Dr. Prasad Iyer attended medical school at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India. He completed his residency at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Milwaukee, WI, and his GI Fellowship at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, where he also completed a postdoctoral master’s degree in clinical research. Dr. Iyer is a consultant and Professor in the Barrett’s Esophagus Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, where he has been on staff since 2006. He is the Director of the Esophageal Interest Group in the Division of Gastroenterology and a member of the Advanced Endoscopy group. He also directs the Post-Doctoral Education Programs in the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences at Mayo Clinic and is the Co-Director of the Advanced Esophageal Fellowship.
Dr. Iyer is an Associate Editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the past Chair of the International Committee of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. His clinical and research interests include clinical trials in the early detection, risk stratification and therapy of Barrett’s related neoplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus as well as Endoscopic Ultrasound. His research program is funded by the National Cancer Institute and Foundations. He has published over 200 peer reviewed articles as well as several book chapters. He is a reviewer for many journals including Gastroenterology, the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Gut, Gastroenterology, American Journal of Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.