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Dr. Arun K Valsan

Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Kochi

Qualification: MBBS, MD, DM
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Bio

Dr. (Maj) Arun K Valsan is a Clinical Associate Professor and Consultant Hepatologist and Transplant Physician at Amrita Hospital, Kochi. With a distinguished background in hepatology and a strong foundation in internal medicine, Dr. Arun Valsan brings extensive expertise in managing complex liver conditions, including acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), portal hypertension, and transplant hepatology. His military service has further enriched his clinical experience, allowing him to handle critical care situations with precision and care. He is also actively involved in research and has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the field of hepatology.

Speciality: Gastroenterology And Hepatology

Languages Known

  • English
  • Malayalam
  • Hindi
  • Marathi
Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

FXR agonist in post-liver transplantation patients: a randomized open-labeled study.

Cite this Research Publication : Anila K N, Saraswathy S Nair, Dinesh Balakrishnan`, Unnikrishnan G, Binoj S T, Ramachandran Narayana Menon, Christi Titus Varghese, Shweta Mallick, Krishnanunni Nair, Madhu Srinivasan Durairaj, Guhan V, Nafiya Zackariah, Haritha Rajakrishnan, Arun Valsan, Johns Shaji Mathew, Cyriac Abby Philips, Christopher Watson, Sudheer O V, Sudhindran S, FXR agonist in post-liver transplantation patients: a randomized open-labeled study., F1000Research, F1000 Research Ltd, 2025, https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.159202.2

Publisher : F1000 Research Ltd

Year : 2025

Spectrum Of Bacterial Infections and Prognosis in Critically Ill Patients with Liver Disease Managed in Intensive Liver Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: An – Ambi-Spective Study

Cite this Research Publication : Arathi Venu, Arun Valsan, Gowri priya, Spectrum Of Bacterial Infections and Prognosis in Critically Ill Patients with Liver Disease Managed in Intensive Liver Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: An - Ambi-Spective Study, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2025.102844

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Plasma exchange to treat Hepatitis A related acute liver failure Defining a Window of opportunity – Multicentre cohort study

Cite this Research Publication : Asisha M. Janeela, Ajay Duseja, Arun Valsan, Shalimar, Ramit Mahajan, Ajay Jain, Mayank Kabrawala, Mathew Philip, P.L. Alagammai, Ajith Kuriakose, Anand Sharma, Krishnadas Devadas, L. Venkatakrishnan, Sunil Taneja, S. Sudhindran, Shekhar Swaroop, Ajit Sood, Shohini Sarkar, Sankalp S. Parikh, Prakash Zacharias, Domakuntala Amarnath, Suja K. Geevarghese, Gita Negi, Madhumita Premkumar, Zubeir Umer Mohammed, Samagra Agrawal, Rajesh Kumar, Alka Jain, Remi Remakanth, Nipun Verma, Zachariah Paul, Sagnik Biswas, Parshotam Lal Gautam, Arka De, Gowripriya Nair, Arshdeep Singh, Mustafa Malvi, Ashwin Pachat Vinod, Ratti Ram Sharma, Rekha Hans, Divjot Singh Lamba, Vijay Balaji, Dolly Daniel, Uday Zachariah, Ashish Goel, C.E. Eapen, Plasma exchange to treat Hepatitis A related acute liver failure Defining a Window of opportunity - Multicentre cohort study, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2025.102643

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Microbiological trends and Outcomes of Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Cirrhosis: A single center retrospective analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Gowripriya Nair, Arun Valsan, Arathi Venu, S. Sudhindran, Zubair Mohamed, Microbiological trends and Outcomes of Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Cirrhosis: A single center retrospective analysis, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2025.102779

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Proteomics-guided Biomarker Discovery, Validation, and Pathway Perturbation in Infection-related Acute Decompensation of Cirrhosis

Cite this Research Publication : Pratibha Garg, Nipun Verma, Arun Valsan, Vivek Sarohi, Trayambak Basak, Tarana Gupta, Parminder Kaur, Samonee Ralmilay, Shreya Singh, Arka De, Madhumita Premkumar, Sunil Taneja, Ajay Duseja, Virendra Singh, Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Proteomics-guided Biomarker Discovery, Validation, and Pathway Perturbation in Infection-related Acute Decompensation of Cirrhosis, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2025.01.005

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): the ‘Kyoto Consensus’—steps from Asia

