Currently working as Professor & Head Gastroenterology at Dayananad Medical College & Hospital , Ludhiana(DMC & H). DMC & H is the biggest tertiary care centre in Punjab & is NABH accredited. Department of gastroenterology is providing state of art service in gastroenterology, liver diseases & endoscopic procedures. Facilities like Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Double balloon Enteroscopy (DBE), Latest Manometry systems, fibroscan, capsule endoscopy and breath tests are available. Department is running Post- Doctor teaching program ( DM) for the last 10 years. Personally, areas of interest are IBD ( Inflammatory Bowel Disease) , Celeac Disease & Hepatitis- C. Done pioneer work on documenting prevalence of Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Celeac disease & Hepatitis-C in Punjab. Working on identifying a safer wheat varities for celiac patients. Patient awareness program for prevention of hepatitis- C in villages. Role of FMT (Fecal Microbiota Transplant) therapy in IBD is being explored . the main indication of use of fmt at our centre are as follows
1. Steroid dependant Ulcerative Colitis | 4. Pouchitis |
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2. Steroid refractory Ulcerative Colitis | 5. Frequent relapses |
3. FMT in maintenance of remission in Ulcerative Colitis | 6. Ileocaecal crohn’s |