Dr Gourdas Choudhuri

"Dr.(Prof) Gourdas Choudhuri, MD, DM, FACG, FICP, FAMS, FRCPI, is the HOD & Director of Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Sciences. He is a gastroenterologist, medical educator, researcher of national eminence, as well as a columnist and philanthropist. He trained from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was the first to start Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Extra Corporeal Shockwave Biliary Lithotripsy in India (ESWL). Under his leadership, the department of Gastroenterology at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, developed into one of the top five in the country. Dr. Choudhuri has played a leadership role in developing liver and digestive healthcare in the country and has served on boards of several scientific bodies and journals. He has been the president of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology and is a revered teacher. He has over 200 scientific publications as well as several orations and awards to his credit. With over 30 years in the profession, Dr Choudhuri brings vast experience and expertice in diagnosis and management of a wide range of liver and GI diseases. He is also a skilled endoscopist." Training in Biliary Lithotripsy: at Gottingen University Hospital and Volklingen Kreiskrankenhaus, Germany, July-Aug, 1990.