Top Gastroenterologists in India

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DNB (Gastroenterology), DM (Gastroenterology)

Fellowships and Training: Training in liver diseases at King's College Hospital, London, and endoscopy at University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

• Current Role: Consultant, Gastroenterology, Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai Central
• Patients treated: Adults with liver disease, acid reflux, gastrointestinal bleeding and other complex digestive disorders
• Clinical focus: Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, colonoscopy and hepatology
• Key strength: More than 36 years of gastroenterology practice in Mumbai, after training at Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Hospital, and at KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College

Speciality: Medical Gastroenterology, with expertise in gastrointestinal disorders, liver diseases, and endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Medicine), FICP

Fellowships and Training: 38 years of teaching gastroenterology and training postgraduate specialists

• Current Role: Professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Gleneagles Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
• Patients treated: Adults with digestive disorders and liver diseases, including cirrhosis and portal hypertension
• Clinical focus: Medical gastroenterology, hepatology, and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
• Key strength: Headed gastroenterology at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, for 21 years and has guided 38 DM Gastroenterology students. Gleneagles reports more than 180 research papers.

Speciality: Gastroenterology and Advanced Therapeutic GI Endoscopy, with a special interest in variceal bleeding and chronic pancreatitis

Qualification: MBBS, MS (University of Mumbai), FASGE (USA), FJGES (Japan)

Fellowships and Training: Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society

• Current Role: Chairman, Institute of Gastrosciences, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai
• Patients treated: Adults with bile duct and pancreatic diseases, including chronic pancreatitis, and patients with variceal bleeding
• Clinical focus: Advanced therapeutic endoscopy, including ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound
• Key strength: Padma Shri (2013) and ASGE Master Endoscopist Award. He is a past President of the Society of GI Endoscopy of India and was previously Director of the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences, Global Hospital, Mumbai. He has taught at more than 200 endoscopy workshops worldwide.

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Advanced Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, DNB (Internal Medicine), DNB (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Fellowships and Training: DNB in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Board of Examinations, awarded the Dr. S. K. Sama National Gold Medal for topping the examination

• Current Role: Director, Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai
• Patients treated: Adults with achalasia, acid reflux, bile duct and pancreatic conditions, or early gastrointestinal tumours, and patients seeking endoscopic weight-loss treatment
• Clinical focus: Third-space endoscopy (POEM, ESD), ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound and small-bowel enteroscopy
• Key strength: Previously Senior Consultant, Advanced Endoscopy, at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital (2023-2025), and Consultant at the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences, Global Hospital (2017-2023)

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), DNB (Gastroenterology)

• Current Role: Senior Consultant and PG Guide, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai
• Patients treated: Adults with inflammatory bowel disease, swallowing and motility disorders, bile duct problems and other digestive conditions
• Clinical focus: ERCP, cholangioscopy, small-bowel enteroscopy, third-space endoscopy (POEM, ESD), bariatric endoscopy and GI motility testing
• Key strength: Former Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, where he was Clinical Head of the IBD Clinic. He has been General Secretary of the Gastroenterology Research Society, Mumbai, since 2020.

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Advanced Endoscopy and Hepatobiliary Sciences

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery)

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy at Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

• Current Role: Director, Gastroenterology, Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai
• Patients treated: Adults with pancreatic and bile duct diseases, gastrointestinal tumours and complex digestive conditions
• Clinical focus: Diagnostic and interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and advanced therapeutic endoscopy
• Key strength: Fortis describes him as a pioneer of diagnostic and interventional EUS in South Asia. He has taught at Yale University, USA, as a visiting professor.

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Hepatobiliary Sciences

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology)

Fellowships and Training: FACG (Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology), FICP (Fellow of the Indian College of Physicians) and FRCP (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians)

• Current Role: Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Sciences, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram
• Patients treated: Adults with liver diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver and cirrhosis, pancreatic and biliary diseases, and complex gastrointestinal disorders
• Clinical focus: Hepatology and pancreatic and biliary diseases
• Key strength: Professor and Head of Gastroenterology at SGPGI, Lucknow (1987-2012), then Vice Chairman, Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences, Medanta. He received the Padma Shri (2007) and the Dr. B. C. Roy Award (2006).

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology), MRCP (UK)

Fellowships and Training: Gastroenterology training at PGIMER, Chandigarh. Trained in therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), ERCP, and third-space endoscopy

• Current Role: Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
• Patients treated: Adults with bile duct and pancreatic conditions, achalasia, gastrointestinal bleeding, and liver disease
• Clinical focus: Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound, ERCP and third-space endoscopy
• Key strength: More than 12 years in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department at Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram, following service as an Assistant Professor at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. He holds the MRCP (UK).

Speciality: Gastroenterology, GI Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Oncology and Hepatology

Qualification: MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology)

Fellowships and Training: Visiting Fellowship in ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)

• Current Role: Chairman, Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram
• Patients treated: Adults with bile duct and pancreatic diseases, gastrointestinal cancers, GI bleeding and liver disease
• Clinical focus: Therapeutic GI endoscopy, including ERCP, and gastrointestinal oncology
• Key strength: Credited with helping establish therapeutic GI endoscopy in India through training programmes and live workshops. He received the Padma Shri (2008) and the ASGE International Service Award (2025), was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (1999) and is a past President of the Society of GI Endoscopy of India.

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pancreaticobiliary Diseases and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology), MAMS, FRCP (Glasgow)

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in Therapeutic Endoscopy at University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

• Current Role: Chairman, Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Pan Max), and Head, BLK-Max Institute for Digestive and Liver Diseases, New Delhi
• Patients treated: Adults with pancreatic and biliary diseases, liver disease and conditions of the digestive tract
• Clinical focus: ERCP and advanced therapeutic endoscopy for pancreaticobiliary disease
• Key strength: Past President of both the Society of GI Endoscopy of India and the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. He received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award (2008), has more than 40 journal publications and was previously Chairman of Gastroenterology at Fortis Escorts, New Delhi.

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP

Fellowships and Training: Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) training at the University of Montreal, Canada, and a fellowship in ERCP and Advanced Interventional Endoscopy in Boston, USA

• Current Role: Vice Chairman and Head, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket. He also consults at Max Hospital, Gurugram.
• Patients treated: Adults with bile duct and pancreatic diseases, liver disease, and conditions needing colonoscopy or endoscopic ultrasound
• Clinical focus: ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, colonoscopy, and liver disease
• Key strength: Previously Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA. He trained in the UK (Cardiff), the USA (Boston) and Canada (Montreal).

Speciality: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver and Biliary Sciences, Motility Disorders and Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in Advanced Interventional GI Endoscopy at the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences, Mumbai

• Current Role: Chief, Motility and Third Space Endoscopy, Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram
• Patients treated: Adults with acid reflux, achalasia, Barrett's oesophagus, peptic ulcers, GI bleeding, IBS, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic constipation or cirrhosis
• Clinical focus: POEM and other third-space endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (including EUS-guided cystogastrostomy), oesophageal and anorectal manometry, biofeedback therapy and faecal microbiota transplantation
• Key strength: The only specialist on this page who leads a dedicated GI motility service. He completed a fellowship in advanced interventional endoscopy at the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences, Mumbai.