4 (5):209-210. Epub 04/05/2019.
Smith MS, Ikonomi E, Bhuta R, Iorio N, Kataria RD, Kaul V, Gross SA,
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 2019 March 132 (3)Epub 1900 01 01.
Solomon SS, Kothari S, Smallfield GB, Inamdar S, Stein P, Rodriguez VA, Sima AP, Bittner K, Zfass AM, Kaul V, Trindade AJ
Journal of clinical gastroenterology.. 2019 February 53 (2):e84-e90. Epub 1900 01 01.
Syed A, Kaul V, Thakkar S
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.. 2019 January 31 (1):e22-e23. Epub 12/07/2018.
Kachaamy T, Prakash R, Kundranda M, Batish R, Weber J, Hendrickson S, Yoder L, Do H, Magat T, Nayar R, Gupta D, DaSilva T, Sangal A, Kothari S, Kaul V, Vashi P
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2018 September 88 (3):447-455. Epub 05/08/2018.
Khara HS, Kothari TH, Johal AS, Kothari ST, Ahuja N, Bhanushali A, Kotru A, Berger A, Kaul V, Gross SA, DiMaio CJ, Hale WB, Abbass R, Ryou M, Sethi A, Turner BG, Fockens P, Diehl DL
Endoscopy international open.. 2018 July 6 (7):E801-E805. Epub 07/04/2018.
Aranez JL, Miller J, Hughes M, DeCross A, Kaul V
VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.. 2018 July 3 (7):205-206. Epub 03/16/2018.
Brewer Gutierrez OI, Bekkali NL, Raijman I, Sturgess R, Sejpal DV, Aridi HD, Sherman S, Shah RJ, Kwon RS, Buxbaum JL, Zulli C, Wassef W, Adler DG, Kushnir V, Wang AY, Krishnan K, Kaul V, Tzimas D, DiMaio CJ, Ho S, Petersen B, Moon JH, Elmunzer BJ, Webster GJ, Chen YI, Dwyer LK, Inamdar S, Patrick VB, Attwell A, Hosmer A, Ko C, Maurano A, Sarkar A, Taylor LJ, Gregory MH, Strand DS, Raza A, Kothari S, Harris JP, Kumta NA, Manvar A, Topazian MD, Lee YN, Spiceland CM, Bukhari MA, Sanaei O, Ngamruengphong S, Khashab MA
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.. 2018 June 16 (6):918-926.e1. Epub 10/24/2017.
Gross SA, Smith MS, Kaul V,
United European gastroenterology journal.. 2018 May 6 (4):529-535. Epub 11/28/2017.
Abbas AM, Strong AT, Diehl DL, Brauer BC, Lee IH, Burbridge R, Zivny J, Higa JT, Falcão M, El Hajj II, Tarnasky P, Enestvedt BK, Ende AR, Thaker AM, Pawa R, Jamidar P, Sampath K, de Moura EGH, Kwon RS, Suarez AL, Aburajab M, Wang AY, Shakhatreh MH, Kaul V, Kang L, Kowalski TE, Pannala R, Tokar J, Aadam AA, Tzimas D, Wagh MS, Draganov PV,
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2018 April 87 (4):1031-1039. Epub 11/10/2017.
Kaul V
Gastroenterology & hepatology.. 2018 April 14 (4):253-255. Epub 1900 01 01.
Vennalaganti PR, Kaul V, Wang KK, Falk GW, Shaheen NJ, Infantolino A, Johnson DA, Eisen G, Gerson LB, Smith MS, Iyer PG, Lightdale CJ, Schnoll-Sussman F, Gupta N, Gross SA, Abrams J, Haber GB, Chuttani R, Pleskow DK, Kothari S, Goldblum JR, Zhang Y, Sharma P
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2018 February 87 (2):348-355. Epub 07/27/2017.
Trindade AJ, Pleskow DK, Sengupta N, Kothari S, Inamdar S, Berkowitz J, Kaul V
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology.. 2018 February 33 (2):461-465. Epub 1900 01 01.
Trindade AJ, Inamdar S, Kothari S, Berkowitz J, McKinley M, Kaul V
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.. 2017 September 29 (6):680-685. Epub 04/05/2017.
Burke C, Kaul V, Pohl H
Gastroenterology & hepatology.. 2017 September 13 (19 Suppl 2):1-24. Epub 1900 01 01.
