Prof. Ajay Duseja

Dr Ajay Duseja is presently working as Professor and Head in the department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. He did his MBBS in 1988, MD (Internal Medicine) in 1992 and DM (Gastroenterology) from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1996. For last more than 28 years, he is working as Faculty with focused research in the field of Hepatology.

He is Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), Fellow of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (FAASLD), Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), Fellow of the Society of GI Endoscopy of India (FSGEI), Fellow of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (FISG), Fellow of Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver (FINASL) and Master of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (MISG).

He is currently the Secretary General of the Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver (INASL). He is also the National Convener of the Indian National Association for the Study of Liver (INASL) Task Force on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and the Principal Investigator of the Indian consortium on metabolic dysfunction associated
steatolic liver disease (ICOM-D) –an on-going real-life study on NAFLD in India involving 40 centres. He is the member of the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) NASH Committee (USA), member of Global NASH Council (USA), member of the Asia- Pacific Working Party on NAFLD and member of the Gut and Obesity in Asia (GOASIA) working group. He is also an active member of the INASL Task Force on Hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Alcohol-associated Liver disease and Drug Induced Liver Injury. He is the former Honorary Treasurer of INASL and has been the office bearer and member of various other scientific societies.

He is author of more than 375 papers in reputed international and national journals including 30 chapters in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology text books. His main areas of interest include metabolic dysfunction associated steatolic liver disease (MASLD), acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), viral Hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (JCEH), an official journal of INASL. He is Principal Investigator of several extra-mural and intramural projects and is recipient of various international and national awards and honors.