Dr. Rohit Mehtani

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), 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. He has a special interest and expertise in managing critically ill patients with liver diseases in the liver intensive care unit including those with ALF and ACLF. Dr. Rohit was actively involved in the 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. He is also a core member of the team formulating APASL guidelines for management of renal failure in ACLF.

He has been recipient of many national awards starting from his MBBS days including the 1st prize in All India Physiology Quiz in 2010. He was also awarded the best post graduate resident award in the Department of Medicine at MGM Medical College, Indore for the year 2017. He was awarded the prestigious, Associate Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences at their annual convocation in 2022. Dr. Mehtani is an avid researcher and academician and has over 40 publications and book chapters. He was a core member in formulating the APASL guidelines on management on ascites in patients with liver disease. 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), Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver (APASL), Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL), International club of ascites (ICA), Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI), Vascular liver disease interest group (VALDIG) and International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) and with his experiences and expertise, hopes to bring quality and affordable healthcare to patients suffering from liver diseases in the country.

• 1st Prize in All India Physiology Quiz (2009)
• Best Postgraduate Student, Department of Medicine, MGM Medical College, Indore (2017)
• 1st Position in Intra-State Rheumatology Quiz (2017)
• Awarded Complimentary Registration for PG Course at APDW (2019)
• Awarded Travel Grant to attend the 29th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver Disease (APASL 2020)
• Awarded complementary registration for International Digestive Disease Forum (IDDF) 2021
• Awarded INASL-AASLD-2021 Registration Bursary (2021)
• Batch topper in DM Hepatology Exit Exam (2022)
• Awarded complementary registration for INASL 2022