Professor Max Petrov

Biography

I have a medical degree summa cum laude, a masters degree in clinical epidemiology, and a doctorate in pancreatology. My training included a fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School). I joined the academic staff of the University of Auckland as a lecturer in 2008 and, following four successful applications for promotion, advanced to become a full professor with tenure.

Research | Current

CALIBRE OF RESEARCH
According to the independent bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on pancreatitis in Web of Science from 2015 to 2019 (Medicine 2020;99:e23208), I am on both the top 20 list of most prolific authors (#3, panel A in the figure below) and the top 20 list of most cited authors (#6, panel B in the figure below) in the field. Further, of the 4 people on both lists, I am the only one outside of the United States.

ALL ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

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INVITED ARTICLES IN ELITE JOURNALS (impact factor >40)

Title: Global epidemiology and holistic prevention of pancreatitis

Journal: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Impact factor: 46.8

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 1/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Title: Intra-pancreatic fat deposition: bringing hidden fat to the fore

Journal: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Impact factor: 46.8

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 1/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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SELECTED INVITED ARTICLES IN OTHER JOURNALS

Post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus: investigational drugs in preclinical and clinical development and therapeutic implications. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2021;30:737-747. Read here .
Post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus and excess intra-pancreatic fat deposition as harbingers of pancreatic cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2021;27:1936-1942. Read here.
Post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus: prime time for secondary disease. Eur J Endocrinol 2021;184:R137-R149. Read here.
Diagnosing and classifying diabetes in diseases of the exocrine pancreas. Eur J Endocrinol 2021;184:R151-R163. Read here.
Panorama of mediators in postpancreatitis diabetes mellitus. Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2020;36:443-451. Read here .
Skeletal muscle: a new piece in the pancreatitis puzzle. United European Gastroenterol J 2019;7:1283–1284. Read here.
Metabolic trifecta after pancreatitis: exocrine pancreatic dysfunction, altered gut microbiota, and new-onset diabetes. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2019;10:e00086. Read here.
Harnessing analytic morphomics for early detection of pancreatic cancer. Pancreas 2018; 47: 1051-1054. Read here.
Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas: American Diabetes Association-compliant lexicon. Pancreatology 2017; 17: 523-526. Read here.
The oral refeeding trilemma of acute pancreatitis: what, when and who? Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 9: 1305-1312. Read here.
Gastric feeding and ‘gut rousing’ in acute pancreatitis. Nutr Clin Pract 2014; 29: 287-290. Read here.
Abdominal fat: a key player in metabolic acute pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol 2013; 108: 140-142. Read here.
Predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis: choose the right horse before hitching the cart. Dig Dis Sci 2011; 56: 3402-3404. Read here.
Therapeutic implications of oxidative stress in acute and chronic pancreatitis. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2010; 13: 562-568. Read here.

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

Postgraduate supervision

Expressions of interest are welcome from prospective honours, masters, and PhD students. Both domestic and international candidates are encouraged to submit their expressions of interest. Successful candidates will be offered the opportunity to conduct world-class research in the COSMOS group.

Galvanised by the studying, training, and living experiences in various parts of the world (North America, Europe, Africa, Australasia), I founded the COSMOS group in 2012. The group focuses on translational, clinical, and epidemiological research at the interfaces between pancreatic diseases, metabolic derangements, nutrition and gut function. COSMOS strives to be diverse, inclusive, and culturally sensitive. It espouses the principles of equity to create meaningful learning experiences for all members of the group. COSMOS fosters powerful and potentially world-changing collaborations built on innovative ideas that occur at the intersections of disciplines, fields, and cultures.

COSMOS STUDIES:

MIMOSA - MIld to MOderate acute pancreatitis: randomised trial of naSogastric tube feeding versus pAncreas rest
DORADO - Diabetes: pathOphysiology and Risk fActors after an episoDe Of acute pancreatitis
PICTOR - Patient Initiated and ConTrolled Oral Refeeding in acute pancreatitis: randomised controlled trial
LACERTA - LongitudinAl prospective Cohort study of mEtabolism afteR acuTe pAncreatitis
MENSA - Mixed mEal toleraNce teSting in pAncreatitis
CORVUS - ChrOnic pancReatitis: prospectiVe sUrveillance Study
NORMA - Nationwide epidemiOlogy of pancReatic and Metabolic diseAses
ARIES - Analytic moRphomics In pancrEatic diSeases
CETUS - Cross-over randomisEd Trial of beta-hydroxybUtyrate in prediabeteS
ANDROMEDA - Assessment of Nutritional and DietaRy factOrs in MEtabolic Disorders after pAancreatitis

