Dr. Rajesh Kumar Padhan
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Designation: Chief – Academic and Training, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Specialty :
Gastroenterology
Location :
Gurgaon
Nationality :
Indian
Languages Spoken :
English, Hindi
Gender :
Male
Total Experience (Years) :
17
Hospital :
Artemis Hospitals
- Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology
- DM (Gastroenterology) – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
- MD (Medicine) – SCB Medical College, Cuttack
- MBBS – SCB Medical College, Cuttack
- DHA licensed consultant Gastroenterology (Dubai)
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Padhan is a highly experienced gastroenterologist and hepatologist with over 17 years of clinical practice. He is currently practicing at Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram. He specializes in the diagnosis and management of a wide spectrum of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, with particular expertise in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), pancreatic disorders, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), pelvic floor dyssynergia, and transplant hepatology. He was actively involved in IBD and pancreas clinics at AIIMS, New Delhi, where he gained extensive experience in managing complex cases.
Dr. Padhan has worked at several reputed institutions, including Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital (Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed University), Jaypee Hospital (now Max Hospital), W Pratiksha Hospital, and Marengo Asia Hospital, Gurugram. At IMS and SUM Hospital, he served as an Assistant Professor, actively involved in patient care and the training of undergraduate medical students. During his tenure at Jaypee Hospital, he worked closely with the liver transplant team, contributing significantly to pre- and post-transplant care, including post-transplant ERCP procedures. He also played a key role in establishing centres of excellence and advanced endoscopy suites at W Pratiksha and Marengo Asia Hospitals.
Dr. Padhan has extensive expertise in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, enteroscopy, ERCP, EUS, percutaneous endoscopic necrosectomy, and fecal microbiota transplantation. Alongside his clinical practice, he remains deeply committed to medical education and mentoring, contributing to the training of the next generation of gastroenterologists and hepatologists.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Pancreatic Disorders
- Transplant Hepatology
- Advanced Endoscopy (ERCP, EUS, Enteroscopy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Necrosectomy)
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Pancreatitis and other Pancreatic Disorders
- Hepatobiliary diseases
- Liver Transplantation-related care (Pre and Post-transplant care, including ERCP procedures)
- Digestive and gastrointestinal disorders
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Acute liver failure
- Cirrhosis of liver
- GI malignancy
- Obesity
1) Padhan RK, Kedia S, Garg SK, Bopanna S, Mouli VP, Dhingra R, Makharia
G, Ahuja V. Long-Term Disease Course and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Indian Cohort Study. Dig Dis Sci. 2017 Aug;62(8):2054-2062. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4353-5. Epub 2016 Oct 26. PMID: 27785711
3) Padhan RK, Nongthombam SK, Venuthurimilli A, Dhingra R; Shalimar; Sahni P, Garg
PK. Assessment of safety and efficacy of an indigenous self-expandable fully covered
esophageal metal stent for palliation of esophageal cancer. Indian J Cancer. 2016 Oct-Dec;53(4):534-537. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.204760. PMID: 28485345.
4) Padhan RK, Jain S, Agarwal S, Harikrishnan S, Vadiraja P, Behera S, Jain SK, Dhingra R, Dash NR, Sahni P, Garg PK. Primary and Secondary Organ Failures Cause Mortality Differentially in Acute Pancreatitis and Should be Distinguished. Pancreas. 2018 Mar;47(3):302-307. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000998. PMID:
5)Jamwal KD, Padhan RK, Sharma A, Sharma MK. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided coiling and glue is safe and superior to endoscopic glue injection in gastric varices with severe liver disease: a retrospective case control study. Clin Endosc. 2023 Jan;56(1):65-74. doi: 10.5946/ce.2021.119. Epub 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36594180; PMCID: PMC9902678.29401171.
- American College of Gastroenterology
- Indian Society of Gastroenterology
- Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL)
- Indian Pancreatic Club