Cite this Research Publication : Ashok Choudhury, Anand V. Kulkarni, Vinod Arora, A. S. Soin, Abdul Kadir Dokmeci, Abhijeet Chowdhury, Abraham Koshy, Ajay Duseja, Ajay Kumar, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Ajay Kumar Patwa, Ajit Sood, Akash Roy, Akash Shukla, Albert Chan, Aleksander Krag, Amar Mukund, Ameet Mandot, Amit Goel, Amna Subhan Butt, Amrish Sahney, Ananta Shrestha, Andrés Cárdenas, Angelo Di Giorgio, Anil Arora, Anil Chandra Anand, Anil Dhawan, Ankur Jindal, Anoop Saraya, Anshu Srivastava, Anupam Kumar, Apichat Kaewdech, Apurva Pande, Archana Rastogi, Arun Valsan, Ashish Goel, Ashish Kumar, Ashwani K. Singal, Atsushi Tanaka, Audrey Coilly, Ayaskanta Singh, Babu Lal Meena, Barath Jagadisan, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Bikrant Bihari Lal, C. E. Eapen, Cesar Yaghi, Chandan Kumar Kedarisetty, Chang Wook Kim, Charles Panackel, Chen Yu, Chetan R. Kalal, Chhagan Bihari, Chien Hao Huang, Chitranshu Vasishtha, Christian Jansen, Christian Strassburg, Chun Yen Lin, Constantine J. Karvellas, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Cyriac Abby Philips, Debbie Shawcross, Dharmesh Kapoor, Dhiraj Agrawal, Diana Alcantara Payawal, Dibya Lochan Praharaj, Dinesh Jothimani, Do Seon Song, Dong Joon Kim, Dong-Sik Kim, Duan Zhongping, Fazal Karim, Francois Durand, Gamal E. Shiha, Gennaro D’Amico, George K. Lau, Girish Kumar Pati, Graciela Elia Castro Narro, Guan-Huei Lee, Gupse Adali, Guru Prasad Dhakal, Gyongyi Szabo, H. C. Lin, Hai Li, Hari Kumar Nair, Harshad Devarbhavi, Harshvardhan Tevethia, Hasmik Ghazinian, Hemamala Ilango, Hong Ling Yu, Irsan Hasan, J. Fernandez, Jacob George, Jaideep Behari, James Fung, Jasmohan Bajaj, Jaya Benjamin, Jennifer C. Lai, Jidong Jia, Jin Hua Hu, Jin Jun Chen, Jin Lin Hou, Jin Mo Yang, Johannes Chang, Jonel Trebicka, Jörg C. Kalf, Jose D. Sollano, Joy Varghese, Juan Pablo Arab, Jun Li, K. Rajender Reddy, Kaiser Raja, Kalpana Panda, Kamal Kajal, Karan Kumar, Kaushal Madan, Kemal Fariz Kalista, Kessarin Thanapirom, Khin Maung Win, Ki Tae Suk, Krishnadas Devadas, Laurentius A. Lesmana, Lubna Kamani, Madhumita Premkumar, Madunil A. Niriella, Mamun Al Mahtab, Man Fung Yuen, Manal HEl Sayed, Manasa Alla, Manav Wadhawan, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Manoj Sahu, Manya Prasad, Mark Dhinesh Muthiah, Martin Schulz, Meenu Bajpai, Mettu Srinivas Reddy, Michael Praktiknjo, Ming Lung Yu, Mithra Prasad, Mithun Sharma, Mohamed Elbasiony, Mohammed Eslam, Mohd. Golam Azam, Mohd. Rela, Moreshwar S. Desai, Mukul Vij, Nadim Mahmud, Narendra Singh Choudhary, Navin Kumar Marannan, Necati Ormeci, Neeraj Saraf, Nipun Verma, Nobuaki Nakayama, Norifumi Kawada, Oidov Baatarkhuu, Omesh Goyal, Osamu Yokosuka, P. N. Rao, Paolo Angeli, Pathik Parikh, Patrick S. Kamath, Paul J. Thuluvath, Philipp Lingohr, Piyush Ranjan, Prashant Bhangui, Pravin Rathi, Puja Sakhuja, Puneet Puri, Qin Ning, R. K. Dhiman, Rahul Kumar, Rajan Vijayaraghavan, Rajeev Khanna, Rakhi Maiwall, Ravi Mohanka, Richard Moreau, Rino Alvani Gani, Rohit Loomba, Rohit Mehtani, Ruveena Bhavani Rajaram, S. S. Hamid, Sachin Palnitkar, Sadhna Lal, Sagnik Biswas, Sakkarin Chirapongsathorn, Samagra Agarwal, Sanjeev Sachdeva, Sanjiv Saigal, Santhosh E. Kumar, Sargsyan Violeta, Satender Pal Singh, Satoshi Mochida, Saurabh Mukewar, Seema Alam, Seng Gee Lim, Shahinul Alam, Shalimar, Shantan Venishetty, Shikha S. Sundaram, Shiran Shetty, Shobna Bhatia, Shweta A. Singh, Shyam Kottilil, Simone Strasser, S. M. Shasthry, Soe Thiha Maung, Soek Siam Tan, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Sonal Asthana, Steffen Manekeller, Subhash Gupta, Subrat Kumar Acharya, Sudhamshu K.C., Sudhir Maharshi, Sumeet Asrani, Sunil Dadhich, Sunil Taneja, Suprabhat Giri, Surender Singh, Tao Chen, Tarana Gupta, Tatsuo Kanda, Tawesak Tanwandee, Teerha Piratvishuth, Ulrich Spengler, V. G. Mohan Prasad, Vandana Midha, Venera Rakhmetova, Vicente Arroyo, Vikrant Sood, Vinay Kumar BR, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Viniyendra Pamecha, Virendra Singh, Vishwa Mohan Dayal, Vivek A. Saraswat, WRay Kim, Wasim Jafri, Wenyi Gu, Wong Yu Jun, Xiaolong Qi, Yogesh K. Chawla, Yoon Jun Kim, Yu Shi, Zaigham Abbas, Guresh Kumar, Shuichiro Shiina, Lai Wei, Masao Omata, Shiv Kumar Sarin, , Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): the ‘Kyoto Consensus’—steps from Asia, Hepatology International, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-024-10773-4

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2025

SAT-500-YI Augmenter of liver regeneration as a novel biomarker in alcohol-related liver disease: insights into disease progression and prognosis

Cite this Research Publication : Pratibha Garg, Nipun Verma, Parminder Kaur, Samonee Ralmilay, Arun Valsan, Sunil Taneja, Ajay Kumar Duseja, SAT-500-YI Augmenter of liver regeneration as a novel biomarker in alcohol-related liver disease: insights into disease progression and prognosis, Journal of Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(25)00547-1

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

SAT-500-YI Augmenter of liver regeneration as a novel biomarker in alcohol-related liver disease: insights into disease progression and prognosis

Cite this Research Publication : Pratibha Garg, Nipun Verma, Parminder Kaur, Samonee Ralmilay, Arun Valsan, Sunil Taneja, Ajay Kumar Duseja, SAT-500-YI Augmenter of liver regeneration as a novel biomarker in alcohol-related liver disease: insights into disease progression and prognosis, Journal of Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(25)00547-1

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

TOP-330 Prevalence and prognostic impact of sarcopenia in porto- sinusoidal vascular disorder

Cite this Research Publication : Ferrusquía-Acosta, José, Katharina Lampichler, Maxime Ronot, Anna Darnell, Damián Gil-Bello, Diego San Martin, Mireia Gamundi et al. "TOP-330 Prevalence and prognostic impact of sarcopenia in porto-sinusoidal vascular disorder." Journal of Hepatology 82 (2025): S722-S723.

Year : 2025

LBP-024 Metabolic dysfunction- and alcohol-associated steatotic liver disease is associated with higher risk of advanced fibrosis and mortality than metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: data from a large global biopsy-proven cohort

Cite this Research Publication : Zobair Younossi, Leyla de Avila, Salvatore Petta, Atsushi Nakajima, Javier Crespo, Seung Up Kim, Laurent Castera, Ming-Hua Zheng, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Shenoy Kotacherry Trivikrama, Shalimar Shalimar, Khalid A Alswat, Yusuf Yilmaz, Ming-Lung Yu, Sven Francque, Wah-Kheong Chan, Marlen Ivon Castellanos Fernández, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Ajay Kumar Duseja, Adrian Gadano, Claudia P. Oliveira, Juan Pablo Arab, George Papatheodoridis, Luis Antonio Diaz, Giada Sebastiani, Roberta D’Ambrosio, Arun Valsan, Al Naamani Khalid, A.G. (Onno) Holleboom, Mohamed El-Kassas, Nicola Pugliese, Ashwani K. Singal, Brian Pearlman, Narendra S. Choudhary, Ahmed Cordie, Nadege Gunn, Cyrielle Caussy, Didac Mauricio, Takumi Kawaguchi, Francesco Paolo Russo, Arathi Venu, Hannes Hagström, Naim Alkhouri, Prooksa Ananchuensook, Leena Mohan, Jiangao Fan, Stuart Roberts, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Winston Dunn, Mattias Ekstedt, George Boon Bee Goh, Mário Pessoa, Pietro Lampertico, Grazia Pennisi, Ying Shang, Wen-Yue Liu, Hye Won Lee, Takashi Kobayashi, Satoru Kakizaki, Paula Iruzubieta, Rida Nadeem, Felice Cinque, Antonia Neonaki, Mirko Zoncapè, Rui-Xu Yang, Sherlot Juan Song, Nicholas Dunn, Zouhir Gadi, Ming-Lun Yeh, Kevin Kim Jun Teh, Sanjiv Mahadeva, Licet Gonzalez Fabian, Ahmed Almohsen, Nathalie LeiteJohan Vessby, Chencheng Xie, Ethan Friend, Maria Poca, Bérénice Ségrestin, Marco Arrese, Brian Lam, Andrei Racila, Saleh Alqahtani, Maria Stepanova Johan Vessby, Chencheng Xie, Ethan Friend, Maria Poca, Bérénice Ségrestin, Marco Arrese, Brian Lam, Andrei Racila, Saleh Alqahtani, Maria Stepanova, LBP-024 Metabolic dysfunction- and alcohol-associated steatotic liver disease is associated with higher risk of advanced fibrosis and mortality than metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: data from a large global biopsy-proven cohort, Journal of Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(25)00443-x

