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Dr. Rohit Mehtani

Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, School of Medicine, Faridabad.

Qualification: MD, DM
rohitmehtani@fbd.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Autoimmune hepatitis, Cholestatic Liver Disease, Acute on Chronic Liver Failure, Cirrhosis, Portal Hypertension, Vascular Liver Disorders, Alcohol associated liver disease, Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)

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Bio

Dr. Rohit Mehtani, is among the few DM Hepatology trained doctors in the country. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh where he was the batch topper in the DM exit exams. He has been trained in Transplant Hepatology from the busiest living donor liver transplant centre in the country, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket and has experience of taking care of over 200 liver transplant recipients. He has a vast experience of over 5 years in treating patients with liver diseases and his areas of interests include acute liver failure (ALF), acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), autoimmune liver diseases including autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver diseases in pregnancy and liver transplant hepatology. He has a special interest and expertise in managing critically ill patients with liver diseases in the liver intensive care unit including those with ALF and ACLF. Dr. Rohit was actively involved in the development of neuromonitoring protocols for patients with liver diseases in the intensive care unit, which was also published in the prestigious journal Metabolic Brain Diseases. He is also a core member of the team formulating APASL guidelines for management of renal failure in ACLF.

He has been recipient of many national awards starting from his MBBS days including the 1st prize in All India Physiology Quiz in 2010. He was also awarded the best post graduate resident award in the Department of Medicine at MGM Medical College, Indore for the year 2017. He was awarded the prestigious, Associate Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences at their annual convocation in 2022. Dr. Mehtani is an avid researcher and academician and has over 40 publications and book chapters. He was a core member in formulating the APASL guidelines on management on ascites in patients with liver disease. His research work has been appreciated by various international societies who have awarded him international travel grants and complimentary registrations to present his work to the international liver community. He is a member of international societies like American Association for Study of Liver (AASLD), European Association for Study of Liver (EASL), Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver (APASL), Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL), International club of ascites (ICA), Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI), Vascular liver disease interest group (VALDIG) and International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) and with his experiences and expertise, hopes to bring quality and affordable healthcare to patients suffering from liver diseases in the country

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Genes of DLK1-DIO3 Locus and miR-379/656 Cluster is a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Marker in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systems Biology Study

Cite this Research Publication : Shreyas H. Karunakara, Rohit Mehtani, Shama P. Kabekkodu, Divya P. Kumar, Prasanna K. Santhekadur, Genes of DLK1-DIO3 Locus and miR-379/656 Cluster is a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Marker in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systems Biology Study, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2024.102450

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Donor-derived circulating cell-free DNA as a rejection biomarker and modulator of immunosuppression following liver transplantation: A randomized controlled trial

Cite this Research Publication : V.U. Lakshmi, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Lalitha Biswas, Rohit Mehtani, Narmadha MP, Avinash Ramani, Bapatla K Pavan Kumar, Sudhindran S, Donor-derived circulating cell-free DNA as a rejection biomarker and modulator of immunosuppression following liver transplantation: A randomized controlled trial, F1000Research, F1000 Research Ltd, 2025, https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.162481.1

Publisher : F1000 Research Ltd

Year : 2025

Plasma Exchange With Corticosteroids as a Rescue Therapy for Severe Prolonged Cholestasis in Acute Viral Hepatitis

Cite this Research Publication : Sunil Taneja, Rohit Mehtani, Chandragiri P. Ganesh, Sweta Rose, Sathyanarayanappa Balaraja, Kannupriya, Sahaj Rathi, Arka De, Divjot Lamba, Nipun Verma, Madhumita Premkumar, Rekha Hans, Rati R. Sharma, Ajay Duseja, Plasma Exchange With Corticosteroids as a Rescue Therapy for Severe Prolonged Cholestasis in Acute Viral Hepatitis, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2025.102594

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

A Brief Report on Identification of Splice Variants in an In Vitro 3D Spheroid Model for Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cite this Research Publication : Shreyas H. Karunakara, Rohit Mehtani, Gopalakrishna Ramaswamy, Vinutha S. Puttamallapa, Prashant M. Vishwanath, Prasanna K. Santhekadur, A Brief Report on Identification of Splice Variants in an In Vitro 3D Spheroid Model for Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2025.103151

