Dr. Amit Shejal Specialist Gastroenterology

Biography

Dr. Amit Shejal is a Specialist in Gastroenterology at LLH hospital, Musaffah. He received his MBBS from the Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India, in the year 2003 and his post-graduation MD in Internal Medicine from Grant Government Medical College and JJ Hospital in Mumbai, India, in the year 2013. He later received his DM in Gastroenterology from Government Medical College in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, in the year 2017. He holds a Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) & ERCP from BIDS Global Hospital Mumbai, India. He worked as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in JJ Hospital, as a Senior Resident in Gastroenterology at Government Medical College, Kozhikode, India, and as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Aster MIMS Hospital in Kerala, India, and MGM Hospital, Vashi Mumba, India before joining LLH Hospital, Musaffah. His areas of expertise include,  

• Management of gastrointestinal disorders, including: 
• Dyspepsia & peptic ulcer disease 
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) 
• Chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea 
• Irritable bowel syndrome 
• Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis & Crohn’s disease) 
• Acute and chronic pancreatitis 
• Biliary disorders 
• Acute and chronic liver diseases 
• GI motility disorders 
• Diagnostic upper GI endoscopy 
• Esophageal variceal band ligation 
• Glue injection for fundal varices 
• Foreign body removal 
• Esophageal dilatation and stenting 
• Achalasia dilatation 
• Endoscopic hemostasis therapy of GI bleeding lesions 
• Argon plasma coagulation forgave 
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement 
• Diagnostic sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy 
• Endoscopic polypectomy 
• ERCP and stenting 
• Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS.) 
• EUS guided FNA biopsy of mediastinal and abdominal lesions 
• EUS guided pancreaticogastrostomy for pseudocysts and WOPN