
Vikas Dudeja
Professor and Chair of Surgery · Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Credentials: · · · · · · · · ·
History
PresentSurgery Department · Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- Present
Department of Surgery · University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center

Research
Gut Microbiota Promotes Tumor Growth in Mice by Modulating Immune Response
Gastroenterology · 2018 · Last of 18 authors · Corresponding · 326 citations
Triptolide induces pancreatic cancer cell death via inhibition of heat shock protein 70
Cancer Research · 2007 · 259 citations
BMI does not accurately predict overweight in Asian Indians in northern India
British Journal Of Nutrition · 2001 · First of 6 authors · 247 citations

38 papers

24 papers · 24 as a resident

17 papers · 10 as a resident
- RC
16 papers · 10 as a resident
- JR
14 papers

14 papers · 1 as a resident

13 papers
- SM
11 papers · 8 as a resident
Grants
- 2026–2029
Role of Notch Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Pancreatitis
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $655.5K · University of Iowa
- 2018–2028
Surgical Oncology Research Training Program
National Cancer Institute · T32
PI · $2.1M · University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2023–2027
Role of Gut Microbiome in Smoking Induced Promotion of Pancreatic Cancer
Department of Veterans Affairs · I01
Contact PI · Birmingham Va Medical Center
- 2024–2026
National Cancer Institute · R21
Contact PI · $362.1K · University of Iowa
Clinical trials
- 2026–2030
Pirfenidone as Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 2
Vikas Dudeja
- 2024–2028
Evaluation of Pirfenidone as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy Against Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis.
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 2
University of Alabama at Birmingham