DiMaio CJ, Kolb JM, Benias PC, Shah H, Shah S, Haluszka O, Maranki J, Sharzehi K, Lam E, Gordon SR, Hyder SM, Kaimakliotis PZ, Allaparthi SB, Gress FG, Sethi A, Shah AR, Nieto J, Kaul V, Kothari S, Kothari TH, Ho S, Izzy MJ, Sharma NR, Watson RR, Muthusamy VR, Pleskow DK, Berzin TM, Sawhney M, Aljahdi E, Ryou M, Wong CK, Gupta P, Yang D, Gonzalez S, Adler DG
Endoscopy international open.. 2016 September 4 (9):E974-9. Epub 08/30/2016.
Granato CM, Kaul V, Kothari T, Damania D, Kothari S
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2016 August 84 (2):266-71. Epub 09/14/2015.
Steevens C, Abdalla M, Kothari TH, Kaul V, Kothari S
World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics.. 2015 November 66 (4):248-52. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kothari S, Kaul V
Gastroenterology clinics of North America.. 2015 June 44 (2):317-35. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tsynman DN, DeCross AJ, Maliakkal B, Ciufo N, Ullah A, Kaul V
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2014 June 79 (6):1007-8; discussion 1008. Epub 02/17/2014.
Rivera R, Kaul V, DeCross A, Whitney-Miller C
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2012 July 76 (1):186-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Sharma R, Ou S, Ullah A, Kaul V
Endoscopy.. 2012 44 Suppl 2 UCTN :E385-6. Epub 11/08/2012.
Yoon SS, Rivera R, Antignano L, Kaul V
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2011 December 74 (6):1407-8. Epub 10/13/2011.
Galey KM, Wilshire CL, Watson TJ, Schneider MD, Kaul V, Jones CE, Litle VR, Ullah A, Peters JH
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.. 2011 October 15 (10):1728-35. Epub 08/03/2011.
Liu JF, Srivatsa A, Kaul V
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery.. 2010 January 272 (1):30-1. Epub 1900 01 01.
Postpolypectomy bleeding in patients undergoing colonoscopy on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy
Singh, Mandeep; Mehta, Nilesh; Murthy, Uma K.; Kaul Vivek; Arif, Asma; Newman, Nancy.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2010; 71(6): 998-1005.
Kaul V, Catalano MF
Gastrointestinal endoscopy.. 2007 September 66 (3):510-2. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaul V, Friedenberg FK, Braitman LE, Anis U, Zaeri N, Fazili J, Herrine SK, Rothstein KD
The American journal of gastroenterology.. 2002 October 97 (10):2623-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kanchana TP, Kaul V, Manzarbeitia C, Reich DJ, Hails KC, Munoz SJ, Rothstein KD
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.. 2002 September 8 (9):778-82. Epub 1900 01 01.
Friedenberg F, Fernandez A, Kaul V, Niami P, Levine GM
Diseases of the colon and rectum.. 2001 August 44 (8):1176-80. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaul V, Khurana S, Munoz S
BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy.. 2000 May 13 (5):313-26. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation (2002)
Chapter: Pre-transplant evaluation: Liver
Authors: Kaul, V; Rothstein, KD; Munoz, SJ
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 2002
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Couldn't be better
Jul 25, 2024
Dr Kaul informed me that he was becoming a hospitalist [...]. [...] I am profoundly grateful to have been the beneficiary of his expert medical training and will look forward to continued care via zoom.
Jun 24, 2024
I have worked w/Dr. Kaul & Sarah Enslin for several years about serious issues. I have had excellent visits. I have 100% confidence in them. They are competent, caring, and effective.
Mar 13, 2024
Provider is technically very good but doesn't seem interested in the concerns I have about taking meds long term
Dec 17, 2023
No bad experience
Nov 18, 2023
Dr. Kaul had some serious info. to give us and was kind, yet thorough as we have touch decisions to make. Very caring. Compassionate but honest.
Sep 06, 2023
Very knowledgeable [...]
Jul 19, 2023
All good.
Jun 30, 2023
Dr. Kaul was great. Explained everything in detail but easy to understand and listened to my concerns
May 06, 2023
Dr. Kaul was wonderful! Very understanding, compassionate & knowledgeable!
Apr 04, 2023
Dr. Kaul and his team are always excellent!
Mar 10, 2023
DR. KAUL and his staff are great, keep up the good work, and we will see you [...]
Feb 04, 2023
He was the BEST.
Nov 21, 2022
Dr Kaul has an excellent "bedside manner"
Oct 09, 2022
He understood I needed to understand since I was hearing impaired and he left after visit notes!
Jun 11, 2022
I am very grateful to Dr. Kaul for his skills, knowledge, and ability to explain my condition and treatment options. I have complete confidence in him.
Apr 20, 2022
Dr Kaul is excellent!
Feb 17, 2022