Dr. Kaiser Raja
Consultant in Liver Diseases, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy
Dr. Kaiser is one of the very few dedicated hepatologists in Dubai and United Arab Emirates. He is highly experienced in management of all forms of complex liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, chronic hepatitis B and C, autoimmune hepatitis, acute liver failure, alcoholic liver disease, hemochromatosis and fatty liver disease.
He has a vast experience in the management of liver cancer and can help you coordinate multidisciplinary treatment of liver cancer with surgeons, interventional radiologists and oncologists. Dr. Kaiser also specialises in the management of children with liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson disease, metabolic liver diseases and cholestatic liver disorders.
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Dr. Kaiser Raja is a consultant physician specializing in diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract. Having always been a Gold Medallist in his entire educational career, he has trained in Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology from one the most reputable medical institutions in India, The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. He has followed that with an Advanced Fellowship in Liver Diseases and Transplant Hepatology from the Mount Sinai Medical Centre in New York. He has more than 18 years of experience and medical practice in India, Middle East and North America.
Dr. Kaiser also practices gastroenterology and his expertise includes disorders of digestion, acid reflux disease, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis), pancreatic and biliary tract disorders and gastrointestinal cancers. Apart from his clinical acumen he has a vast experience in advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy and ERCP. Dr. Kaiser integrates his practice with one the finest surgical teams performing advanced gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery.
Experience
- More than 18 years of clinical experience as gastroenterologist and hepatologist
- Dedicated experience in management on complex liver disease, liver cancer and liver transplantation
- Certified Liver Transplant Physician
- Expert in Advanced Endoscopy and ERCP with experience of more than 10000 procedures.
Education
- American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Liver Diseases and Transplant Hepatology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA.
- DM Gastroenterology (Fellowship program in Gastroenterology & Hepatology) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
- MD Internal Medicine (Residency program in Internal Medicine) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Affiliation
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Feb 2019 till date
Consultant in Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases and Advanced Endoscopy, King’s College Hospital London, Dubai, UAE -
Nov 2015 to Jan 2019
Consultant in Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Integrated Liver Care Program, Aster DM Healthcare Group, Bangalore (India) -
Oct 2011 to Nov 2015
Consultant in Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases and Transplant Hepatology, Integrated Liver Care Program, BGS Global Hospital, Bangalore (India) -
July 2008 – June 2009
Clinical Fellow, Division of Liver diseases: Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York (USA) -
July 2009 to July 2011
Consultant in Gastroenterology, NMC Speciality Hospital, Abu Dhabi (UAE) -
March 2003 to June 2008
Consultant in Gastroenterology, New Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Membership
- American Association for Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
- International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS)
- European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL)
- Indian Society of Gastroentrology (ISG)
- Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL)
- Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI)
Awards
- Distinction with gold medals in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Ophthalmology, ENT, Community Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynecology during MBBS (medical diploma).
- Gold medal for overall best academic performance during MBBS in Bhopal University during the session 1990-95.
- Medal for best academic performance during M.D. (Internal Medicine) course at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Achievements
- Established an Integrated Liver Care (ILC) Program in Bangalore, India comprising of a multidisciplinary team of liver transplant surgeons, hepatologists, interventional radiologists, intensivists and speciality nurses. The ILC team has performed more than 1000 liver transplants and complex hepatobiliary surgeries in India in the last 7 years. ILC also manages patients with advanced liver diseases, liver failure, liver cancer and pediatric liver diseases.
- Partnered to establish the Integrated Liver Care (ILC) Foundation. The Foundation’s educational initiative has organised more than 250 continuing medical education (CME) programs for doctors in India. It also organises an Annual International Liver Diseases Conference – Frontiers in Liver Diseases, that is attended by national and international experts in the field of hepatology and liver transplantation.
- Contributed to the establishment of an Affordable Pediatric Liver Transplant Program, a collaborative effort between ILC Foundation and The Praveen Agarwal Foundation. This initiative helps facilitate liver transplantation for needy kids with liver failure at a very affordable and subsidised cost. More than 100 children have successfully been transplanted through this initiative.
