Dr. Amarender Singh Puri (Medical Gastroenterologist)

About Dr. Amarender Singh Puri

• Dr. Amarender Singh Puri is a Hepatologist with 22+ experience.

• He has been honored with Times Healthcare Award in 2017 and Delhi Government State Award for Meritorious Service in 2014.

• He has published more than 110 research papers in national and international academic journals.

• Dr. Puri has completed his MBBS followed by MD (Internal Medicine) from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.

• He has a lifetime membership of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, Indian Society of Gastroenterology and Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver.

Special Interest

Luminal Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Celiac Disease

Work Profile

Associate Professor, CMC, Ludhiana

Associate Professor, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi

Education

• DM, 1992, S.G.P.G.I., Lucknow.

• MD, 1988, CMC Ludhiana, Panjab University.

• MBBS, 1983, CMC Ludhiana, Panjab University

Awards

He has received following awards- Times Healthcare Award H.K Chuttani Award for Best Teacher in Gastroenterology. Delhi Government State Award for Meritorious Service. Governor's Gold Medal for Best Graduate M.B.B.S. President of India Medal for Best Student in 1978.

Paper Published

He has published on the following topics-

• Coeliac disease and the liver: spectrum of liver histology, serology, and treatment response at a tertiary referral centre.
• Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis and Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology consensus on tuberculosis infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment. Part 1: risk assessment.
•  Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis and Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology consensus on tuberculosis infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment. Part 2: Management.
• Celiac disease and Helicobacter pylori infection in children: Is there any Association.
•  Imaging of the small intestine in Crohn's disease: Joint position statement of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology and Indian Radiological and Imaging Association.