Qualification

• Senior Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist (MD, DM, DNB)

Qualification

• M.B.B.S., M.D.(Medicine), D.N.B. (Gastroenterology)

Experience

• Senior Resident N.M. Virani Wockhardt hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat September 2006 TO March 2007
• Consultant - Physician H.J. Doshi Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat April 2007 TO May 2008
• Consultant - Physician Ashirwad Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat. June 2008 to January 2009
• Senior FellowDept. of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta – the Medicity, Gurgaon May 2012 to April 2013
• Associate - consultant Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary sciences Medanta – the Medicity, Gurgaon since May 2013

Publications

• Low eosinophil count predicts in-hospital mortality in cirrhosis with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Jun;25(6):676-82
• Excellent outcome of living donor liver transplantation in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome: a single centre experience. Clin Transplant. 2013 Jul-Aug;27(4):530-4
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pelvic and prostatic abscess drainage: Experience in 30 patients. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2014 Sep; 33(5)410-3
• Ischiorectal abscess presenting as paralytic ileus.Trop Gastroenterol. 2013 Oct-Dec;34(4):267-8.
• Terbinafine induced liver injury. Clin and Experimental Hepatology. April 2014
• Pancreatic duct leak in a case of post Whipple surgery: Managed by endoscopic ultrasound guided pancreaticogastrostomy. Endosc Ultrasound. 2014 Jul;3(3)195-7

Thesis

• Correlation of clinical scores with imaging findings in patients of Cerebrovascular accidents submitted at M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar
• Assessment of Biomarkers of sepsis in patients of Cirrhosis submitted at Sir Gangaram hospital, New Delhi

Achievements

• Best DNB student for the year 2010 - The Ravi K. Jerath Award at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
• 2nd Place in Torrent Young Scholar Award – 2012 (Gastroenterology)

Interests

• Therapeutic endoscopy including POEM, EMR, ESD, STER Acute on Chronic liver failure Fatty liver disease

Qualification

• Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist (MD, DM)

Clinical Experience

• Hospital : Seth GS Medical college, KEM Hospital,Mumbai
• Specialty : Gastroenterology
• Post held : Superspeciality Medical Officer (Post DM)
• Year : Feb 2015 - Jan 2016
• Consultant(s) : Dr Shobna Bhatia, Dr Akash Shukla

• Hospital : Seth GS Medical college, KEM Hospital,Mumbai
• Specialty : Gastroenterology
• Post held : Registrar
• Year : Aug 2011 - Jan 2015
• Consultant(s) : Dr Shobna Bhatia, Dr Akash Shukla

• Hospital : N.H.L .Municipal medical college,Ahmedabad
• Specialty : Medicine
• Post held : Registrar
• Year : April 2007 - MAy 2010
• Consultant(s) : Dr Atul Parikh, Dr CB Kathiria, DR Jayesh Dutt

Endoscopy Experience

During my training I have performed the following number of successful endoscopies independently :
Diagnostic UGI endoscopies - 4000
Therapeutic UGI endoscopies - 5OO

• Endoscopic variceal band ligation
• Endoscopic sclerotherapy & glue injection for varices
• Endoscopic management of bleeding peptic ulcer
• Argon plasma coagulation for GI bleed and
• Hemoclip application
• Esophageal stricture dilatation
• Achalasia dilatation
• Esophageal SEMS deployment
• Foreign body removal
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy(PEG)
• Pediatric endoscopies

Clinical Trials

• Experience of conducting various clinical trials at KEM hospital as a co investigator during 2011-15.
• Randomised controlled trial of LANSOPRAZOL VS exlansoprazol in GERD patients.

Qualification

• MBBS (BJMC, Ahmedabad)
• MD ((Internal Medicine) - BJMC, Ahmedabad)
• DM ((Medical Gastroenterology) – LTMMC, Mumbai), Gold Medalist
• Fellowship in Hepatology & Liver Transplant (Royal Free Hospital, London, UK)
• Fellowship in Liver Intensive Care (King’s College Hospital, London, UK)
• Consultant Hepatologist & Liver Transplant Physician
• Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad

Experience

• Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad | Consultant Feb 2018 – Present
• Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai | Attending Consultant Mar 2017 – Jan 2018
• Kings College Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London | Senior Clinical Fellow Aug 2016 – Feb 2017
• Royal Free Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London | Senior Clinical Fellow Feb 2016 – Aug 2016
• Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Ahmedabad, India | Associate Consultant Oct 2015 – Jan 2016
• Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, India | SSMO Aug 2014 –Oct 2015
• Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, India | Senior Resident Aug 2011– Jul 2014
• B.J.Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India | Senior Registrar Apr 2011 – Jul 2011
• B.J.Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India | Resident Apr 2008 – Apr 2011
• B.J.Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India | Intern Mar 2007 – Feb 2008

