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    Dr Amey Sonavane

    Gastroenterologist

    MBBS, DNB(General Medicine), DNB (Gastroenterology) MRCP (SCE - Gastroenterology), Fellow in clinical and Transplant Hepatology

    15 years experience overall

    Plot # 13, Parsik Hill Road, Off Uran Road, Sector - 23, Cbd Belapur, Opp. Nerul Wonders Park, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai

    Specialities
    Experience

    Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai                                                                                                        August 2022 onwards

    Consultant in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

     

    Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai                                                                                  July 2019 to July 2022

    Consultant in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

     

    Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai                                                                                  July 2018 to July 2019

    Associate Consultant in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

     

    Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, India                                                              July 2017 to July 2018  Senior Fellow and Associate Consultant in Clinical and Transplant Hepatology

     

    Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mumbai       March 2014 to March 2017

    Super Specialty Resident in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

     

     

    P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai            Feb 2013 to Feb 2014

    Clinical Assistant in Internal Medicine                                                                           

     

    P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai            Feb 2010 to Jan 2013 Postgraduate Resident in Internal Medicine 

     

    John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL                               July 2009 to October 2009  Observer, Department of Medicine 

     

    Alexian Brothers Corporate Health Care Center, Schaumburg, IL                   April 2009 to July 2009

    Extern, Center for Immediate and Corporate Care                           

     

    Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane, India                                                    June 2008 to March 2009 Volunteer Research Assistant, Department of Dermatology                                  

     

    Poornima Hospital, Mumbai, India                                                                       March 2008 to March 2009 

    Medical Officer                                                                     

     

    Government of India and World Health Organization                                       May 2008 to August 2008 Field Supervisor, Pulse Polio Eradication Program.

     

    Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane, India                                                       March 2007 to March 2008

    Intern

     

    Members ship

    Senior Fellow in Liver Transplantation and Clinical Hepatology                             July 2017to July 2018 Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, 

    Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram

     

    MRCP (SCE-Gastroenterology)                                                                                                    May 2018

    European Specialty Examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

    Certified by the Federation of the Royal College of Physicians of the 

    United Kingdom, the British Society of Gastroenterology and the 

    UEMS Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 

     

    Diplomate of National Board in Gastroenterology (DNB Gastroenterology)      Mar 2014 to Mar 2017  Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mumbai    and National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.         

     

    Diplomate of National Board in General Medicine (DNB Internal Medicine)       Feb 2010 to Jan 2013 P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai and National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.

     

    Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)                                     June 2002 to May 2008 Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik, India.

     

    Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC)                                                                                   July 2000 to June 2002

    V.G.Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai, India.

     

    Certifications

    Academic Honors and Scholarships:

     

    • Presented the travel award winning poster “Renal Dysfunction in HCV” at the APASL STC on HCV at New Delhi. (December 2015)
    • Selected as a preceptee for training in Viral Hepatitis at the Singapore Hepatitis Conference, Singapore. (May 2016)
    • Presented the travel award winning poster “Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Autoimmune Hepatitis” at the International Digestive Diseases Forum (IDDF) Conference at Hong Kong (June 2016)  ? Passed with Distinction and ranked first in medical school in first and second years.
    • Secured Distinctions in Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology. 
    • Secured First Class in Gross Anatomy, Forensic Medicine, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Preventive and Social Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • Secured the JRD Tata Full Scholarship for excellent academic performance throughout medical school.

    Secured meritorious positions in the state board in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examinations.

    Secured the Bharat Petroleum and Thane Municipal Corporation Scholarship during high school.

    • Won a number of awards at inter-collegiate drawing, painting and literary competitions.