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

WED-261 Cross-sectional study on clinico-pathological profile and outcomes of severe hepatitis A outbreak in India

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, Gowri Priya Nair, Nipun Verma, Charles Panackel, Kt Shenoy, Hashim Ahamed, Benoy Sebastian, Nandakumar Raghavan, Nimitha K. Mohan, Georg Gutjahr, S. Sudhindran, Zubair Mohamed, George Eapen, Smitha Krishnamoorthy, Manjima Nair, Arathi Venu, Venkitesh Girish, Saraswathy Sivaprasadan, Anila K. Narayanankutty, WED-261 Cross-sectional study on clinico-pathological profile and outcomes of severe hepatitis A outbreak in India, Journal of Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(25)02020-3

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

205eP Prognostic influence of baseline ALBI grade on treatment outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving lenvatinib

Cite this Research Publication : M. Babu, R. Mp, W.M. Jose, N.K. Haridas, S. Sudhindran, A. Valsan, K. Pavithran, 205eP Prognostic influence of baseline ALBI grade on treatment outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving lenvatinib, Annals of Oncology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2025.05.218

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Long-term outcomes of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome: A multicenter study

Cite this Research Publication : Shekhar Swaroop, Asisha M Janeela, Arun Valsan, Sagnik Biswas, Vijay Alexander, Shivanand Gamanagatti, Sanchita Gupta, Ankur Goyal, Raju Sharma, Samagra Agarwal, Srikant Moorthy, Santhosh Babu K․B․, Shyamkumar N Keshava, Sudhindran S, Gowripriya Nair, Zubair Umer Mohamed, Priya Nair, Amitkumar Chavan, Swapnil Chaudhary, Arnav Aggarwal, Ayush Agarwal, Ashish Goel, Shalimar, Long-term outcomes of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome: A multicenter study, Digestive and Liver Disease, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2025.06.026

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Safety and efficacy of atezolizumab/bevacizumab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma—a multicentric study

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Year : 2025

Identification and validation of RIPK3 as a novel biomarker to predict outcomes in patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis

Cite this Research Publication : Nipun Verma, Pratibha Garg, Parminder Kaur, Saloni Munjal, Ashwin P. Vinod, Arun Valsan, Fausto Andreola, Pavitra Kumar, MohammadMahdi Saeidinejad, Cornelius Engelmann, Arka De, Madhumita Premkumar, Sunil Taneja, Rajeshwar P. Mookerjee, Ajay Duseja, Rajiv Jalan, Identification and validation of RIPK3 as a novel biomarker to predict outcomes in patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis, Journal of Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2025.07.034

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

Liver Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammation Drive Organ Failures in Acute Decompensation of Cirrhosis: A Multicentric Study

Cite this Research Publication : Nipun Verma, Akash Roy, Arun Valsan, Pratibha Garg, Samonee Ralmilay, Venkitesh Girish, Parminder Kaur, Sahaj Rathi, Arka De, Madhumita Premkumar, Sunil Taneja, Mahesh Kumar Goenka, Ajay Duseja, Liver Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammation Drive Organ Failures in Acute Decompensation of Cirrhosis: A Multicentric Study, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2024, https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003115

Publisher : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Year : 2024

Identification of four novel acute‐on‐chronic liver failure clusters with distinct clinical trajectories and mortality using machine learning methods

Cite this Research Publication : Nipun Verma, Pratibha Garg, Arun Valsan, Akash Roy, Saurabh Mishra, Parminder Kaur, Sahaj Rathi, Arka De, Madhumita Premkumar, Sunil Taneja, Virendra Singh, Radha K. Dhiman, Ajay K. Duseja, Patrick Kamath, Identification of four novel acute‐on‐chronic liver failure clusters with distinct clinical trajectories and mortality using machine learning methods, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Wiley, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.18274