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS IN LEADING MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES JOURNALS (impact factor >6)

Student: Stephanie Das

Journal: Gut

Impact factor: 23.1

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 3/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Student: Sharanya Sankaran

Journal: Gastroenterology

Impact factor: 22.7

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 4/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Student: Jaelim Cho

Journal: Diabetes Care

Impact factor: 19.1

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 5/145 (Endocrinology & Metabolism)

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Student: Amy Xiao

Journal: Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Impact factor: 18.5

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 5/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Student: Ammar Alsamarrai

Journal: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Impact factor: 11.4

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 8/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Student: Jaelim Cho

Journal: American Journal of Gastroenterology

Impact factor: 10.9

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 9/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Student: Zhiyong Dong

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Impact factor: 9.3

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 11/169 (Medicine General & Internal)

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Student: Ruma Singh

Journal: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Impact factor: 8.7

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 13/145 (Endocrinology & Metabolism)

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Student: Chirag Jivanji

Journal: Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Impact factor: 7.6

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 18/169 (Medicine General & Internal)

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Student: Sakina Bharmal

Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology

Impact factor: 7.5

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 17/92 (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

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Student: Juyeon Ko

Journal: Clinical Nutrition

Impact factor: 7.3

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 7/89 (Nutrition & Dietetics)

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Student: Melody Bevan

Journal: Clinical Nutrition

Impact factor: 7.3

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 7/89 (Nutrition & Dietetics)

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Student: Landy Wu

Journal: British Journal of Surgery

Impact factor: 6.9

Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 11/212 (Surgery)

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Student: Jaelim Cho

Journal: Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Impact factor: 6.9

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Student: Ruma Singh

Journal: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Impact factor: 6.6

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NOTABLE COSMOS ALUMNI (in alphabetical order):

ABDILE, Ahmed: BMedSc(Hons) with First Class Honours; Fowlds Memorial Prize (University of Auckland)

ABUNAHEL, Bassam: University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

AL MAMARI, Abdullah: BMedSc(Hons) with First Class Honours

ALSAMARRAI, Ammar: Prime Minister's Scholarship for Asia

BEVAN, Melody: Top Student of the Year Award (Dietitians New Zealand); MHSc with First Class Honours

BHARMAL, Sakina: MBiomedSc with First Class Honours; University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

CERVANTES, Aya: MHSc with First Class Honours

CHAND, Shayal: Ralph and Eve Seelye Postgraduate Scholarship; MHSc with First Class Honours

CHO, Jaelim: University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship; Travel Scholarship (The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology); Dean of Graduate Studies List (Dean's List); Top Publication by a Doctoral Student (School of Medicine); FMHS Doctoral Publication Excellence Prize

DAS, Stephanie: MMedSc with First Class Honours

DeSOUZA, Steve: Wallath Prize (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences); John Hamel MacGregor Award in Medical Science

GILLIES, Nicola: Ralph and Eve Seelye Postgraduate Scholarship; MHSc with First Class Honours; University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

GOLD-SMITH, Fuchsia: Education grant (Korean Society of Neurogastroenterolgy and Motility); MHSc with First Class Honours

GOODGER, Rachel: MHSc with First Class Honours

JIVANJI, Chirag: MHSc with First Class Honours; Fowlds Memorial Prize (University of Auckland); Young Achiever Award (Dietitians New Zealand)

KIMITA, Wandia: Dean’s International Doctoral Scholarship (FMHS)

KO, Juyeon: University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

LI, Xinye: MHSc with First Class Honours

MCKENZIE, Sarah: Top Student of the Year Award (Dietitians New Zealand); MHSc with First Class Honours

MODESTO, Andre: MHSc with First Class Honours

PENDHARKAR, Sayali: MHSc with First Class Honours; University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship; AASD Investigator Award (Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes)

SINGH, Ruma: Poster of Distinction Award (Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation)

SOO, Danielle: MHSc with First Class Honours

STUART, Charlotte: BMedSc(Hons) with First Class Honours

WU, Landy: Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Research Scholarship in Health Sciences; MHSc with First Class Honours

YOON, Harry: Wallath Prize (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences)

COSMOS ALUMNI (by country of origin):

Distinctions/Honours

Kenneth Warren Fellowship (International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association)
Young Investigator Award (International Association of Pancreatology)
Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (The Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi)
Hamilton Memorial Prize (The Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi)
Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship (The Health Research Council of New Zealand)
Research Excellence Medal (University of Auckland)
Early Career Research Excellence Award (University of Auckland)
Butland Award for Early Career Excellence in Teaching (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences)