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Dr. Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar (born on 13th March, 1959) is a Consultant  Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist in Bombay Hospital ,Jagjivanram Western Railway Hospital since 1994 & Breach Candy Hospital since 2015. Actively involved in a variety of research projects, his specialty is in Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C , NAFLD and HCC. An MD, DM (Gastro), DNB (Gastro), Dr. Amarapurkar[4] is a Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow Of Indian College of Physicians, Fellow of American Gastroenterology Association & Fellow of American Association Study of Liver. Till date, he has presented around 200 papers, Authored or around 400 publications[5][6], both singly as well as in collaboration with other fellow doctors and has imparted his contribution in more than 20 chapters in a range of text books[7]. He has also authored[8], edited[9][10] and reviewed[11] several books and journals[12] on clinical Hepatology[13], liver cirrhosis hepatic encephalopathy, improving survival in decompensated liver cirrhosis and vascular disease of the liver.

Education and career
Dr. Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar[14] has passed his MBBS degree from Dr V M Medical College[15] Solapur, Shivaji University[16], completed his MD - Internal medicine from Dr. V M Medical College and received Gold Medal for the same examination [15] Solapur, Shivaji University[16], DM - Gastroenterology from T N Medical College, Mumbai, Bombay University and DNB - Gastroenterology from National Board New Delhi. He has delivered 10 prestigious orations prestigious orations like Netaji Oration 2010, Dr Madangopalan Oration – 2013 & P N Chuttani Oration – 2015 and has served as a Treasurer, Secretary & Vice President of Indian National Association of Study of Liver.

He is a member of the consensus panel on Management of Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, NAFLD and HCC for Asian Pacific Region. He is a guide for Ph.D. programme in life science in Bombay University and programme director for Diplomat of National Board in Gastroenterology. He has authored a monogram on Care of patients with cirrhosis. He has been a guest editor of special issues on hepatology and interventions in gastroenterology of Bombay Hospital Journal and Improving survival in patients with de-compensatedliver cirrhosis by International Journal of Hepatology.

He recently completed research projects on Vedolizumab in inflammatory bowel disease[17], Genetics of Chronic Pancreatitis, JAK2 mutation in abdominal vein thrombosis, Association of genetic variants with anti-tuberculosis drug induced hepatotoxicity., Genetics of celiac disease, coagulopathy in liver cirrhosis  and surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma. Current involved in research on Genetics of fatty liver disease and other liver diseases, portal hypertensive changes in Upper gastrointestinal tract.Dr. Deepak[18] has Delivered more than 550 lectures at various International (APASL, APDW, IASL, AASLD, World congress of Gastroenterology, Korean, Japanese, Malaysian and Philippine Association of Hepatology/Gastroenterology) & National meetings & conferences (IMA, API, ISG, INASL, Indian society of Nephrology, Association of surgeons of India, Indian Association of Paediatrics, Indian association of Pathologists and Microbiologists)

Personal Life
Born to Narayan Narhar Amarapurkar[19] and Sudha Narayan (Dravid) Amarapurkar in 1959 in Solapur, Maharashtra, Dr. Deepak[20] got married to Anjali Subhash  Mhaskar[21]on December 12, 1987. The couple has two Children, by the names Pooja Amarapurkar[22]  is persuing Fellowship at Miami USA and Rohan Amarapurkar  is persuing Electrical engineering at VJTI Mumbai respectively.

Awards and Scholarships
Dr. Amarapurkar has received numerous awards and scholarships, some of which are listed below:
 * Received Keshawrao Balwantrao Gore Prize for standing first in M.D. (Med) examination of Shivaji University 1985.
 * Received Merit Scholarship of Bombay University for excellent academic performance 1987-88.
 * Received Best Resident Award for excellent academic and clinical work performance at B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital & T.N. Medical College 1988-89.
 * Received Best Paper Award for “Effects of Isosorbide mono-nitrate on portal hypertension” at annual conference of the Indian Association of Study of Liver 1990.
 * Received “Himalaya Gold Medal” for best clinical paper presented at the annual conference of Indian Association of Study of Liver 1991 for the paper “Hepatitis C virus infection in chronic liver disease”.
 * Received Best poster Award at the annual conference of Indian Association of Study of Liver 1992, for the poster “Budd-Chiari Syndrome due to inferior venacaval obstruction”
 * Received first prize for Hepatobiliary quiz at mid-term conference of Indian Association of Study of Liver 1992.
 * Recipient of Young Clinician Award for 10th World Congress of Gastroenterology 1994.
 * Recipient of Young Investigator Award for Asia Pacific Congress of Gastroenterology 1996.
 * Recipient of Young Investigator travel award for Asia Pacific Congress of Hepatology 1998
 * Best paper award at annual conference of INASL 1998 “Balloon angioplasty for inferior vena caval obstruction"
 * Best paper Award at Annual conference of INASL 1998 :Role of Hepatitis B in Glomerulonephritis”
 * Best Paper Award at Annual conference of INASL 2000 “Clinical significance of Hepatitis C Genotypes”