Awards

• Torrent Young Scholar Award (2010) | All India competition among Internal Medicine residents
• Best Superspeciality Resident Award (2014) | Sion Hospital, Mumbai
• MUHS Merit Certificate/Gold Medal (2014) | Stood first in DM Gastroenterology examination
• Young Investigator Award (February 2015) | EASL Monothematic Conference, Innsbruck
• The Liver Care Foundation Scholarship for Doctors (March 2015) | APASL, Istanbul
• Dr P N Berry Scholarship for study abroad (2015) | Indian High Commission, United Kingdom
• J N Tata Scholarship for study abroad (2015) | J N Tata Endowment, Mumbai

Dr Pathik Parikh has worked at world’s one of the most prestigious and reputed centers for Hepatology like Shiela Sherlock center for Hepatology (Pioneer in the field of Hepatology) and Liver intensive care unit at King’s College Hospital (first of its kind in the world). He has to his name many chapters in books by publishers like Nature and Elesevir, National and international presentations and more than 30 national and international original research publications on topics like Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome, hepatocellular carcinoma, autoimmune hepatitis, etc. He is the member of Indian National Association for Study of Liver, European Association for Study of Liver, Royal College of Physicians (Associate), Indian Society of Gastroenterology and Indian Medical Association.

Qualification

• MBBS ( South Gujarat university )
• MS ( South Gujarat university)
• Fellowship Hepato Pancreato Biliary & GI
• Surgery ( Heidelburg, Germany)

International Experience

• Advanced Laparoscopic surgery training in Mount Sinai Hospital , New York in March 2002. During my training I had opportunity to learn from Prof Berry Salky the most advanced laparoscopic operations like laparoscopic colectomy , laparoscopic pancreatic resection, laparoscopic splenectomy and fundoplication
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Fellowship in the department of Surgery , University of Heidelburg , Germany in 2004 under Prof. Markus Buchler. During this training I attended clinical meetings , surgical rounds and I assisted in a wide range of operation, mainly Whipple operation, Pancreatic resection, liver resection, laparoscopic colectomy as well as liver transplantation
• Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant training in Beaujon Hospital, Paris In 2004 under Prof J. Belghiti . During this training I assisted wide range of operations mainly major liver resection and liver transplantation
• Observership in the Department of Surgery on the Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Mamorial Sloan –Kettering Cancer Center, New York under Prof William Jarnagin in March 2008. During this training I attended surgical grand rounds, weekly hepatobiliary conference and observe complex hepatobiliary surgeries
• Robotic Whipple / Robotic HPB Surgery Training With Prof Zeh , Hogg & Zureikat at Department of GI Surgical Oncology , UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA in December 2014. During these training I observe Robotic whipples / Pancreatic resections surgeries and had Inanimate robot drills skill practice

Work Experince

• Senior Consultant - Department of Surgical Gastroenterology Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad
• HPB /GI Surgeon Chairman Department of Surgical Gastroenterology Astha Hospital, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. 1998 to Feb 2015
• Director, GI and HPB Surgical Service Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad. 2003 to Feb 2015

Scientific Presentations / Posters / Videos

• (Advanced Laparoscopic surgery (Video presentation ) at north Gujarat surgeons association annual meeting 2002
• Controversies in management of achalasia cardia : at G.I. update , Sterling Hospital 2002
• Scientific Paper Presented on “Laparoscopic management of CBD Stone “ at Gujarat State Surgeons conference 2002
• Scientific Video presentation on :laparoscopic management of liver hydatid cyst “ at GSSC 2002
• Conference organizer : Minimal Access Surgery –2003, Sterling hospital, Ahmedabad
• Scinetific Video presentation in “laproscopic splenectomy” at NGSA conference 2004
• “Peritoneal carcinometosis- ”at G.I. update , Sterling hospital in march-2004
• Video presentation on “ Fatty Liver – a difficult problem in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy” GSSC 2006
• Results of pancreaticoduodenectomy - study of 25 cases. Scientific paper presented in GSSC 2007
• Laparoscopic transgastric pancreatic necrosectomy and cystogastrostomy – video presented in GSSC 2007
• Bleeding complications following whipple’s operation - Gujarat Gastroenterology society annual meeting 2007
• Pancreatic Anastomosis technique in Whipple’s operation – video presentation in Hepato-pancreato-Biliary Conference, Banglore 2008
• Laparoscopic transgastric Pancreatic Necrosectomy and Cystogastrostomy – Video Presentation in Asian - Pacific HPBA ( Hepato Pancreato Biliary association) 3rd Biennial Congress, Sept 27-30 2011 , Melbourne, Australia
• Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy for Sigmoid Diverticulitis – Video (16) Presentation in IAGES 2012- 10th Biennial National Congress of IAGES, Feb 2012, Ahmedabad
• Laparoscopic drainage of Caudate lobe liver Abscess- Video Presentation in IHPBA INDIA 2013( 10th annual Conference of Indian chapter of International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association) 2013, Coimbatore
• “Consecutive 50 Pancreaticoduodenectomy at low volume center “Poster Presentation in IHPBA INDIA 2014 ( 11th Annual Conference of Indian chapter of International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, January 2014 ), Mumbai
• Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Cystic Neoplasm of Pancreas – Video Presentation in IHPBA INDIA 2014 ( 11th Annual Conference of Indian chapter of International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, January 2014 ), Mumbai

Conferences, Workshops & Presentations

• Attended & Presented a Poster, IASGCON, 2014
• Attended IASGCON, 2013
• Attended ASICON, 2012
• Certified course in Basic Laparoscopic Surgery Training - Ethicon, 2012
• Attended TraufDasicon 2011
• Certified course in Proximate Gl Staplers Training- Ethicon, 2011
• Certified Course in Basic Trauma, 2010
• Training Workshop on Emergency Medicine & Disaster Preparedness, 2006

Awards & Accolades

• Dr BC Roy Presidential National Award: This is the 'highest civilian award for medical professionals in India'. I received the award from the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee in 2015 for my pioneering contribution towards development of liver transplantation in India.
• Tamil-Nadu State Governor's Medical Excellence Award: for my contributions towards making liver transplantation accessible to a larger population via several measures related to transplant awareness, cost reduction, improving organ availability, among other aspects.
• Best Transplant Program award from the Chief-Minister of Tamil-Nadu state: I received the award for consistently providing outcomes comparable to the best programs around the globe over a period of 5 years (averaging 90% one year graft and patient survival).
• Dynamic Indian of the Millennium Award from KG Medical Foundation: This is a foundation working towards development and improvement of healthcare and services in India. I was awarded in 2017 for initiating and developing a large number of liver transplant programs in approximately half the country over a period of 10 years.
• National Achievers Recognition Forum: An official agency of the government of India, awarded me for my achievements in furthering liver transplantation in India at an official ceremony held in New Delhi in August 2018.
• Dr ST Hemani Memorial Oration: delivered at Rajkot in 2019 on invitation from Indian Medical Association, Gujarat.
• International Scholarship: I was awarded the SIU/CUA (Societe Internationale d' Urologie / Canadian Urological Association) scholarship for one year which I used to undergo an ASTS accredited Renal Transplantation fellowship at the University of Western Ontario in London Ontario. The SIU/CUA has only 3 such scholarships each year to be distributed across the globe.
• Indian National Scholarship: I was awarded the National Merit Scholarship for the performance in the secondary school examinations.

Clinical Experience in Surgery & Transplantation

Qualification

• M.B.B.S., M.S., D.N.B. (Surgical Gastroenterology), F.A.C.S.
• Fellowship in HPB surgery and liver transplantation

Work Experience

• Dr Divakar Jain is an experienced hepato-pancreatic-biliary (HPB) and liver transplant surgeon and brings with him 15 years of experience in surgical field. He completed his graduation and postgraduation at B. J. Medical College Ahmedabad. He completed his super-specialty training in surgical gastroenterology at Lakeshore Hospital and research center Kochi and was awarded Diplomat of National Board (DNB) degree from National Board of examinations. He received his fellowship in HPB surgery and liver transplant from Fortis hospital, Delhi NCR after a 1-year rigorous training in the specialty. He worked for 5 years as Assistant Professor at P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot and Government medical College, Surat and trained many students in surgery during this period. He has worked as Consultant HPB and liver transplant surgeon at Fortis hospital, Noida, Fortis escorts, Delhi, FMRI Gurugram, Dr B L Kapoor memorial hospital, Delhi and was working as Consultant HPB and liver transplant surgeon at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai before joining Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad. He has participated in more than 600 liver transplants. He also has an extensive experience in complex surgeries for cancerous and non-cancerous conditions of liver, gall bladder, bile duct and pancreas. His key areas of interest are donor safety, pediatric liver transplantation, transplant immunology and pancreatic resections.
• He is a founder member of Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI) and member of International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS).