Pedro Palacios Argueta, M.D.

Education

• Universidad Francisco Marroquin Faculty of Medicine

Internship

• Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Residency

• Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Fellowships

• Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
• Advanced Endoscopy, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Certifications

• Gastroenterology and Hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Memberships

• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Society of Gastroenterology
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Endoscopic suturing
• Esophageal and colonic stent placements
• Complex polypectomy
• Deep enteroscopy with single and double balloon enteroscopes
• Interventional procedures
• Minimally invasive pancreato-biliary procedures, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound

• Low-dose aspirin use is associated with reduced 30-and 90-day mortality and overall improved outcomes in patients with acute pancreatitis: A multinational multicenter analysis, November 2025.
• Modified Bedside Index for severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP) score validation in the national inpatient sample database, September 2023.
• Incidence, burden, and predictors of readmission for acute alcoholic pancreatitis: A national analysis over 11 months, February 2023.
• Incidence, burden, and predictors of 11-month readmission in patients undergoing bariatric surgery, January 2023.
• B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predicts 90-day mortality and need for paracentesis in cirrhotic patients without systolic heart failure, January 2021.