Dr. Joy Varghese

Dr. Joy Varghese

Director

Hepatology & Transplant Hepatology

About Doctor

Dr Joy Varghese is currently the Director of Hepatology & Transplant Hepatology at Gleneagles Health City, Chennai, India. He is the one among the senior most transplant hepatologist in India. Dr Joy has been in the medical field for more than a decade and successfully performed more than 1500 liver transplantations. He has played vital role in setting up liver transplant program in both Government as well as Private institutions at Tamil Nadu & Kerala. Having a vast experience in the field of general hepatology, Dr Joy has delivered more than 1000 lectures on liver disease / liver transplantation in India and abroad. He is the first person in India who initiated therapeutic plasma exchange in various liver conditions and successfully performed hepatitis B virus related liver transplantation using hyper immune plasma. He has published more than 100 scientific papers in the field of liver diseases.

Work Experience

  • 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

Education and Training

  • M.B.B.S, M.D, D.M (Gastro), Fellowship in Liver Transplantation (Germany)

Area of Expertise

  • Fatty Liver/ Liver Cirrhosis/CA-Liver
  • Hepatitis B/Hepatitis C Viruses
  • Pioneer in Therapeutic Plasma Exchange/Transplant Hepatology
  • Pancreatic Diseases/Transplantation
  • Involving HPB interventions (TIPS, PTBD, TACE, TARE, MWA, RFA, SBRT)

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