Qualifications

• 1982- M.D.- Grant Medical College, Bombay
• Degree course in Gastroenterology at the Christian Medical College, Vellore

Experience

• Currently Consultant Hepatologist attached to Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre and Breach Candy Hospital Mumbai
• One-year fellowship in Hepatology and Liver transplant at the Institute of Hepatology, University College London with Prof. Roger Williams

Awards & Affiliations

Papers, Presentation & Research

• Member of the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
• 995-1997- elected as the Secretary of the Indian Association for study of the liver
• Invited to be National Advisory Board of the Journal of the Association of Physician of India (JAPI) for the year 2006
• Has been awarded the Hargobind Foundation Scholarship
• Has been the driving force to co-ordinate efforts to start a cadaveric organ transplant programme in the country and Mumbai
• He was involved with the first successful liver transplant in Mumbai where a father donated part of his liver to his daughter
• Founder member and the general secretary of the National Liver Foundation
• Council Member of International Liaison Committee, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)