Post MBBS Left India in 1974 and worked in Aberdeen and Northampton UK till July 1977. Moved to New York in July 1977 where I joined Misericordia Hospital as a Resident in Internal Medicine.

After completing Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology,I became an Instructor in Medicine in Tennessee. Following this I worked as an Assistant and Associate Professor between 1983 to 1995.

In 1995, I was appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami and then moved to University of Pennsylvania as Professor of Medicine and Surgery in October 2001.
Present Ruimy Family President’s Distinguished  Professor of Medicine ( about 1 % of Professors at the University of Pennsylvania have an Endowed Chair), Professor of Medicine in Surgery in the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology at the University of Pennsylvania ( top 5 Medical Schools in the US) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Membership and Examiner
  • Served on the American Board of Internal Medicine in Gastroenterology for six years (as the only Indian thus far)
  • Councilor-at-large  of the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases ( 2 nd Indian to be on the Governing Board )
  • Chairman and Member of various National and International Scientific Societies
Administration
  • Director of Hepatology
  • Medical Director of Liver Transplantation
  • Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center.
Presentations
  • At various National, Regional and International Meetings
  • Several Visiting Professorships (US and Non-US universities)
Research
  • Participated in a number of clinical trials that have advanced the understanding of the therapy of chronic viral hepatitis.
  • Been the recipient of both federal and non-federal funding for clinical research.
  • Current research interests include areas of advanced liver disease, liver transplantation, viral hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Papers Authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed papers on a spectrum of hepatobiliary topics that include liver transplantation, chronic C viral hepatitis, HIV and the liver, and hepatocellular carcinoma. H citation index of publications is 82 (Top 3 % of Investigators in the World in this discipline with over 33,000 published paper citations)
Books
  • Edited and contributed to 47 Books and Book chapters
  • Co-Editor of Scientific American Hepatology (current assignment)
  • Co-Editor Schiff’s Text Book of Liver Diseases( current assignment)
  • Contributor to UpToDate
Mentorship I have been a mentor to:

  • 10 Advanced Hepatology Fellowship awardees
  • 8 AASLD NP/PA Fellowship awardees
  • 11, 1-year Research Assistants in transition to Medical school
Editor I have been an Ad-hoc Reviewer to 11 Journals, on 5 Editorial boards and served as Associate Editor to 2 journals, which specialised in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Transplantation
Awards Been awarded

  • Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians (UK)
  • Fellowships by the American College of Gastroenterology, American College of Physicians,  and American Association for the Study of Liver diseases
  • Physician of the Year (2005)
  • Sidney Cohen Teacher of the Year (2004)
  • Researcher of the Year (2009-10)
  • Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award (2011)
  • Top Doctors in the US ( several years)
Single most achievement that gives me joy as an Osmanian Being honored with an Endowed Chair
Areas of interest Teaching and research in the broad field of hepatobiliary diseases
Extracurricular Global travel for academic and personal reasons
Personal Goals Contribute to my discipline through mentoring of young Investigators while I endeavor at having a work/family life balance
   

Endowed Chair

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