Dr. Hardik Kotecha

Professional Bio:

• Dr. Hardik Kotecha is a Gastroenterologist with over a decade of experience. His expertise lies in therapeutic endoscopy including Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) and Chronic liver failure and Fatty liver disease. He also won the Best DNB Student of the Year- The Ravi K. Jerath Award and hold 2nd place in Torrent Young Scholar Award. Over the years, he has cured thousands of patients and travels frequently to other states to treat patients across the GI spectrum.

Academic Qualifications:

• M.B.B.S. 2002 Shri M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat Saurashtra University
• M.D. Medicine 2006 Shri M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat Saurashtra University
• D.N.B. Gastroenterology 2012 GRIPMER, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.

Past Experience:

• Associate Consultant Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences Medanta ' the Medicity, Gurgaon since May 2013
• Senior Fellow Dept. of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta ' the Medicity, Gurgaon May 2012 to April 2013
• Consultant Physician Ashirwad Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat. June 2008 to January 2009
• Consultant - Physician H.J. Doshi Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat April 2007 TO May 2008
• Senior Resident N.M. Virani Wockhardt Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat September 2006 TO March 2007

Publications:

• Low eosinophil count predicts in-hospital mortality in cirrhosis with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Jun;25(6):676-82
• Excellent outcome of living donor liver transplantation in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome: a single centre experience. Clin Transplant. 2013 Jul-Aug;27(4):530-4
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pelvic and prostatic abscess drainage: Experience in 30 patients. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2014 Sep; 33(5)410-3
• Ischiorectal abscess presenting as paralytic ileus.Trop Gastroenterol. 2013 Oct- Dec;34(4):267-8.
• Terbinafine induced liver injury. Clin and Experimental Hepatology. April 2014
• Pancreatic duct leak in a case of post Whipple surgery: Managed by endoscopic ultrasound guided pancreaticogastrostomy. Endosc Ultrasound. 2014 Jul;3(3)195-7

Thesis:

• Correlation of clinical scores with imaging findings in patients of Cerebrovascular accidents submitted at M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar
• Assessment of Biomarkers of sepsis in patients of Cirrhosis submitted at Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi

Awards & Accolades:

• Best DNB student for the year 2010 - The Ravi K. Jerath Award at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
• 2nd Place in Torrent Young Scholar Award 2012 (Gastroenterology)