Dr. Amal Upadhyay is a Consultant in Gastroenterology at Aster Hospital, Mankhool. Before his assignment in Dubai at Aster Hospital, Dr Amal served as a Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology at the Royal Hospital – a Tertiary Multi Speciality Hospital managed by the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.

Qualification:

• Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK


• Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh


• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)


• Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)


• Internal Member, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Certifications:

• Dip.N.B. (Gastroenterology), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India, 1996

Professional Experience:

• January 2008 – April 2015: Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology at Royal Hospital – Sultanate of Oman.


• April 2004 – January 2008: Senior Specialist Gastroenterology at Royal Hospital – Sultanate of Oman.


• May 2000 – April 2004: Specialist, Gastroenterology(Division of Medicine) at Royal Hospital – Sultanate of Oman.


• December 1997 – April 2000: Associate Consultant, Gastroenterology at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India.


• March 1997 – October 1997: Fellow in the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Willingdon Hospital, Chennai, India.


• January 1997 – March 1997: Junior Consultant, Gastroenterology at Batra Hospital, New Delhi, India


• June 1994 – June 1996: Post-graduate (subspecialty) resident in Gastroenterology at LTMMC and Sion Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Special Interests:

All forms of Diagnostic Endoscopy, also including: 

• Colon Cancer Screening


• Screening for Malignancy in Barrett’s esophagus


• Screening for Malignancy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

All forms of Therapeutic Endoscopy, also including:

• Treatment of GI bleeding


• Removal of polyps


• Endoscopic mucosal resection


• Dilation and stenting of luminal structures in the gut


• Advanced endoscopic interventions in biliary ducts and pancreas through ERCP

Inflammatory bowel disease

Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease

Treatment of Obesity – Medical as well as Endoscopic

Dr. Amal Premchandra Upadhyay's specialty is Gastroenterology & Hepatology and currently works as a Consultant Gastroenterologist.

He speaks English.