Dr. Joy Varghese is a senior consultant hepatologist with over a decade of experience and involvement in more than 1,500 successful liver transplant surgeries.
Dr Joy Varghese
Dr Joy Varghese
Director - Hepatology at Gleneagles Global Health City
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Biography
Currently, Dr Joy Varghese is working as a consultant hepatologist at the Gleneagles Health City, Chennai, India, This doctor is among the most senior transplant hepatologists in the country, with over a decade of experience in the medical field, During this time, he has successfully performed over 1500 liver transplant surgeries. He has also helped to establish a comprehensive liver transplant program in both government and private hospitals and Institutions throughout Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
In addition, as a general hepatologist with extensive experience, he has lectured to more than 1000 medical professionals about the many aspects of liver disease, including transplantation. In addition, he is the first physician in India to perform therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with liver disease and to perform hepatitis B virus-infected liver transplants using hyper-immune plasma. In addition to the above, he is an accomplished author with over 100 original medical journal publications.
Experience
Education
- MBBS, Madurai Medical College, 1996
- MD (General Medicine) Madurai Medical College, 2004
- DM (Gastroenterology), Madurai Medical College, 2007
- Fellowship (Liver Transplantation), University Hospital, Essen, Germany, 2007-2008
Work Experience:
- 2018 onwards: Director, Department of Hepatology & Transplant Hepatology, Institute of Liver Disease & Transplantation, Gleneagles Health City, Chennai
- 2017 to 2018: Program Co-Director, Department of Hepatology & Liver Transplantation, Center of Liver Disease & Transplantation, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
- 2015 to 2017: Lead Clinician – Senior Consultant, Department of Hepatology & Liver Transplantation, Institute of Liver Disease & Transplantation, Gleneagles Hospitals & Health City
- 2010 to 2015: Senior Consultant, Department of Hepatology & Liver Transplantation, Institute of Liver Disease & Transplantation, Gleneagles Hospitals & Health City
- 2008 to 2010: Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Cochin
- 2007 to 2008: Fellowship in Liver Transplantation, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
Memberships
- Association of Physicians of India
- Indian Society of Gastroenterology
- Indian National Association Study of Liver Disease
- International Club of Ascites
- European Association for the Study of Liver Disease
- Liver Transplantation Society of India
- International Liver Transplantation Society
Medical Problems
For which Dr Joy Varghese can be consulted
Medical Procedures
Performed by Dr Joy Varghese
- Liver Transplant Medicine
- Advanced Hepatology
- Cirrhosis & Acute on Chronic Liver Failure
- Hepatitis & Autoimmune Liver Diseases
- Portal Hypertension & Liver Complications
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Liver Disease
- Post-Transplant Care & Immunosuppression