     

    • Gupta D, Sonavane A. Heart-leaved moonseed-innocuous or baneful. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology 2022;12(1):254-255 (January 2022)
    • Sonavane AD, Gupta D, Ambekar A, Nagral A. Acute esophageal necrosis: an uncommon entity. J Postgrad Med 2021;67:115-6. Doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_635_20 (January 2021)
    • Janwadkar A, Nagral A, Marar S, Sonavane A, Raut V, Vasanth S, Mirza D. Positional outflow obstruction as a cause of early refractory ascites post-pediatric living donor liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2021; 25:e13969 (January 2021)
    • Raut V, Sonavane A, Shah K, Amruthraj C, Thorat A, Sawant A, et al. Successful liver transplantation immediately after recovery from COVID-19 in a highly endemic area. Transpl Int. 2020 Nov 30:10.1111/tri.13790. doi: 10.1111/tri.13790. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33253449; PMCID: PMC7753267 (November 2020)
    • Sonavane A, Raut V, Marar S, Sawant A, Shah K, Raj A, et al. Preoperative successful thrombectomy and thrombolysis of acute extensive splanchnic venous system and TIPSS thrombosis in a child with Budd-Chiari syndrome-Creating a window to enable living donor liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Nov 24:e13857. doi: 10.1111/petr.13857. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33232561 (November 2020)
    • Sonavane, A.D., Gupta, D., Parmar, T. et al. Typhoid ulcer related massive gastrointestinal bleeding successfully treated with endoscopic therapy. Egypt J Intern Med 32, 1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-020-00004-1 (August 2020)
    • Sonavane AD, Shah K, Raut V, Thorat A, Raj CA, Ambekar A, et al. Splenic peliosis and spontaneous splenic rupture: A rare complication following liver transplantation. Indian J

    Transplant 2020;14:172-4. doi:   10.4103/ijot.ijot_71_19 (June 2020)

    Sonavane AD, Bagde A, Raut V, et al. Therapeutic coil embolization of dominant shunt in hepatopulmonary syndrome enhances post-liver transplant respiratory recovery [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 21]. Pediatr Transplant. 2020;e13729. doi:10.1111/petr.13729 (May 2020)

    • Choudhary NS, Sonavane A, Saraf N, et al. Poor Performance Status Predicts Mortality After Living Donor Liver Transplantation. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2020;10(1):37-42. doi:10.1016/j.jceh.2019.06.006)(Jan 2020)
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S, Sood N, Kathuria A, Chaudhary N. A Rare Case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome Secondary to Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Salvaged with TIPSS. Tropical Gastroenterology 2019;40(2):293-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.7869/tg.531 (July 2019)
    • Choudhary NS, Saigal S, Sonavane AD, Prakash AK, Saraf N, Soin AS. A case of Sirolimus induced interstitial lung disease after liver transplantation. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2019 JulyAugust;9(4):539-540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2018.09.005 (July 2019)
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S. An Enigmatic Case of undiagnosed severe diarrhea post living donor liver transplantation. Transpl Immunol. 2019 Jun;54:17-19. doi: 10.1016/j.trim.2018.11.004 (June 2019)
    • Sonavane AD, Amarapurkar DN, Rathod K, Punamiya S. Long-term survival of patients undergoing TIPS in Budd-Chiari Syndrome. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2019 Jan-Feb;9(1):56-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2018.02.008 (January 2019)
    • Sonavane AD, Sonawane PB, Amarapurkar DN. IBD across the age continuum: Similarity and Disparity. Indian J Pediatr. 2018 Nov;85(11):989-994. doi: 10.1007/s12098-018-2665-5. (November 2018) 
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S, Kathuria A, Choudhary NS, Saraf N. Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Rare Extra-intestinal Manifestation of Hepatitis B. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2018 Aug;11(4):312-314. doi: 10.1007/s12328-018-0847-3 (August 2018)
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S, Kathuria A, Choudhary NS, Saraf N. A rare case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome secondary to Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: salvaged with TIPS. Accepted for publication in Tropical Gastroenterology. (June 2018)
    • Amarapurkar AD, Amarapurkar DN, Rathi PM, Sawant P, Sonavane AD, Baijal R et al. Risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease; prospective multicentre study. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2018 May;37(3):189-195. doi: 10.1007/s12664-018-0850-0 (May 2018)
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S. Hepatic Encephalopathy and Liver Transplantation. Submitted as book chapter. (March 2018) 
    • Saigal S, Sonavane AD. Fluid Overload in Cirrhosis – assessment and management. Hepatol Int (February 2018) doi: 10.1007/s12072-018-9852-3
    • Sonavane AD, Pal AM, Amarapurkar DN. Metastatic Mayhem. OGH Reports 2018; 7(1); 77-79. (January 2018) doi: 10.5530/ogh.2018.7.1.17
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S. Clinical Implications of treatment modalities for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. LiRADS Conference Handbook, INASL. (December 2017)
    • Pal AM, Sonavane AD, Agarwal R, Rathi PM. Parathyroid cancer causing acute severe pancreatitis. JAPI 2017; 65: 95-97
    • Amarapurkar DN, Sonavane AD, Amarapurkar AD. Metastatic Crohn’s. JAPI 2017;65:86-8
    • Sonavane AD, Rathi PM. Fitz-Hugh Curtis Syndrome. Indian J Med Res 2017;145:147
    • Sonavane AD, Amarapurkar DN, Amarapurkar AD. An interesting case of Polycystic Pancreas.

