CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400615, India
BIOGRAPHY
A passion for helping others led me down the path of Medicine into a career that allows me to provide my patients with high quality healthcare.
I am Senior Consultant Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation at Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai I have extensive experience of Living-donor liver transplantation, with cumulative experience of over 1100 liver transplants.
I completed surgical training at B.Y. L Nair hospital Mumbai. I went to Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto Japan for fellowship in liver transplantation. I also had training in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at Hospital Beaujon, Paris, France and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Recently I completed Robotic and Laparoscopic Liver Surgery training at Yonsai University and Seoul National University Seoul Korea.
Achievements and awards:
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“International Travel Scholar Award 2010” given by International Liver transplantation society, (ILTS) for clinical training in Liver Transplantation.
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“Takeda Science Foundation Scholar” given by Takeda Science Foundation, Osaka, Japan for research on need of splenectomy in ABO-incompatible liver transplantation with pre-operative Rituximab prophylaxis.
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“Young Investigator Award” by European Association for study of tI liver Disease (EASL), at Berlin, Germany.
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“Travel award” at Japan Surgical Society’s Annual conference at Kyoto, Japan.
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“Best oral presentation” at XXIII National Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology.
My clinical interests include ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation, Small-for-Size Syndrome, Living donor Liver Transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma and Laparoscopic/Robotic Liver Surgery. I played important role in India’s 1st ABO – Incompatible Liver Transplantation in India (transplantation across the blood group) to increase the donor pools in Jan 2012.