Dr Shivaraj Afzalpurkar

Dr Shivaraj Afzalpurkar is a young, dynamic Gastroenterologist, currently attached to the Institute of Gastrosciences and liver at the Apollo Multi-speciality Hospital in Kolkata. He is awarded with Gold medal during his MD General Medicine. He has considerable exposure to endoscopy and colonoscopy-related procedures, including banding, sclerotherapy, polypectomy, argon plasma coagulation (APC), Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA), peg tube placements and others. Further, he is well-versed in single balloon Enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy, as well as high-resolution manometry and motility study, oesophageal stricture dilatation, achalasia management and fibro scans. He has more than 30 research publications in various national and international journals along with chapters in several textbooks. His research articles were selected for various awards and grants like Poster of distinction award in APDW 2019, educational grant for original article in APDW 2020, Young investigator award in ISGKON 2021. He is life member of American college of Gastroenterology and Indian society of Gastroenterology.