    ACG Case Rep J 2016;3(3):199-201

     

    Sonavane AD, Sonawane PB, Chandak SV, Rathi PM. Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an immunocompetent host. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2016,10(3):3-5

    • Sonavane AD, Rathi PM. Subacute intestinal obstruction by a giant ilea lipoma treated by endoscopic removal. J Dig Endosc 2015;6:701-2
    • Nair SR, Viswanath V, Sonavane AD et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum with verrucous carcinoma: a rare association. Indian J Dermato,Venereol &Leprol 2010;76:420-2 
    • Kshirsagar P, Sonavane AD, Doshi AC et al. Atypical Presentation of Leptospirosis. JAPI 2010:58. 
    • Viswanath V, Sonavane AD, Doshi AC et al. Dexamethasone – cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in progressive systemic sclerosis. Indian J Dermatol 2010;55:304-5 

     

    Submitted Papers:

     

    • Systemic therapies for HCC including clinical trials; Book Chapter submitted for – Interventional oncology : Principles and practice. 

    Book Chapters:

     

    • Sonavane AD, Choudhary NS. Nutrition in Chronic Liver Disease. Peri-operative Anesthetic Management in Liver Transplantation, 177-184, 2023 (January 2023)
    • Sonavane AD, Gupta D. A Case of Recurrent Pruritis and Jaundice in An Adolescent Male.

    Complicated cases in Jaundice. Ed Akash Shukla, Vol 2, 24-32. (May 2022)

    • Sonavane AD, Nagral A. Acute Liver Failure. Handbook of General Medicine. (October 2020)
    • Sonavane AD, Saraf N. NAFLD and Liver transplantation. NAFLD. Ed Akash Shukla, Vol 1, 107120 (December 2019)
    • Sonavane AD, Saigal S. Hepatic encephalopathy and liver transplantation. Hepatic encephalopathy updates. Vol 1,76-85 (December 2019)
    • Sonavane AD, Chaudhary NS. Nutrition in Chronic Liver Disease. In Press. Book on Anaesthesia and Liver transplantation (August 2019)

     

    Research, Free Paper and Poster Presentations:

     

    • Abstracts “Differences in mortality rates in inpatients with cirrhosis depends on the low, middle or high income country location: Multi-national cleared consortium experience”, “Low serum albumin at admission is associated with mortality among inpatients with cirrhosis: A multinational experience”, “Risk factors for short-term post discharge clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with decompensated chronic liver disease: interim results from  Global CLEARED study”, “CLEARED Global consortium results highlight regional variation and need for equity in inpatient outcomes in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease” presented at the Liver Meeting; Washington DC (November 2022)
    • Poster Presentation “Pre-operative successful thrombectomy and thrombolysis of acute extensive splanchnic venous system and TIPSS thrombosis in a child with Budd Chiari syndrome – creating a window to enable living donor liver transplantation” at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology

    Conference 2020 (ISGCON) (December 2020)

    Poster Presentation “COVID 19 presenting with direct hyperbilirubinemia and multi-organ failure” at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference 2020 (ISGCON) (December 2020)

    Poster Presentation “Outcome of wait-listed recipients without the option for living donor liver transplantation at a newly established tertiary care liver transplant centre in Western India” at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference 2020 (ISGCON) (December 2020)

