Gastro & Liver Care Clinic

Dr. ( Col ) Avnish Kumar Seth, VSM
MBBS, MD ( Med ), D.M Gastro (PGI Chandigarh)
Fellowship Hepatology & Liver Transplantation (UK)
Fellowship Endoscopic Ultrasound (USA)
Director, Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Sciences
Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
Director, Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplantation (FORT)

 

Qualifications
- MBBS from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune in 1981
- MD (General Medicine) from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune in 1989
- DM (Gastroenterology) from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh

  in 1995
- Fellowship in Liver Transplantation from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK in 2006 
- Fellowship in Endoscopic Ultrasound from Medical Univ. of South Carolina and Univ. Of Alabama, Birmingham,

  USA in 2011 

 

Professional Experience
- Director & Head, Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Sciences, Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI),

  Gurgaon
- Director, Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplantation (FORT), Fortis Healthcare Limited
- Founder and Director, Armed Forces Organ Retrieval & Transplantation Authority (AORTA)
- Director & HOD, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, BLK Superspeciality hospital, New Delhi (2009-2011)

- Senior Consultant & HOD, Gastroenterology & Liver Transplantation, Army Hospital (Research & Referral),

  New Delhi(2004 -9)Consultant Gastroenterologist to Armed Forces Medical Services (1982 to 2009)Professor

  of Medicine, Indraprastha University, New Delhi (2008)Professor of Medicine, Delhi University (2004)
- Consultant Gastroenterologist to Armed Forces Medical Services (1982 to 2009)
- Professor of Medicine, Indraprastha University, New Delhi (2008)
- Professor of Medicine, Delhi University (2004)

 

Certifications and Memberships
- Member,American Association for study of Liver Diseases
- Member,Indian National Association for Study of Liver Diseases
- Member,Society of GI Endoscopy of India
- Member,Indian Society of Gastroenterology
- Member, Government of India committee on National guidelines for liver transplantation

 

Awards and publication
- Awarded Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service by the President of India on 26th Jan 2009.
- Best paper during National conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology in 2006 and Society of GI

  Endoscopy of India in 2007..
- Seth AK. HBsAg quantification in clinical practice. J Experimental Clin Hepatol 2012;2:75-80.
- Seth AK, Mazumder S, Khanna S. Colonoscopic instillation of coca cola for treatment of fecal impaction.

  Indian J Gastroenterol 2011;30:A122
- Seth AK, Gunson B, Mirza D, Haydon G. Thrombocytosis in liver transplant recipients: prevalence, natural

  history and impact. Liver transplantation 2007;13:1598-1602.
- Seth AK, Badminton M, Mirza D, Russel S, Elais E. Liver transplantation for porphyria: who, when and how ?

  Liver transplantation 2007;13:1219-1227.
- Seth AK, Puri P, Chandra A. Transnasal percutaneous gastrostomy. Tropical Gastroenterol 2010; 31(1):55-56.
- Seth AK, Nambiar P, Joshi A et al. First prospective study on Brain Stem death and attitude towards organ

  donation in India. Liver transpl 2009;15:1443-7.
- Seth AK, Puri P, Chandra A. Mixed Plasmdoium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in orthoptopic liver

  transplant recipient. Transplantation 2009;88:288
- Ghoshal UC, Abraham P, Seth AK et al. Epidemiology and Clinical Profile of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in India:

  Report of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Task Force. Indian J Gastroenterol 2008;
- Seth AK, Puri P, Kapoor N. Outcomes in 100 consecutive patients assessed for liver transplantation. J Gastro

  Hepat 2008;23(5):A60.