Dr. Ajay Choksey

Professional Bio: 

Dr. Ajay Choksey is a Senior Gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastrosciences at Zydus Hospitals. He has over 22 years of clinical experience and over 14 years of experience in the field of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He has performed over 25000 endoscopic procedures (both diagnostic and therapeutic). He is the first gastroenterologist to start motility studies in the state of Gujarat. 

Academic Details:

• MBBS,  PDU Government Medical college , Rajkot
• MD ( General Medicine) B J Medical College, Ahmedabad 
• DM (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
• Lokamanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai 
• Super speciality Fellow BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai 

 Past Associations:

2014 -2019

Consultant Gastroenterologist at Vedanta institute of medical sciences 

Consultant Gastroenterologist Sterling Hospitals , Ahmedabad 

Clinical Expertise:

• OPD and inpatient consultation for all Gastroenterolgy Liver diseases 
• Management of acute liver failure 
• Management of chronic liver disease 
• Evaluation for liver transplant 
• Upper GI endoscopy ( Endoscopy) 
• Endoscopic EVL banding
• Endoscopic glue injection for bleeding 
• Endoscopic clipping for bleeding
• Endoscopic biopsy
• Endoscopic Mucosal resection (EMR) 
• Endoscopic foreign body removal 
• Endoscopic stricture dilatation ( corrosive and radiation induced ) 
• Lower GI endoscopy ( Colonoscopy) 
• Colonoscopic polpyectomy 
• Colonoscopic clipping for bleeding 
• Sigmoidoscopy 
• Enteroscopy ( Push Enteroscopy and Balloon Enteroscopy) 
• Enteteroscopy assisted ERCP
• EUS ( Endoscopic Ultrasound ) - diagnostic 
• EUS guided BIopsy ( for tumours, lymph nodes , 
• EUS guided Liver biopsy and evaluation of Gallbladder stones
• ERCP and therapeutic applications Bileduct
• Bile duct stone removal
• Bile duct stricture dilatation 
• Bile duct stent placement for cancers 
• Bile duct leak repair 
• Bile duct worm removal 
• ERCP and applications for pancreas 
• Pancreatic duct stone removal 
• Pancreatic duct stricture dilatation
• Pancreatic fistula treatment 

Therapeutic EUS 

• EUS guided biliary drainage 
• EUS guided cystogastrostomy
• EUS guided embolisation

Publications:

• Patel J, Kumar A, Agasti A, Choksey A, Phadke A, Sawant P. CVID enteropathy- a rare cause of chronic diarrhea in a child. Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Oct;79(10):1374-6. doi: 10.1007/s12098-011-0635-2. Epub 2012 Jan 14. PMID: 22246610.
• Nasa M, Choksey A, Phadke A, Sawant P. Sequential therapy versus standard triple-drug therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication: a randomized study. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2013 Nov;32(6):392-6. doi: 10.1007/s12664-013-0357-7. Epub 2013 Oct 26. PMID: 24158898.
• Pawar SV, Zanwar VG, Gambhire PA, Mohite AR, Choksey AS, Rathi PM, Asgaonkar DS. Unusual complication of amebic liver abscess: Hepatogastric fistula. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Jul 25;7(9):916-9. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i9.916. PMID: 26240693; PMCID: PMC4515426.
• Nasa M, Choksey A, Phadke A, Sawant P. Gastric lipoma: an unusual cause of dyspeptic symptoms. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Jun 22;2016:bcr2016215297. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-215297. PMID: 27335362; PMCID: PMC4932402.
• Pawar SV, Zanwar VG, Choksey AS, Mohite AR, Jain SS, Surude RG, Contractor QQ, Rathi PM, Verma RU, Varthakavi PK.  Most overweight and obese Indian children have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Ann Hepatol. 2016 Nov-Dec 2016;15(6):853-861. doi: 10.5604/16652681.1222101. PMID: 27740518.
• Pawar SV, Choksey AS, Jain SS, Surude RG, Rathi PM. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 4 Schools of South Mumbai. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Mar;10(3):OC01-2. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17624.7383. Epub 2016 Mar 1. PMID: 27134909; PMCID: PMC4843295.
• Zanwar VG, Gambhire PA, Choksey AS, Rathi PM. Killian-Jamieson Diverticulum: Cervical Oesophageal Diverticulum. J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Nov;63(11):65-6. PMID: 29900714.

Awards & Accolades:

• Dr. Ajay Choksey was awarded winner of the regional rounds TORRENT young scholar Awards in Medicine 2008 and 2 nd runner up in the finals 
• He also won the regional rounds of Torrent young scholar Awards in Gastroenterology in 2011.
• Awarded best Super-speciality resident in LTMMC Hospital 2011
• Dr. Ajay Choksey had an impressive score in step 1 and step 2 of USMLE of 99 percentile in both with three digit score of 256 and 261 respectively. He still opted to continue and stay in India for his medical career.