The liver is an organ only found in vertebrates which detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, below the diaphragm.
Hospital: Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital
Specialty: General Physician
Experience: 44 Years Experience Overall
Education: MBBS, MD – General Medicine
About: Dr. Jayant Barve is a Gastroenterologist and General Physician in Vileparle West, Mumbai and has an experience of 44 years in these fields. Dr. Jayant Barve practices at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital in Vileparle West, Mumbai and Jewel Hospital in Juhu, Mumbai. He completed MBBS from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in 1976 and MD – General Medicine from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in 1979.
Hospital: Fortis Hospital, Kolkata
Specialty: Urology & Andrology
Experience: 48+ years
Education: MBBS, FRCS
About: Dr. Bibaswan Ghosh is an experienced and popular Urologist at Advanced Medicare Research Institute Hospital (AMRI), Daffodil Nursing Home and Institute of Reproductive Medicine in Kolkata, West Bengal. He has over 48 Years of Experience in the field of Urology.
Hospital: Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital
Specialty: Gastroenterologist, General Surgeon, GastroIntestinal Surgeon
Experience: 31 Years Experience Overall (23 years as a specialist)
Education: MBBS, MS – General Surgery, MCh – Surgical Gastroenterology/G.I. Surgery
About: He has the distinction of being the pioneer of establishing a successful liver transplant program in the public sector and initiating the only MCI accredited MCh course in HPB Surgery. He has been conferred with FACS, i.e, Fellow of American College of Surgeons. He has regularly published in international journals with high Impact Factor. His work is well acknowledged in the international community as shown by his active participation in various meetings and nominations as a member of the editorial board and reviewer of reputed journals.
Hospital: Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
Specialty: Chronic Liver Specialist, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic, Liver transplant
Experience: 30+ Years
Education: MBBS, MS, FRCS
About: Prof. Mohamed Rela is a pioneer in liver transplantation with over 28 years of experience. He started the “Institute of Liver disease and transplantation at Global Gleneagles health city in 2009. It has quickly become the largest liver transplant program in India. Since its inception, over 1500 liver transplantation surgeries have been performed under this program. He is also a professor of liver transplantation surgery at Kings College Hospital, London.
Hospital: Medanta-The Medicity
Specialty: General Surgeon
Experience: 33 Years Experience Overall (23 years as a specialist)
Education: MBBS, FRCS – General Surgery, FRCS – General Surgery, FRCS – General Surgery
About: Dr. A. S. Soin has performed more than 2500 liver transplants in India. He left Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 2010 along with his team and took over the first of its kind dedicated Institute for Liver Transplantation in Asia and one of the very few in the world.
Hospital: Global Hospitals, Mumbai
Specialty: Liver transplant (live and cadaveric), Hepatobiliary surgery
Experience: 35 Years of Experience
Education: DM, MD, Fellowship, MBBS
About: Head, Dept of Hepatology Institute of Liver Diseases, HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Global Hospitals Mumbai. One-year fellowship in Hepatology and Liver transplant at the Institute of Hepatology, University College London with Prof. Roger Williams
Hospital: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
Specialty: Gastrointestinal Surgeon
Experience: 27 Years Experience Overall (18 years as a specialist)
Education: MBBS, MS – General Surgery, MCh – Surgical Gastroenterology/G.I. Surgery
About: Dr. Vinay Kumaran is a Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic, Chronic liver specialist and GastroIntestinal Surgeon and has an experience of 27 years in these fields. He completed MBBS from G B Pant Hospital / Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi in 1992, MS – General Surgery from G B Pant Hospital / Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi in 1996 and MCh – Surgical Gastroenterology/G.I. Surgery from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 2002.
Hospital: Apollo Hospital, Bangalore
Specialty: General Surgeon
Experience: 28 Years Experience Overall (28 years as a specialist)
Education: MBBS, MS – General Surgery
About: Dr. Sanjay Govil is a Gastroenterologist and General Surgeon and has an experience of 28 years in these fields. He completed FRCS from Royal College Of Surgeons, England in 1992, MBBS from Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1985 and MS – General Surgery from Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1989.
Hospital: Apollo Spectra Hospitals
Specialty: Gastroenterologist
Experience: 27 Years Experience Overall (27 years as a specialist)
Education: MBBS, DM – Gastroenterology
About: Dr. Shabir Ahmed is an eminent Gastrointestinal, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon with over 20 years of extensive surgical experience. He is also acknowledged as a teacher and mentor by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgery (ALS), UK
Hospital: Malathi Manipal Hospital
Specialty: Gastroenterologist
Experience: 31 Years Experience Overall (31 years as a specialist)
Education: MBBS, DM – Gastroenterology
About: Dr. Amarkishen Shetty is a Gastroenterologist in Jayanagar 9 Block, Bangalore and has an experience of 31 years in this field. Dr. Amarkishen Shetty practices at Malathi Manipal Hospital in Jayanagar 9 Block, Bangalore. He completed MBBS from Madurai Kamaraj University, Bangalore in 1986 and DM – Gastroenterology from Madras University, Chennai, India in 1988.