Amrita Hospital
Mata Amritanandamayi Marg
Sector 88, Faridabad
Haryana, India
Biography
Dr. Rohit Mehtani, is among the few DM Hepatology trained doctors in the country. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh where he was the batch topper in the DM exit exams. He has been trained in Transplant Hepatology from the busiest living donor liver transplant centre in the country, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket and has experience of taking care of over 200 liver transplant recipients.
He has a vast experience of over 5 years in treating patients with liver diseases and his areas of interests include acute liver failure (ALF), acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), cirrhosis of liver, portal hypertension, autoimmune liver diseases including autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver diseases in pregnancy and liver transplant hepatology.
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At PGIMER Chandigarh, Dr. Rohit was actively involved in development of neuromonitoring protocols for patients with liver diseases in the intensive care unit, which was also published in the prestigious journal Metabolic Brain Diseases. Dr. Mehtani is an avid researcher and academician and has over 30 publications and book chapters. His research work has been appreciated by various international societies who have awarded him international travel grants and complimentary registrations to present his work to the international liver community.
He is a member of international societies like American Association for Study of Liver (AASLD), European Association for Study of Liver (EASL), Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL), Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI), Vascular Liver Disease Interest Group (VALDIG), International club of ascites (ICA) and International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) and with his experiences, hopes to bring quality and affordable healthcare to patients suffering from liver diseases in the country.
Education & Training
Jan 2022 - July 2022
Fellow, Transplant Hepatology
Max Superspecialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
DM (Hepatology)
PGIMER, Chandigarh
July 2015 - June 2018
MD (Medicine)
MGM Medical College, Indore
Aug 2009 - Dec 2014
MBBS
University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Research Publications
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Singh V, De A, Mehtani R, et al. Asia-Pacific association for study of liver guidelines on management of ascites in liver disease. Hepatol Int. 2023;10.1007/s12072-023-10536-7. doi:10.1007/s12072-023-10536-7
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Spectrum of Autoimmune Liver Disease and Real-World Treatment Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2022.11.002.
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Good outcomes of living donor liver transplant in primary sclerosing cholangitis: an experience from North India. Hepatol Int. 2022;1-8. doi:10.1007/s12072-022-10442-4
Awards
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1st Prize in All India Physiology Quiz
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Best Postgraduate Student, Department of Medicine, MGM Medical College, Indore
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1st Position in Intra-State Rheumatology Quiz
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Awarded Complimentary Registration for PG Course at APDW 2019
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Awarded Travel Grant to attend the 29th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver Disease (APASL 2020)
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Awarded complementary registration for International Digestive Disease Forum (IDDF) 2021
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Awarded INASL-AASLD-2021 Registration Bursary
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Batch topper in DM Hepatology Exit Exam
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Awarded complementary registration for INASL 2022
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Awarded Associate Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) - 2022
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Awarded LTSI-Roche basic science research fellowship grant - 2024