Rama P Venu is Professor Emeritus of University of Illinois at Chicago, and he is Professor and Head of Gastroenterology Department at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. His research includes Colorectal Adenoma, Sphincter of Oddi, Idiopathic Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Secretory Protein in Chronic Pancreatitis, and Therapeutic ERCP. He has more than 100 publications in peer review journals, and Authored more than 20 textbook chapters.