Biographical summary
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.
Since returning to Mayo Clinic in 2019, Dr. Vergidis has held several leadership positions within the institution. He is currently the Focus Group Chair of the Hematology-Oncology Infectious Disease
Service. He is also the Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead and the Antimicrobial Stewardship Education Chair. He is the site principal investigator of several clinical trials on novel antifungal medications.
Dr. Vergidis 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, and a scientific committee member for Clinical Microbiology & Infection, a publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Conditions treated
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2016
MSc - Clinical Research (Translational Science Track)University of Pittsburgh
- 2012
Post-doctoral Fellowship - ResearchMayo Clinic, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology
- 2010
Fellowship - Transplant Infectious DiseaseMayo Clinic Department of Medicine
- 2009
Fellowship - Infectious DiseaseBoston University Medical Center, Department of Medicine
- 2007
Resident - Internal Medicine, Department of MedicineSt. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University, Department of Medicine
- 2000
MDUniversity of Patras, Greece
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2009
Infectious DiseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2007
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2023
FellowInfectious Disease Society of America
- 2023
Scholarly Award ProgramMayo Clinic Transplant Center
- 2022
FellowEuropean Confederation of Medical Mycology
- 2022
Excellence through Teamwork Award: Enterprise Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee. Mayo Clinic Enterprise
- 2022
Career Development ProgramMayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science
- 2021
Benefactor-funded AwardMayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine
- 2021
Catalyst for Advancing in Academics AwardMayo Clinic Department of Medicine
- 2021
COVID-19 Team Excellence AwardMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2015
Education and Research Foundation Medical Scholars Program (Mentor)Infectious Disease Society of America
- 2015
Institute for Clinical Research, Outstanding Grant Proposal AwardUniversity of Pittsburgh
- 2014
NIH KL2 Program (KL2TR000146-09)University of Pittsburgh
- 2009
Kass Award for Excellence in Clinical CareMassachusetts Infectious Diseases Society
- 2008
Jonathan Freeman Scholarship for Scholarly Activity in Hospital EpidemiologySociety for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- 2000
Medical School Award for Academic AchievementUniversity of Patras School of Medicine
Professional memberships
- 2024 - 2026
Member-at-Large, Board of DirectorsMycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium
- 2024 - 2025
Infectious Disease Item-Writing Task Force, MemberAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2024 - present
Vice Chair for EducationDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine
- 2023 - present
Infection and Immune Reconstitution Working Committee MemberCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
- 2022
Maintenance of Certification Module Panel MemberInfectious Disease Society of America
- 2022 - present
Hematology-Oncology Infectious Disease Focus GroupMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2022 - present
Infectious Disease Transplant Convergence Workgroup MemberMayo Clinic Enterprise
- 2021 - 2022
Co-DirectorCOVID-19 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Mayo Clinic
- 2021 - 2022
Co-Chair, Abstract Review CommitteeAmerican Society for Transplantation, American Transplant Congress
- 2021 - present
Working Group Member, Online Transplant Infectious Diseases Article LibraryAmerican Society for Transplantation, Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
- 2021 - present
Working Group Member, Focus: Aspergillosis, Fungal Pathology, Molecular diagnosticsFungal Diagnostics Laboratory Consortium
- 2020 - present
Education ChairAntimicrobial Stewardship Program
- 2020 - 2021
COVID-19 Service DirectorMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2020 - present
Infectious Disease Liaison to Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy GroupMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2020 - present
LeadAmbulatory Antimicrobial Stewardship, Mayo Clinic
- 2019 - present
Infectious Diseases Education Committee MemberMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2019 - present
Infectious Disease Research Committee MemberMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2009 - 2012
Infectious Diseases Research Committee MemberMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2009 - 2010
Mayo Fellows Association, Infectious Disease RepresentativeMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2008 - 2009
Committee MemberBoston University Medical Center
- 2008 - 2009
Section RepresentativeBoston University Medical Center
Publications
Research activities
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