Paschalis Vergidis, M.D.

  1. Infectious Disease Specialist

Departments

  1. Infectious Diseases

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

EnglishGreek

Dr. Vergidis is an Infectious Disease specialist with expertise in Medical Mycology and infections in the immunocompromised host. He trained in Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center and Transplant Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic. He was on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and the National Aspergillosis Center at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Vergidis is currently the Focus Group Chair of the Hematology-Oncology Infectious Disease Service. He is also the Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead. He is a faculty member of the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Clinical & Translational Science) and he is co-director of the Medical Microbiology course. He is the site principal investigator of several clinical trials on novel antifungal medications.

Dr. Vergidis serves on the Board of Directors of the Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium (MSGERC). He is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. He serves as editor for Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. He is a scientific committee member for Clinical Microbiology & Infection, a publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

  1. Aspergillosis
  2. Blastomycosis
  3. General infectious diseases
  4. Histoplasmosis
  5. HIV/AIDS
  6. Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection
  7. Transplant-associated infection
Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota
  1. 2016
    MSc - Clinical Research (Translational Science Track)University of Pittsburgh
  2. 2012
    Post-doctoral Fellowship - ResearchMayo Clinic, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology
  3. 2010
    Fellowship - Transplant Infectious DiseaseMayo Clinic Department of Medicine
  4. 2009
    Fellowship - Infectious DiseaseBoston University Medical Center, Department of Medicine
  5. 2007
    Resident - Internal Medicine, Department of MedicineSt. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University, Department of Medicine
  6. 2000
    MDUniversity of Patras, Greece

Certifications

  1. 2009
    Infectious DiseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2007
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    FellowInfectious Disease Society of America
  2. 2022
    FellowEuropean Confederation of Medical Mycology
  3. 2022
    Excellence through Teamwork Award: Enterprise Outpatient Antimicrobial StewardshipMayo Clinic Enterprise
  4. 2022
    Career Development ProgramMayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science
  5. 2021
    Benefactor-funded AwardMayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine
  6. 2021
    Catalyst for Advancing in Academics AwardMayo Clinic Department of Medicine
  7. 2021
    COVID-19 Team Excellence AwardMayo Clinic in Rochester
  8. 2015
    Education and Research Foundation Medical Scholars Program (Mentor)Infectious Disease Society of America
  9. 2015
    Institute for Clinical Research, Outstanding Grant Proposal AwardUniversity of Pittsburgh
  10. 2014
    NIH KL2 Program (KL2TR000146-09)University of Pittsburgh
  11. 2009
    Kass Award for Excellence in Clinical CareMassachusetts Infectious Diseases Society
  12. 2000
    Medical School Award for Academic AchievementUniversity of Patras School of Medicine

Professional memberships

  1. 2025 - 2027
    Infectious Disease Approval Committee, MemberAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2024 - 2026
    Member-at-Large, Board of DirectorsMycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium
  3. 2024 - 2025
    Infectious Disease Item-Writing Task Force, MemberAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. 2024 - present
    Vice Chair for EducationDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine
  5. 2023 - present
    Infection and Immune Reconstitution Working Committee MemberCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
  6. 2022
    Maintenance of Certification Module Panel MemberInfectious Disease Society of America
  7. 2022 - present
    Hematology-Oncology Infectious Disease Focus Group ChairDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine
  8. 2022 - present
    Infectious Disease Transplant Convergence Workgroup MemberMayo Clinic Enterprise
  9. 2022 - present
    Abstract ReviewerInfectious Disease Society of America, IDWeek
  10. 2021 - 2022
    COVID-19 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Program, Co-DirectorMayo Clinic
  11. 2021 - 2022
    Abstract Review Committee, Co-ChairAmerican Society for Transplantation, American Transplant Congress
  12. 2021 - present
    Online Transplant Infectious Diseases Library, Working Group MemberAmerican Society for Transplantation
  13. 2021 - present
    Working Group Member, Focus: Aspergillosis, Fungal Pathology, Molecular diagnosticsFungal Diagnostics Laboratory Consortium
  14. 2020 - 2021
    COVID-19 Inpatient Service, Clinical DirectorMayo Clinic
  15. 2020 - present
    Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Physician LeadMayo Clinic