Publisher : Wiley

Year : 2024

Co-relation of Portal Vein Tumour Thrombus Response With Survival Function Following Robotic Radiosurgery in Vascular Invasive Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cite this Research Publication : Debnarayan Dutta, Sreenija Yarlagadda, Sruthi Kalavagunta, Haridas Nair, Ajay Sasidharan, Sathish Kumar Nimmya, Rajesh Kannan, Shibu George, Annex Edappattu, Nikhil K. Haridas, Wesley M. Jose, Pavithran Keechilat, Arun Valsan, Anoop Koshy, Rajesh Gopalakrishna, Shine Sadasivan, Unnikrishnan Gopalakrishnan, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Othiyil Vayoth Sudheer, Sudhindran Surendran, Co-relation of Portal Vein Tumour Thrombus Response With Survival Function Following Robotic Radiosurgery in Vascular Invasive Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101404

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

THU-051 Extended validation of proteomics and machine learning guided biomarker discovery and pathway perturbations in infectionrelated acute-on-chronic liver failure

Cite this Research Publication : Nipun Verma, Pratibha Garg, Arun Valsan, Vivek Sarohi, Trayambak Basak, Parminder Kaur, Shreya Singh, Arka De, Madhumita Premkumar, Sunil Taneja, Ajay Kumar Duseja, Virendra Singh, THU-051 Extended validation of proteomics and machine learning guided biomarker discovery and pathway perturbations in infectionrelated acute-on-chronic liver failure, Journal of Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(24)00743-8

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

The Genomic Landscape of Wilson Disease in a Pan India Disease Cohort and Population‐Scale Data

Cite this Research Publication : Mukesh Kumar, Srishti Sharma, Sanjay Pandey, Geetha Mammayil, Aslam Pala kuzhiyil, Srijaya Sreesh, Riyaz Arakkal, Divya M. Radhakrishnan, Roopa Rajan, Deepak Amalnath, Reena Gulati, Naresh Tayade, Shine Sadasivan, Arun Valsan, Jagadeesh Menon, Mahesh Kamate, Sandeep Kumar Mathur, Radha Mahadevan, Bhavna Dhingra, Rajneesh Rajan, Kuldeep Singh, Shalimar, Suja K. Geevarghese, Vikram S. Kumar, John Menachery, Aminu Aliyar, Rahul C. Bhoyar, Bani Jolly, Abhinav Jain, Arvinden Vittal Rangan, Trisha Moitra, Aditi Mhaske, Vishu Gupta, Vigneshwar Senthivel, Anushree Mishra, Arti Saini, Utkarsh Gaharwar, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Vinod Scaria, Binukumar B. K., The Genomic Landscape of Wilson Disease in a Pan India Disease Cohort and Population‐Scale Data, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Wiley, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.14266

Publisher : Wiley

Year : 2024

Choosing the right statistical test: A guide for data analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Ajee KL, Valsan AK, Sankaran R., "Choosing the right statistical test: A guide for data analysis," Amrita Journal of Medicine, 20(2):86-88, April-June 2024. DOI: 10.4103/AMJM.AMJM_27_24.

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2024

A novel proteomic approach for diagnosing and treating infections in acute decompensation of cirrhosis

Cite this Research Publication : Garg P, Verma N, Valsan AK, Sarohi V, Basak T, Ralmilay S, Kaur P, Singh S, De A, Premkumar M, Taneja S., "A novel proteomic approach for diagnosing and treating infections in acute decompensation of cirrhosis," Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2024 Jan 1;14. DOI:10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101945

Publisher : Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Year : 2024

A placebo controlled, randomized, double blinded trial to evaluate the use of Tolvaptan for correction of hyponatremia in liver cirrhosis patients (SCOTcH trial)

Cite this Research Publication : Valsan A, Mohamed Z, Malayil G, Paul A, Sudhindran S, Verma N, Unnikrishnan G, Koshy A, Balakrishnan D, Kumar L, Madathil S., "A placebo controlled, randomized, double blinded trial to evaluate the use of Tolvaptan for correction of hyponatremia in liver cirrhosis patients (SCOTcH trial)," Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Volume 14, 1019442024 Jan 1, 2024.

Publisher : Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Year : 2024

FRI-231 Compared to complete abstainers, non-significant alcohol use may be associated with more severe liver disease in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)-The multicentre study of the indian consortium on MASLD

Cite this Research Publication : Duseja AK, Mehta M, De A, Singh SP, Mukewar S, Mukewar S, Shalimar S, Goyal O, Venkataraman J, Dixit VK, Valsan A, Devadas K., "FRI-231 Compared to complete abstainers, non-significant alcohol use may be associated with more severe liver disease in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)-The multicentre study of the Indian consortium on MASLD," Journal of Hepatology, 2024 Jun 1;80:S475-6. DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(24)01462-4

Publisher : Journal of Hepatology

Year : 2024

A Short Review on Obeticholic Acid: An Effective Modulator of Farnesoid X Receptor

