Dr. Victor L. Carlo Chévere
Contact Info
Education
- Degree: M.D. Ponce School of Medicine, M.D., 1997
- Degree: B.S. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 1993
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Chief Fellow, Gastroenterology fellowship, UPR School of Medicine, 2002-2003
Assistant Professor of Medicine-UPR School of Medicine, 2003 to present
Assistant Director, Gastroenterology Research Unit, 2005 to present
Assistant Director, UPR Gastroenterology Training Program, 2005-2010
Program Director, UPR Gastroenterology Training Program, 2009 – present
Chief, UPR School of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology, 2015 – present
RESEARCH INTEREST
Infection. Original Approval Start: 03/07/2017 – Current Approval Period: 02/15/2018 – 02/15/2019
Familial Colorectal Cancer in Puerto Rico: A Feasibility Study. Original Approval Start: 06/07/2007. Current Approval Period: 01/18/2018 – 01/18/2019.
Targeted chemoprevention of gastric carcinogenesis in high-risk populations. Original Approval Start: 05/18/2017. Current Approval Period: 05/18/2018 – 05/18/2019
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Meriva® (curcumin) as a candidate chemoprevention agent for gastric carcinogenesis. Original Approval Start: 03/29/2017. Current Approval Period: 04/2/2018 – 03/21/2019
Phase II Trial of Weekly Erlotinib Dosing to Reduce Duodenal Polyp Burden Associated with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. Original Approval Start: 01/31/2018. Current Approval Period: 05/25/2018 – 05/23/2019
A double Blind, Randomized, 6-week, Parallel group design clinical Trial to Assess Safety and Efficacy of Asacol 4.8g/day (800mg Tablet) versus Asacol 2.4g/day (400mg Tablet) for the treatment of mildly to moderately active ulcerative colitis.
Histologic changes in the liver after treatment with Interferon and RIBAVIRIN for chronic Hepatitis C.
Screening of TNF microsatellite polymorphisms as potential markers for genetic risk of chronic inflammatory disease in Puerto Ricans.
Surveillance for Dyplasia from pouches in patients with Ulcerative Colitis with Ileal Pouch-Anal anastomosis.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Serum Bank.
A Phase III, Double Blind, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of the
Effects of a Somastostatin Analogue-Lanreotide as an Adjuvant to Endoscopic Band Ligation of Patients with Acute Bleeding from Esophageal Varices Secondary to Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension.
Health Related Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Patients in Puerto Rico.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Registry in Puerto Rico.
PUBLICATIONS
Medication profiles of patients in the University of Puerto Rico inflammatory bowel disease registry. Meléndez JD1, Larregui Y, Vázquez JM, Carlo VL, Torres EA. P R Health Sci J. 2011 Mar;30(1):3-8 2011.
Hepatocellular carcinoma at the University of Puerto Rico Liver Transplant Clinic. Rivera Resto M1, De Varona Negrón M, Eguía V, Carlo VL, Torres EA. P R Health Sci J. 2007 Dec;26(4):337-42 2007.
Carlo, VL: Fulminant Hepatic Failure. Fellow Reporter 7: 15-18, 2002.
Romero CT, Torres EA, Rodríguez-Medina JR, Magno P, Antúnez I, Carlo V, Yang H, taylo K. TNF microsatellite haplotypes in Puerto Rican’s with IBD. American Jour Gastro 2001; 96: S 306 (970).