Dr. Umang Arora is an Associate Consultant in the Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology & Pancreatico-Biliary Sciences at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. A gastroenterologist and hepatologist, he trained at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, where he completed his MBBS, MD in Internal Medicine and DM in Gastroenterology. He secured All India Rank 1 in both the AIIMS postgraduate entrance examination and the AIIMS DM Gastroenterology entrance examination. He holds the MRCP (UK) from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Specialty Certificate in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (European Specialty Examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology).
After his DM, he completed a fellowship in advanced endoscopy at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, and then completed a fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. His clinical expertise spans the full range of digestive and liver diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and its complications, acute-on-chronic liver failure, and the evaluation and care of patients before and after liver transplantation. He performs diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, including management of variceal and non-variceal bleeding, polypectomy, stricture dilatation, stenting, enteroscopy, ERCP, EUS and third-space endoscopy.
Dr. Arora is an active clinical researcher with over 80 publications and conference abstracts in journals including The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Journal of Hepatology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Digestive Diseases and Sciences. He has presented his work at international meetings including AASLD, EASL, DDW and Asia Pacific Digestive Week, and is known for an evidence-based, patient-centred approach to care.