Cite this Research Publication : Narayanan AK, Surendran S, Balakrishnan D, Gopalakrishnan U, Malick S, Valsan A, Philips CA, Watson CJ. "A Short Review on Obeticholic Acid: An Effective Modulator of Farnesoid X Receptor," Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Formerly Current Clinical Pharmacology, 2024 Aug 1; Volume 19, Issue 3, pp: 225-33. DOI: 10.2174/0127724328239536230919070001

Publisher : Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology

Year : 2024

LBO-004 Excess waitlist mortality and survival benefit of liver transplantation for patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure: Interim results of the CHANCE study

Cite this Research Publication : Gustot T, Bernal W, Fernández J, Diaz JM, de la Peña-Ramirez C, Farias A, Zitelli PM, Kuo A, Nissen N, Marciano S, Valsan A, Gadano A., "LBO-004 Excess waitlist mortality and survival benefit of liver transplantation for patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure: Interim results of the CHANCE study," Journal of Hepatology, 2024 Jun 1;80:S9-10. DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(24)00439-2

Publisher : Journal of Hepatology

Year : 2024

LBP-026 The global prospective observational study to evaluate the role of ‘liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis and severe acute-on-chronic liver failure (CHANCE)’: study design, demographics and overall outcome

Cite this Research Publication : Gustot T, Bernal W, Fernández J, Diaz JM, de la Peña-Ramirez C, Farias A, Zitelli PM, Kuo A, Nissen N, Marciano S, Valsan A, Gadano A., "LBP-026 The global prospective observational study to evaluate the role of ‘liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis and severe acute-on-chronic liver failure (CHANCE)’: study design, demographics and overall outcome," Journal of Hepatology, 2024 Jun 1;80:S89-91. DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(24)00593-2

Publisher : Journal of Hepatology

Year : 2024

Performance of spleen stiffness measurement to rule out high-risk varices in patients with porto-sinusoidal vascular disorder

Cite this Research Publication : Moga L, Paradis V, Valsan A, Macedo G, Plessier A, Rautou PE; ERN RARE-LIVER; a study of VALDIG, an EASL consortium, "Performance of spleen stiffness measurement to rule out high-risk varices in patients with porto-sinusoidal vascular disorder," Hepatology, 2024 Jul 2. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001004. Epub Ahead of print. PMID: 38954825.

Publisher : Hepatology

Year : 2024

Co-relation of Portal Vein Tumour Thrombus Response With Survival Function Following Robotic Radiosurgery in Vascular Invasive Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cite this Research Publication : Debnarayan Dutta, Sreenija Yarlagadda, Sruthi Kalavagunta, Haridas Nair, Sathish Kumar Nimmya, Rajesh Kannan, Shibu George, Annex Edappattu, Nikhil K. Haridas, Wesley M. Jose, Pavithran Keechilat, Arun Valsan, Anoop Koshy, Rajesh Gopalakrishna, Shine Sadasivan, Unnikrishnan Gopalakrishnan, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Othiyil Vayoth Sudheer, Sudhindran Surendran, "Co-relation of portal vein tumour thrombus response with survival function following Robotic Radiosurgery in vascular invasive hepatocellular carcinoma", Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Volume 14, Issue 5, September–October 2024, 101404, DOI:10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101404

Publisher : Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Year : 2023

Burden, risk factors, and outcomes of multidrug-resistant bacterial colonisation at multiple sites in patients with cirrhosis

Cite this Research Publication : Verma N, Reddy PV, Vig S, Angrup A, Biswal M, Valsan A, Garg P, Kaur P, Rathi S, De A, Premkumar M., "Burden, risk factors, and outcomes of multidrug-resistant bacterial colonisation at multiple sites in patients with cirrhosis," JHEP Reports, 2023 Aug 1;5(8):100788. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100788

Publisher : JHEP Reports

Year : 2023

Ashwagandha-induced liver injury—A case series from India and literature review

Cite this Research Publication : Philips CA, Valsan A, Theruvath AH, Ravindran R, Oommen TT, Rajesh S, Bishnu S, Augustine P. "Ashwagandha-induced liver injury—A case series from India and literature review," Hepatology Communications, 2023 Oct 1;7(10):e0270. DOI: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000270

Publisher : Hepatology Communications

Year : 2023

Sample size calculation

Cite this Research Publication : Saraswathy S, Anila KN, Sudhindran S, Valsan AK. "Sample size calculation," Amrita Journal of Medicine, 19(4):215-216, October-December 2023. DOI: 10.4103/AMJM.AMJM_81_23.