Publications/ Papers presented
Listed below are a few of the numerous Publications/Papers presented by Dr. Amarapurkar:
 * "Diabetes - Its impact on liver diseases " by M.V. Dharod and Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar.
 * Adrenal function in cirrhosis: The pendulum swings - By Dr. Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar.
 * Differentiation of Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis in India in 2010 - Anna Benjamin Pulimood, Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar, Ujjala Ghoshal, Mathew Phillip, Cannanore Ganesh Pai, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy, Birender Nagi, Balakrishna Siddhartha Ramakrishna.
 * Amarapurkar DN, Desai HG. The risk of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Trop Gastroenterol 1987:8; 182-3.
 * Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) guidance for antiviral therapy against HCV infection: Update 2016
 * Desai HG, Amarapurkar DN, Hepatorenal Syndrome - A new therapeutic Approach. Trop Gastroenterol 1987; 8: 183-5.
 * Loya YS, Sharma S, Amarapurkar DN, Desai HG. Complete membranous obstruction of inferior vena cava; Case treated by balloon dilation Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1989; 17: 164-7.
 * Rajiv Baijal, Subash Agal , Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar , Praveen Kumar HR , Nagaraj Kotli , Mayank Jain - Esophageal Tuberculosis: An Analysis of Fourteen Cases.
 * Amarapurkar DN, Kalro RH, Desai HG. Non-Surgical management of Gallstone disease. J Assoc Physicians India 1990; 38 : 647-50.
 * Desai HG & Amarapurkar DN, A new look at chronic gastritis. J Clin Gastroenterol 1992; 4: 278-80.
 * Amarapurkar D, Dharod M, Chandnani M, Baijal R, Praveein Kumar, Jain M, Patel N, Kamani P,  Shah N, Kulkarni S, Gautam Sonali, Shah A, Doshi S.Care of Patients with Cirrhosis How are we doing? Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 2015:72:51-58
 * Amarapurkar D, Dharod M,  Amarapurkar A Autoimmune hepatitis in India: Single tertiary referral centre experience. Trop Gastroenterol 2015     ;1:36- 45
 * Amarapurkar D, Amarapurkar A. Indications of liver biopsy in the era of noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology in press.
 * Amarapurkar D, Bhatt N, Patel N, Amarapurkar P, Amarapurkar A. Diagnostic laparoscopy in the era of modern imaging-retrospective analysis from a single center. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2013; 32:302-6.
 * Amarapurkar DN, kalro RH, Desai HG. Role of peritoneoscopy in diagnosis of ascites. Indian J. Gastroenterol 1988, 7(Supp 4) : A8.
 * Amarapurkar DN, Kalro RH, Desai HG. Peritoneoscopy A review of 500 cases. Indian J Gastroenterol 1988; 7 (Supp 4) : A 46.
 * Amarapurkar DN, Kumar A, Parikh SS, Chopra KB, Kalro RH, Desai HG. Hepatitis C Virus infection in chronic liver diseases. Indian J Gastroenterol 1991; 10  (Supp 4) : A 58.
 * Anti-HBc screening in Indian blood donors: Still an unresolved issue.

Memberships

 * Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
 * The Association of Physicians of India
 * Consulting Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
 * World Journal of Gastroenterology
 * World Journal of Hepatology
 * Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hepatology
 * Austin Journal of Gastroenterology and Health & Nutrition
 * Consensus Development Panel for Asian Pacific Association for Study of Liver Disease for Hepatitis B, C, Extrahepatic Portal vein obstruction & ACLF
 * Asian Pacific consensus on NAFLD and HCC
 * Indian Association for Study of Liver – Hepatitis C, NAFLD & Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy.