Dr. Hardik Kotecha

Qualifications

Experience

Senior Resident N.M. Virani Wockhardt hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat September 2006 TO March 2007

Consultant - Physician
H.J. Doshi Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat April 2007 TO May 2008

Consultant - Physician
Ashirwad Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat. June 2008 to January 2009

Senior Fellow
Dept. of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta ' the Medicity, Gurgaon May 2012 to April 2013

Associate - consultant
Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary sciences Medanta ' the Medicity, Gurgaon since May 2013

Education

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

Achievements

• 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)

Interests

Therapeutic endoscopy including POEM, EMR, ESD, STER Acute on Chronic liver failure Fatty liver disease