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2022

Terrible trio of Mycobacterium abscessus, Candida parapsilosis and Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with cirrhosis

Cite this Research Publication : A Valsan, N Verma, A De, M Premkumar, S Taneja et al., "Terrible trio of Mycobacterium abscessus, Candida parapsilosis and Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with cirrhosis," Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Volume 12, Supplement 1, S63, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2021.10.125

Publisher : Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Year : 2022

A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Early Empiric Versus Pre-Emptive Antifungal Therapy in acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Patients with Suspected Invasive Fungal Infections: An Interim Analysis (Pep-ACLF)

Cite this Research Publication : A Valsan, N Verma, N Shafiq, A Chakrabarti et al., "A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Early Empiric Versus Pre-Emptive Antifungal Therapy in acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Patients with Suspected Invasive Fungal Infections: An Interim Analysis (Pep-ACLF)," Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2022

Publisher : Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Year : 2022

An Unusual Presentation of Filariasis as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

Cite this Research Publication : Hakeem SC, Valsan A, Srivatsa N, Shrutiraaj KA, Khajuria SP, Mohan NK, Kohli K., "An unusual presentation of filariasis as pyrexia of unknown origin: Case report," Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2022 Jul 1;18(3):100.

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2022

P305 Cirrhosis and fungal infections-a cocktail for catastrophe: a systematic review and meta-analysis with machine learning

Cite this Research Publication : Verma N, Singh S, Roy A, Valsan A, Garg P, Pradhan P, Chakrabarti A, Singh M., "P305 Cirrhosis and fungal infections-a cocktail for catastrophe: a systematic review and meta-analysis with machine learning," Medical Mycology, 2022 Sep; 60 (Supplement_1): myac072P305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myac072.P305

Publisher : Medical Mycology

Year : 2022

Cirrhosis and fungal infections-a cocktail for catastrophe: A systematic review and meta-analysis with machine learning

Cite this Research Publication : Verma N, Singh S, Roy A, Valsan A, Garg P, Pradhan P, Chakrabarti A, Singh M., "Cirrhosis and fungal infections-a cocktail for catastrophe: A systematic review and meta-analysis with machine learning," Mycoses, 2022 Sep;65(9):844-58.

Publisher : Mycoses

Year : 2021

Noninvasive Differentiation of Porto‐sinusoidal Vascular Disease and Cirrhosis: The Devil Is in the Details!

Cite this Research Publication : Valsan, Arun; Verma, Nipun; Singh, Virendra (2021), "Noninvasive Differentiation of Porto‐sinusoidal Vascular Disease and Cirrhosis: The Devil Is in the Details!" Hepatology, 74(4):p 2316-2317, October 2021. DOI: 10.1002/hep.31896

Publisher : Hepatology

Year : 2021

Hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein thrombosis treated with robotic radiosurgery: Interim results of a prospective study

Cite this Research Publication : Dutta D, Tatineni T, Yarlagadda S, Gupte A, Reddy SK, Madhavan R, Nair H, Sasidharan A, Kannan R, Pottayil SG, Holla R, Sudhindran S., "Hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein thrombosis treated with robotic radiosurgery: Interim results of a prospective study". Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021 Aug;40(4):389-401. doi: 10.1007/s12664-021-01172-w. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PMID: 34694581.

Publisher : Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Year : 2020

Serum Transferrin Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: Upping the Game or Just Upping the Ante?

Cite this Research Publication : Sainath, Kedhara G., Vasan, Arun, Singh, Virendra, "Serum Transferrin Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: Upping the Game or Just Upping the Ante?" American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020;115:1136. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000000657.

Publisher : American Journal of Gastroenterology

Year : 2020

Albumin: The Hepatologist’s enduring ally demystified?

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, Akash Roy, Nipun Verma, Arka De, Shivani Chandel, Virendra Singh, "Albumin: The Hepatologist's enduring ally demystified?" Science Translational Medicine, 2020 (Technical report). DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.23484.67200

Publisher : Science Translational Medicine

Year : 2018

A rare case of AKI, IgG4 related AKI

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, Murari T, Rohit T., "A rare case of AKI, IgG4 related AKI," Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2018

Publisher : Amrita Journal of Medicine

Year : 2018

A case of Dengue fever with Thyroid Abscess

Cite this Research Publication : Ajay Nathan, Arun Valsan, Rakesh Jha, Subhash Ranjan., "A case of Dengue fever with Thyroid Abscess," International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Invention, 5(07): 3899-3901,2018. DOI: 10.18535/ijmsci/v5i7.01

Publisher : International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Invention

Year : 2018

Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia: Two cases and a short review

Cite this Research Publication : Valsan A, Sharma S, Mathew R, Chengappa A., "Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia: Two cases and a short review," Journal of Applied Hematology, 9(1):p 29-32, Jan–Mar 2018. | DOI: 10.4103/joah.joah_26_17

