Best Liver Disease Evaluation Doctors in the World

Dr. Sharat Varma is an accomplished surgeon with specialization in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation. Backed by 14 years of experience, he has worked in renowned medical institutions of India, Europe and USA, and his key interest lies in transplant Heptology. Dr. Varma is credited with a number of awards and accomplishments for his endeavors and research work. Dr. Sharat Varma, in addition to his educational qualification, has pursued advance trainings and courses to remain updated with the latest techniques. Apart from this, he has published many national and international medical papers.

Clinical Focus

• Paediatric gastroenterology
• Hepatology
• Focal transplantation
• Oesophageal stenting and dilatation
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in new born
• Foreign body extraction

Awards

• Developing new methodology of Digital Fibrosis Quantification
• NASPGHAN ESPGHAN exchange award for Paediatric Hepatology
• Mentor-mentee Programme award and Young Investigator recognition for outstanding research from EASL
• Key Member of International Consortium Evaluating Long term outcome of Liver allograft (GIGOLO Group)
• Young Investigator Award from EASL
• Young Investigator Award from ESPGHAN
• International Award from NASPGHAN
• Young Investigator Award from WCPGHAN

Dr. Nikhil Agrawal is one of the few exclusive GI & HPB Surgical Oncologists in India, with a rich 16+ years of experience in treating various gastrointestinal, colorectal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic cancers. He specializes in advanced laparoscopic GI and HPB cancer surgery. Dr. Nikhil Agrawal has trained and worked at many prestigious institutions both in and out of India. After completing his MBBS from Calicut Medical College, he pursued his MS (General surgery) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, followed by an MCh (GI Surgery) from AIIMS, New Delhi. He also has a fellowship in Laparoscopic Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery and a training course in operative laparoscopy, adding to his long list of academic qualifications. He is also credited for establishing the Department of Gastrointestinal, HPB, and GI Cancer Surgery at Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital - New Delhi.
Dr. Nikhil is a strong academician with an active research interest and has many publications and chapters in reputed journals and textbooks to his name. He is often invited to various national and international conferences and institutions as a guest speaker and faculty. His efforts and contributions have been recognized and honored by many surgical forums.

Clinical Focus

• Pancreatitis
• Bariatric Surgery
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancers
• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
• Gastrointestinal Cancers

Awards

• Travel Bursary Award by the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology in 2011
• Travel grant by Korean Association of HBP Surgery for presenting abstract at the 11th International Single Topic Symposium of the Korean Association of HBP Surgery (ISTS 2016, Jeonju, Korea)
• Travel grant by IASGO for presenting abstract at the 26th World Congress of the IASGO (IASGO 2016, Seoul, Korea)
• First prize in Award Paper Session for the paper titled "Incidence and risk factors for shunt thrombosis following proximal splenorenal shunt in patients with extrahepatic portal venous obstruction" at IHPBA India 2017, Bangalore.

Prof (Dr.) Subash Gupta is one of the most renowned expert in the field of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary and Liver Transplant Surgery. Having graduated from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), he further completed his specialization in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery under the tutelage of the reputed surgeon, Prof. Samiran Nundy. He has worked as a HPB oncology surgeon at Queens Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham and St. James's University Hospital, Leeds (UK) for 6 years. In his extensive medical experience, Dr. Subhash has performed more than 300 Whipple's procedure and over 3000 liver surgeries. He is presently the Chairman of the Max Centre for Liver and Biliary Surgery where over 200 transplants are carried out annually, with equal number of complex HPB cases.

Clinical Focus

• Liver Transplant
• Acute or Chronic Liver Diseases

Awards

• He has pioneered the development of Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) in India
• He has published over 30 papers on different aspects of Living Donor liver transplant in indexed journals
• He has been honored with the position of Professorship in Surgery from Apollo Health Education and Research Foundation
• The Institute of Post Graduate Education and Medical Research, Kolkata has also honored him with the position of Professor of Liver Transplantation
• Delhi Medical Association awarded him with a Gold Medal in 2005. The Rotary Association of India has honored him for excellence in clinical medicine in 2012
• In 2012, the Delhi Medical Association honored him with the award of Vishist Chikitsh Rattan (Distinguished Clinician) on Doctor's Day
• In 2014, he & has team were one of the finalists for the category "Surgical team of the year" for BMJ India awards
• Apollo Health foundation has made him an honorary Professor of Surgery
• In 2016, the Uttar Pradesh government has awarded him the prestigious "YASH BHARTI" award
• In 2016, the Medical Council of India has awarded him the prestigious "B.C. Roy" award
• In 2016, he was also awarded "The Honorary Professor of Kazakhstan"

Dr. Vivek Raj is an eminent Gastroenterologist available in the country. His medical interest involves managing ERCP, Liver Diseases, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Raj has started his medical journey with the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi. He is also a Diplomat Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology from American Board of Internal Medicine. He holds prestigious fellowships along with 'Fellowship in Gastroenterology' from University of Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK and 'Fellowship in Advanced Interventional Endoscopy' from Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Clinical Focus

• Therapeutic ERCP
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Hepatology including hepatitis B & C
• Gastrointestinal Motility
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dr. Dinesh Singhal is one of the most experienced and renowned Gastrointestinal surgeons in India with expertise in the field of the field of Hepato - Pancreato - Biliary Surgery and Digestive Tract Cancers. He is a highly qualified sugeon who has obtained his medical education and training from the top institutions of India and abroad. Dr. Dinesh is a trained expert in utilizing advanced robotic and laparoscopic techniques, particularly for pancreatic and colorectal diseases. His are of special interest include Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Liver diseases and gastrointestinal diseases. Dr. Dinesh Singhal has several scientific publications in high impact factor peer reviewed international journals such as Gastroenterology, JAMA Surgery, British Journal of Surgery, World Journal of Surgery and GI Endoscopy, and others. He has been actively involved as Principal Investigator & Convener of the committee of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce (FICCI) World Bank & Ministry of Labour, Government of India, 2015. He along with his team has formulated clinical pathways for 4 common general surgical procedures including cholecystectomy, appendicectomy, hernia surgery and hydrocele surgery under the National Health Insurance Scheme.

Clinical Focus

• Laparoscopic / Robotic / Open digestive tract surgery
• Cancers:
• Liver, Bile duct, Gallbladder
• Pancreas
• Stomach, Duodenum, Esophagus
• Colon & Rectum
• Benign diseases:
• Bile duct stricture& stones, Choledochal cyst
• Pancreatitis, Pancreatic cysts & stones
• Diverticular disease and Ulcerative colitis

Awards

• Gold Medal - Best Performance in MS (Surgery), 1992
• Gold Medal - Best Paper, Ganga Ram Hospital, 2008
• Over 50 publications in international journals such as Gastroenterology, BJS, JAMA Surgery etc
• Principal investigator – GOI, FICCI & World Bank committee for clinical pathways for common surgical conditions, 2015
• Max Healthcare Susruta Award for Clinical Excellence, 2017
• Max Healthcare Most Promising Innovation Award, 2018
• Presentations at prestigious National (ASI, IASG, ACRSI) & International conferences - IHPBA (Geneva 2018), SAGES (Baltimore, USA 2019)