Dr. Joy Varghese

Director

28 Years of Experience

Hepatologist, HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon

MBBS, MD, DM, Fellowship

Reg. No.:58284, Tamil Nadu Medical Council

Gleneagles HealthCity, Chennai

English, Hindi

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About Dr. Joy Varghese

Dr. Joy Varghese is a renowned Hepatologist and Liver Transplant Surgeon with over 28 years of experience.
His interest lies in the treatment and management of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer, and performing liver transplantation surgery.
He is one of the pioneers in therapeutic plasma exchange for liver disease treatment.
He completed his MBBS, MD in General Medicine, and DM in Gastroenterology, all from Madurai Medical College, Madurai, in 1996, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Dr. Varghese further earned a Fellowship in Liver Transplantation from the University Hospital, Essen, Germany.
He was the key contributor to establishing cadaver liver transplant programs across government and private hospitals in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
He has served as an examiner for the National Board Examination in Gastroenterology.
He has published over 60 research articles in indexed journals related to hepatology and liver transplantation and authored book chapters in the field of hepatology.
Dr. Varghese was a member of the Editorial boards of the World Journal of Hepatology and the Global Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
He was a reviewer for various national and international journals.
Dr. Varghese is a member of the Liver Transplantation Society of India, the International Club of Ascites, the European Association of Study of Liver Disease, and the International Liver Transplantation Society.

Education

MBBS, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, 1996
MD (General Medicine), Madurai Medical College, Madurai, 2004
DM (Gastroenterology), Madurai Medical College, Madurai, 2007
Fellowship in Liver Transplantation, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Past Experience

Co-Director (Hepatology & Liver Transplantation), Center of Liver Disease & Transplantation Apollo Hospital, Chennai, 2018
Senior Consultant (Hepatology & Liver Transplantation), Institute of Liver Disease & Transplantation, Gleneagles Hospitals & Health City, 2015
Assistant Professor (Medical Gastroenterology), Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Cochin, 2010

Awards

Levy Thomson Award, 2007
ISG - Om Prakash Young Investigator Award, 2014

Associations/Membership

Association of Physicians of India
Indian Society of Gastroenterology
Indian National Association Study of Liver Disease
Liver Transplantation Society of India
International Club of Ascites
European Association of Study of Liver Disease
International Liver Transplantation Society