Publisher : Journal of Applied Hematology

Year : 2017

Cognitive impairment incritically ill

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, VK Sashindran, Suman Pramanik, "Cognitive impairment incritically ill," IJAR, Vol 7, issue 02, Feb 2017

Publisher : International Journal of Advanced Research

Year : 2017

Point prevalence & risk factor assessment for hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary care hospital in Pune, India

Cite this Research Publication : Nair V, Sahni AK, Sharma D, Grover N, Shankar S, Chakravarty A, Patrikar S, Methe K, Jaiswal SS, Dalal SS, Kapur A, Verma R, Prakash J, Gupta A, Bhansali A, Batura D, Rao GG, Joshi DP, Chopra BK., "Point prevalence & risk factor assessment for hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary care hospital in Pune, India," Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2017 Jun;145(6):824-832. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1167_15. PMID: 29067985; PMCID: PMC5674553.

Publisher : Indian Journal of Medical Research

Year : 2017

Warfarin related acute kidney injury: A case report

Cite this Research Publication : Mendonca S, Gupta D, Valsan A, Tewari R., "Warfarin related acute kidney injury: A case report," Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2017;27:78-80. DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.177142

Publisher : Indian Journal of Nephrology

Year : 2016

Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type II: Schimidt’s syndrome, a unifying diagnosis in a case presenting with an uncommon combination of multiple endocrine disorders

Cite this Research Publication : Sagar A, Valsan A, Bhartiya M., "Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type II: Schimidt’s syndrome, a unifying diagnosis in a case presenting with an uncommon combination of multiple endocrine disorders," Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2016;20:579-80. DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.183477

Publisher : Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Year :

Liver Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammation Drive Organ Failures in Acute Decompensation of Cirrhosis: A Multicentric Study

Cite this Research Publication : Verma, Nipun, Akash Roy, Arun Koottumakkal Valsan, Pratibha Garg, Samonee Ralmilay, Venkitesh Girish, Parminder Kaur et al. "DRIVERS OF ORGAN FAILURES AND PATIENT TRAJECTORIES FAVORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACUTE-ONCHRONIC LIVER FAILURE AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH ACUTE DECOMPENSATION OF CIRRHOSIS: A MULTI-CENTRIC COHORT STUDY." In HEPATOLOGY, vol. 80, pp. S495-S496. TWO COMMERCE SQ, 2001 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 USA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2024.

Book Chapter

Year : 2022

Approach to Variceal Hemorrhage

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, A Roy, V Singh, "Approach to Variceal Hemorrhage," Clinical Rounds in Hepatology, Springer, Jan 2022. DOI-10.1007/978-981-16-8448-7-11

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2018

Preventive strategies in diabetes

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, Ranjan S., "Preventive strategies in diabetes," ICP monograph on Diabetes in elderly 2018

Year : 2018

Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly

Cite this Research Publication : Arun Valsan, Srivastava PK., "Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly," ICP monograph on Diabetes in elderly 2018

Year : 2017

Hepatitis C in Indian Subcontinent: Epidemiology, Virology, Clinical features and diagnosis

Cite this Research Publication : P Puri, A Valsan., "Hepatitis C in Indian Subcontinent: Epidemiology, Virology, Clinical features and diagnosis," ICP monologue on Viral Hepatitis in Indian Subcontinent, (pp.1-19), Chapter: 4, Publisher: Jaypee, 2017

Publisher : Jaypee Publishers

Area of Expertise
  • ACLF (Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure)
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Transplant Hepatology and Immunology
  • Critical Care in Hepatology
  • Management of Infections in Liver Disease
  • Patient Safety and Health Care Economics
Qualification
  • MBBS, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, University of Calicut (2006)
  • MD (Internal Medicine), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (2016)
  • DNB (Internal Medicine), National Board of Examinations (2017)
  • MNAMS, National Academy of Medical Science (2018)
  • DM (Hepatology), PGIMER, Chandigarh (2021)
  • MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians (UK)
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor,Amrita Hospital, Kochi (Jan 2024-Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi(2018)
  • Medical Officer/Physician, Army Medical Corps/Indian Army (September 2008 – October 2018)
  • Assistant Surgeon, Primary Health Centre, Nettoor (January 2008 – July 2008)
Awards and Recognition
  • Selected for ICMR Young Medical Faculty Ph. D. program (2024)
  • Best Plenary Paper Award at INASL (2024)
  • The LTSI ROCHE Fellowship for Basic Science Research (2024)
  • AASLD Early Career Investigator Award in Clinical/Translational Science (2021)
  • Dr. Sam GP Moses Gold Medal for securing 1st rank in DNB General Medicine examination (2018)
  • Lt Gen N Krishnan Memorial Gold Medal for “The Best Bedside Clinician” (2017)
  • Multiple honors for academic excellence during MBBS and MD training
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