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Dietary short-chain fatty acid Sodium Butyrate orchestrates pro-apoptotic and anti-angiogenic pathways in HCC cells by targeting the novel SND1/hTERT axis

Cite this Research Publication : Shuchi Odiyanda Charmanna, Shreyas Hulusemane Karunakara, Samanmitha Srinivasa, Priyanka Murundi Panchakshari, Maheshkumari Prakash, Rohit Mehtani, Divya Prasanna Kumar, Prasanna Kumar Santhekadur, Dietary short-chain fatty acid Sodium Butyrate orchestrates pro-apoptotic and anti-angiogenic pathways in HCC cells by targeting the novel SND1/hTERT axis, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.152651

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Identification of potential oncogenic miRNA clusters with a special focus on miR-106b/25 cluster-regulated networks and their clinical utility in hepatocellular carcinoma

Cite this Research Publication : Shreyas Hulusemane Karunakara, Manju Moorthy, Gopalakrishna Ramaswamy, Vinutha Shanubhoganahalli Puttamallapa, Maheshkumari Prakash, Rohit Mehtani, Shama Prasada Kabekkodu, Prashant M. Vishwanath, Prasanna Kumar Santhekadur, Identification of potential oncogenic miRNA clusters with a special focus on miR-106b/25 cluster-regulated networks and their clinical utility in hepatocellular carcinoma, Discover Oncology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-025-03834-z

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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

Area Of Expertise
  • Fatty liver disease
  • Alcohol associated liver disease
  • Hepatitis B and C
  • Acute viral hepatitis
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Primary biliary cholangitis
  • Liver cancer (HCC)
  • Wilsons disease
  • Cirrhosis and portal hypertension
  • Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension
  • Acute liver failure
  • Acute chronic liver failure
  • Portal vein thrombosis
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome
  • Liver abscess
  • Acute and chronic pancreatitis
  • Biliary obstruction
Qualification
  • MBBS: University College of Medical Sciences and G.T.B. Hospital ,Delhi University
  • MD Medicine: MGM Medical College and M.Y. Hospital, Indore ,Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University, Jabalpur
  • DM Hepatology: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
  • Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology: Max Superspecialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi
Experience
  • Internship: Delhi University, UCMS & GTB Hospital, New Delhi (2014)
  • Junior Resident (MD): Department of Internal Medicine, MGM Medical College & M.Y. Hospital, Indore (2015-2018)
  • Senior Resident: Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi (Jul 2018-Dec 2018)
  • Senior Resident (DM): Department of Hepatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh (Jan 2019-Dec 2021)
  • Fellow: Transplant Hepatology, Max Superspecialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi (Jan 2022-July 2022)
Invited Talks
  1. Gut microbiota disruptions and implications in liver transplant – Faculty Lecture at LTSICON 2025
  2. Case Based Panel Discussion on a young female with large liver SOL – Faculty lecture at AIG Liver Conclave on 25/09/25
  3. Hepatic effects of Obesity – Faculty lecture at CME on Obesity Medicine organized at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad on 21/09/25
  4. Updates on Cholestatic and Autoimmune Liver Diseases – Presented at “The Best of TLM : A joint conference of SASLT and AASLD” held at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 10-11th January 2025
  5. AKI in Cirrhosis – Beyond HRS – Faculty lecture at Hepatocon, Guwahati on 10th November 2024
  6. Misunderstood Coagulopathy in Liver Diseases – Online Webinar on Medvarsity platform on 27/08/24
  7. Bridging therapies in liver failure – Faculty lecture at CME organised by Amrita Hospital and Gut Club, Bhatinda on 04/04/24.
  8. Nutritional assessment in liver diseases – Online webinar on 23/03/24.
  9. Indications and Contraindications of liver transplant – Faculty lecture at CME organised by physicians forum of India on 20/12/23.
  10. Nutrition assessment tools in Liver Diseases – Faculty lecture during Nutrition Stewardship Program organised at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad on 26/09/23.
  11. Basics of Liver Transplantation – Faculty lecture at Myat Taw Win Hospital, Taunggyi, Myanmar on 17/09/23
  12. Liver Failure in Pregnancy, Navigating the storm – Challenges and Solutions. Faculty lecture at Delhi Liver Club on 21/06/23.
  13. Delivered a health talk on the occasion of World Liver Day on 19th April 2023 at Oriental Fans, Faridabad
  14. Hepatic encephalopathy – a case based panel discussion – Faculty lecture during CME on “Liver emergencies – challenges and controversies” organised at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad on 19/02/23
  15. Case presentation on “Interplay of DM and NASH” – Online webinar on 7/11/22
  16. Nutrition in Liver Diseases – Online Webinar as part of “NBEMS Webinar in Surgical Gastroenterology” on 04/11/22
Research