Paper Published

H R, Somashekara & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas & Kumar, T & Patcha, Rajanikant & Malleeswaran, Selvakumar & Varghese, Joye. (2024). Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Is a Safe and Effective Option for Yellow Phosphorus Toxin-induced Acute Liver Failure. Transplantation. 10.1097/TP.0000000000005163.
Gopal, Prasanna & Krishnan, Sathish & Malleeswaran, Selvakumar & Srinivas, Sripriya & Patcha, Rajanikanth & Varghese, Joye & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas. (2023). Novel radiological technique to recognize acute liver failure caused by yellow phosphorous-containing rodenticides. Indian journal of gastroenterology: official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. 42. 10.1007/s12664-022-01334-4.
Gopal, Prasanna & Krishnan, Sathish & Malleeswaran, Selvakumar & Srinivas, Sripriya & Patcha, Rajanikanth & Varghese, Joye & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas. (2023). Novel radiological technique to recognize acute liver failure caused by yellow phosphorous-containing rodenticides. Indian journal of gastroenterology: official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. 42. 10.1007/s12664-022-01334-4.
Katheresan, V. & H R, Somashekara & Kasala, Mohan & Perumal, Karnan & Malleeswaran, Selvakumar & Ellango, & Varghese, Joye & Patcha, Rajanikanth. (2023). Living Donor Liver Transplantation For Paediatric Wilson’s Disease: Does An Acute Presentation Impact Post-Transplant Outcomes?. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S3-S4. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.10.016.
H R, Somashekara & Kasala, Mohan & Perumal, Karnan & Malleeswaran, Selvakumar & Patcha, Rajanikanth & Varghese, Joye & Sathiyasekaran, Malathy & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas. (2021). When Push comes to Shove! Emergency ABO-Incompatible Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant for Acute Wilson’s disease To be published in: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 12. 10.1016/j.jceh.2021.08.008.
Kedarisetty, Chandan & Bal, Sipra & Parida, Subhashree & Jain, Mayank & Bhadoria, Ajeet & Varghese, Joye & Venkataraman, Jayanthi. (2020). Role of N-acetyl Cysteine in Post-transarterial Chemoembolization Transaminitis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-center Experience. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 11. 10.1016/j.jceh.2020.10.007.
Reddy, Mettu Srinivas & Rajakumar, Akila & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Venkatakrishnan, L. & Jothimani, Dinesh & Sudhindran, S. & Jacob, Mathew & Narayanasamy, Krishnasamy & Venugopal, Radhika & Mohanka, Ravi & Kaliamoorthy, Ilankumaran & Varghese, Joye & Panackel, Charles & Mohamed, Zubair & Vij, Mukul & Sachan, Deepti & Pillay, Vijay & Saigal, Sanjiv & Dhiman, Radhakrishna & Sarin, Shiv. (2020). Liver Transplantation Society of India Guidelines for the Management of Acute Liver Injury Secondary to Yellow Phosphorus–Containing Rodenticide Poisoning Using the Modified Delphi Technique of Consensus Development. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 11. 10.1016/j.jceh.2020.09.011.
Jain, Mayank & Venkataraman, Jayanthi & Varghese, Joye. (2018). Gallstone profile in the Indian subcontinent and its link to gall bladder cancer. In Basumani ed. Diseases of Pancreas and Biliary Tract.Jaypee Publications.2017, under the aegis of ICP and API.
Rathi, Sahaj & Chopra, Madhu & Choudhuri, Gourdas & Pk, Sharma & Madan, Kaushal & Chhabra, Mohinish & Rai, Ramesh roop & Govil, Anurag & Konar, Asokananda & Goenka, Mahesh & Agarwal, Manoj & Mukherjee, Jayanta & Thorat, Vinay & Salunkhe, Sanjay & Abraham, Philip & Nagral, Aabha & Jhaveri, Ajay & Bhat, Naresh & Varghese, Joye & Dhiman, Radha. (2018). Prevalence of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Cross-Sectional, Clinico-Epidemiological, Multicenter, Nationwide Study in India: The PREDICT Study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 9. 10.1016/j.jceh.2018.09.009.
Tapadia, Ashishkumar & Jain, Mayank & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas & Mahadevan, Bala & Varghese, Joye & Venkataraman, Jayanthi. (2021). Serum C-reactive protein and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as predictors of survival in cirrhotic patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and bacterial infection. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 40. 10.1007/s12664-020-01134-8.
Rathi, Sahaj & Chopra, Madhu & Choudhuri, Gourdas & Pk, Sharma & Madan, Kaushal & Chhabra, Mohinish & Rai, Ramesh roop & Govil, Anurag & Konar, Asokananda & Goenka, Mahesh & Agarwal, Manoj & Mukherjee, Jayanta & Thorat, Vinay & Salunkhe, Sanjay & Abraham, Philip & Nagral, Aabha & Jhaveri, Ajay & Bhat, Naresh & Varghese, Joye & Dhiman, Radha. (2017). Prevalence of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Cross-Sectional, Clinico Epidemiological, Multicenter, Nationwide Study in India: The Predict Study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 7. S66-S67. 10.1016/j.jceh.2017.01.088.
Varghese, Joye & Kedarisetty, Chandan & Venkataraman, Jayanthi & Srinivasan, Vijaya & Deepashree, Thiruchunapalli & Uthappa, Mangerira & Kaliamoorthy, Ilankumaran & Govil, Sanjay & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas & Rela, Mohamed. (2016). Combination of TACE and Sorafenib Improves Outcomes in BCLC Stages B/C of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single Centre Experience. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 6. S102. 10.1016/j.jceh.2016.06.172.
Arikichenin, Olithselvan & Shanmugam, Vivekanandan & Vij, Mukul & Shanmugam, Naresh & Narasiman, Gomathy & Perumalla, Rajsekar & Reddy, Mettu Srinivas & Varghese, Joye & Jothimani, Dinesh & Rela, Mohamed. (2014). Utility of Quantiferon-GOLD for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in Liver Transplant Recipients (LTRs) from a High Prevalence Area.-An Interim Analysis of a Prospective Study.: Abstract # P-208.
Varghese, Joye & Loganathan, Naveen & Selvakumar, Eswaran & Madhan, Prabhakaran & Rajendran, Shanmugasundram & Venkataraman, Jayanthi. (2006). Medical image. Portomesenteric venous gas. The New Zealand Medical Journal. 119. U2343.