    • Poster Presentation “Portal Vein Stenting Through Re-Canalized Umbilical Vein To Re-Establish The Portal Flow After Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis In Pediatric Liver Transplantation” at Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW), Kolkata (December 2019)
    • Poster Presentation “Splenic Peliosis: A rare complication following liver transplantation” at Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW), Kolkata (December 2019) and at  Liver Transplant Society of India Conference (LTSICON) (November 2019)
    • Poster Presentation “Therapeutic coil embolization of dominant shunt in HPS enhances post liver transplant recovery” at Liver Transplant Society of India Conference (LTSICON) (November 2019)
    • Poster Presentation “An innovative public-private-philanthropic model to fund liver transplantation (LT) in a Developing country” at the Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), Toronto (May 2019)
    • Poster Presentation “Living liver donor evaluation, acceptance and rejection at a newly established liver transplant centre” at the Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), Toronto (May 2019)
    • Poster Presentation “Influence of inflammatory bowel disease on quality of life: Results of a questionnaire-based survey from Western India” at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference 2018 (ISGCON) (November 2018)
    • Poster Presentation “Frailty Assessment In Patients With Cirrhosis : A Pilot Study” at the Indian National Association for Study of Liver Disease conference (INASL), New Delhi (August 2018)
    • Poster Presentation “An enigmatic case of undiagnosed severe diarrhoea post living donor liver transplant” at the Indian National Association for Study of Liver Disease conference (INASL), New Delhi (August 2018)
    • Poster Presentation “Incidence, significance and outcome of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in 1113 living donor liver transplants at the International Liver Symposium (ILS), Gurgaon (April 2018) and Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), Lisbon (May 2018)
    • Poster Presentation “Long term survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing Transarterial Chemoembolization” at the Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver Disease conference (APASL), New Delhi (March 2018)
    • Poster Presentation “Hepatocellular Carcinoma due to Chronic Liver Disease: Impact of Surveillance on survival” at the Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver Disease conference (APASL), New Delhi (March 2018)
    • Principal Investigator in the ongoing studies “Non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis post Liver Transplantation” and “Frailty and its outcome on living donor liver transplantation” at Medanta, the Medicity, Gurugram (January-July 2018)
    • Poster Presentation “Health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease” at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference 2017 (ISGCON) (December 2017)
    • Conducted the dissertation study on Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Western

    India. (accepted by the National Board, New Delhi) (December 2016)

    Poster Presentation “Hepatic Sarcoidosis” at the Indian National Association for Study of Liver Disease conference (INASL), Gurgaon (August 2016)

    Poster Presentation “Renal Dysfunction in HCV” at the APASL STC on HCV at New Delhi (December 2015) and Singapore Hepatitis Conference. (May 2016) 

    • “Long-term survival post-TIPSS in Budd-Chiari Syndrome.” Presented as free paper at DDW 2016, San Diego, USA
    • Poster Presentation “IBD across the age continuum: Similarity and Disparity” at the AIG IBD Summit, Hyderabad. (April 2016)
    • Poster Presentation “Hepatocellular carcinoma in autoimmune hepatitis: The Indian experience” at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference 2015 (ISGCON) (November  2015)
    • Poster Presentation “Recurrent cryptococcal meningitis in a HIV infected patient” at the 9th National Conference of Society for Indian Human and Animal Mycologists (SIHAM), Siliguri, India (Feb 2012) and CIDSCON. (2015) 
    • “Subacute intestinal obstruction by a giant ileal lipoma treated by endoscopic removal” presented in Video-endoscopy clinics at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference (ISGCON), Mumbai. (December 2014)
    • Platform presentation “SSPE: An unusual case” at the 19th Indian Academy of Neurology Conference (IANCON) at Pune, India. (September 2011)
    • Conducted a retrospective analysis to determine the efficacy of Colistin monotherapy versus combination therapy in resistant gram negative infections. (DNB thesis study - January 2011)
    • Conducted a Retrospective Study to determine the efficacy of Dexamethasone - Cyclophosphamide Pulse Therapy in Progressive Systemic Sclerosis and presented the paper at the clinical meeting of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (November 2008)

     

     

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    English

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    male

    Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai

    Plot # 13, Parsik Hill Road, Off Uran Road, Sector - 23, Cbd Belapur, Opp. Nerul Wonders Park, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400614