Dr. Sharat Varma

About Doctor

Max hospitals in Delhi are home to the Centre for Liver and Biliary Sciences (CLBS), where Sharat Varma serves as the chief of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and liver transplantation.

He has worked in Europe, the United States, and India for almost a decade, performing over a thousand liver transplants and treating children with complex gastrointestinal (GI), pancreatic, and hepatic illnesses.

CLBS's pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology program is among the largest in the country. It performs more than 250 liver transplants each year and has a long history of "firsts" in its field.

The unit's skill is so well-known that doctors from 16 other countries have been trained there.

Dr. Sharat earned his PhD in pediatric liver disease after working and training at top facilities in Europe, the United States, and India.

He has taken an interest in genetic liver illnesses and as a result, opened the first clinic of its kind in the country.

Wilson's disease, phosphofructokinase I deficiency, Alagille syndrome, cholesterol problems, mitochondrial diseases, and liver-related metabolic diseases are all areas in which he excels.

He is an integral part of many international groups studying childhood liver disorders.

Clinical research and product development with liver stem cells have been central to his education and work.

Dr. Sharat Varma was the first Indian physician to undertake FMT (Fecal microbiota transplantation) to treat a child with small gut syndrome and refractory D-lactic acidosis.

He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of complicated gastrointestinal illnesses in children, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), food allergies, Celiac disease, and Crohn's disease.

Research is being conducted in many areas, including alternatives to liver transplantation for genetic liver illnesses, fecal transplantation (FMT), genetic diagnostics, reversal of cirrhosis, transplant immunology, and nutritional rehabilitation. 

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS from L.L.R.M Medical College, 2005
• DNB in Pediatrics from National Board of Examination, India, 2009
• PhD in Paediatric from Université catholique de Louvain Faculté de Médecine et de Médecine Dentaire, 2015 

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• In Brussels, Belgium, he worked as a clinical fellow in the department of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology at the Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc.
• He was a visiting fellow at Children's Hospital Los Angeles' Paediatric Hepatology Unit.
• He served as Medanta Hospital's Attending Consultant for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
• He worked as a clinical fellow in the pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology department at Medanta Hospital.
• He worked for AIIMS as a research officer specializing in pediatric gastrointestinal and hepatology.
• His position at Aster CMI hospital in Bangalore was that of Consultant Integrated Liver Care.
• At Max Super Specialty Hospital, he serves as the hospital's clinical lead consultant for pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology. 

Career Highlights

• Paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and liver transplantation are all specialties in which Dr. Sharat Varma excels as a surgeon.
• He has more than 17 years of experience.
• He has a long list of accomplishments, including awards, honors, and published works. 

Research and Fellowships

• AASLD
• ESPGHAN
• EASL 

Awards and Recoginition

• There are about 15 of his works published in prestigious international hepatology journals.
• Digital fibrosis quantification method development.
• Award for International Collaboration in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology (NASPGHAN-ESPGHAN).
• EASL's Young Investigator Award and Mentor-Mentee Programme Award both recognize exceptional research by researchers under the age of 40.
• Participant in the International Liver Allograft Outcomes Study as a Prominent Member (GIGOLO Group).
• Proven ability to secure outside funding on an ongoing basis for scientific research.
• The European Association for the Study of Language (EASL) Young Investigator Award.
• The ESPGHAN Young Investigator Award.
• NASPGHAN has bestowed its international honor on you.
• The Young Investigator Award from the World Congress on Pediatric and Adolescent Genetics and Human Genetics.