Research Grants

  1. LTSI-Roche Basic Science Research Grant

Research Talks Delivered

  1. MASLD etiology independently predicts 3-month hospital readmission in decompensated cirrhosis – A single center study Poster presentation at AASLD The Liver Meeting 2025
  2. Exploring the prevalence, clinical parameters and impact of culture proven ascitic fluid infections in cirrhosis : A multi-center study. Poster presentation at 33rd Annual conference of Indian National Association for study of Liver (INASL 2025)
  3. Elevated Interleukin-1 levels and high MELD score predict poor transplant-free survival in acute liver failure : An observational study Poster presentation at 32nd Annual conference of Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL 2024)
  4. Intractable hiccups – an unusual presentation of ileocecal tuberculosis Poster presentation at International Digestive Disease Forum (IDDF) 2023
  5. Intravenous Branched Chain Amino Acid Infusion Is Associated With Early But Ill-Sustained Recovery Of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy In Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: A Pilot Protocol Oral presentation at AASLD The Liver Meeting 2022
  6. Outcomes of live donor liver transplantation in adult patients with HPS – 10-year experience from a single centre: A retrospective analysis Poster presentation at TTS 2022
  7. Impact Of Pre-Transplant Serum Sodium On Early Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplant – A Retrospective Analysis Poster presentation at INASL 2022
  8.  Intravenous Branched Chain Amino Acid Infusion Is Associated With Early But Ill-Sustained Recovery Of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy In Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: A Pilot Protocol Poster & oral presentation at INASL 2022
  9. A curious case of disappearing HCC Poster presentation at INASL 2022
  10. Intravenous Branched Chain Amino Acids for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure – Interim Analysis of the BCAA-ACLF Trial Presidential poster presentation at ISGCON 2021
  11. Natural history of non-severe COVID-19 in patients with liver
Awards
  • 2009: 1st Prize in All India Physiology Quiz
  • 2011-2012: General Secretary, Students Union UCMS & GTB Hospital
  • 2017: Best Postgraduate Student, Department of Medicine, MGM Medical College, Indore
  • 2017: 1st Position in Intra-State Rheumatology Quiz
  • 2019: Awarded Complimentary Registration for PG Course at APDW 2019
  • 2020: Awarded Travel Grant to attend the 29th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver Disease (APASL 2020)
  • 2021: Awarded complementary registration for International Digestive Disease Forum (IDDF) 2021
  • 2021: Awarded INASL-AASLD-2021 Registration Bursary
  • 2022: Awarded complementary registration for INASL 2022
  • 2022: Awarded Associate Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences (Assoc FAMS)
  • 2024: Was among the 17 early career clinical scientists selected from across the country
Memberships
  • International Club of Ascites (ICA) (June 2020 – present)
  • American Association for Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (December 2021 – present)
  • Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI) (February 2022 – present)
  • Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL) (June 2022 – present)
  • Vascular liver Disease Group (VALDIG) (August 2022 – present)
  • International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) (September 2022 – present)
  • European Association for Study of Liver (EASL) (September 2022 – present)
  • Asia Pacific Association for Study of Liver (APASL) (March 2023 – present)
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