About Dr. Joy Varghese

• Dr. Joy Varghese is a distinguished senior Transplant Hepatologist and one of India’s most respected experts in managing complex liver diseases and end-stage liver failure.
• With more than 30 years of focused experience in advanced hepatology, Dr. Joy has played a transformative role in shaping the liver transplant ecosystem in India.
• He has been directly involved in over 1500 successful liver transplants, making him one of the highest-volume transplant hepatologists in the nation.
• His leadership has been instrumental in establishing multiple transplant programs across Tamil Nadu and Kerala, both in government-run and private institutions, significantly improving access to lifesaving liver care for patients from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Dr. Joy is known as a pioneer in innovative transplant strategies.
• He is the first specialist in India to introduce therapeutic plasma exchange in life-threatening liver diseases and was responsible for India's first successful HBV-related liver transplantation using hyperimmune plasma, now a widely adopted approach for improving survival outcomes in patients with Hepatitis B-related cirrhosis.
• After completing his MBBS, MD (General Medicine) and DM (Gastroenterology) from Madurai Medical College, Dr. Joy further advanced his expertise through a highly sought-after Fellowship in Liver Transplantation at University Hospital Essen, Germany.
• His expertise covers the entire spectrum of liver disease, including fatty liver disease, acute and chronic liver failure, portal hypertension, viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease, and post-transplant immunosuppression management.
• He is a celebrated speaker, having delivered over 1000 medical lectures across India and internationally, educating fellow clinicians and enhancing patient awareness.
• His academic contributions include 100+ peer-reviewed publications and authorship of multiple textbook chapters, earning him national recognition such as the Om Prakash Young Investigator Award (ISG) and the Levy Thomson Award for outstanding clinical research.
• His professional affiliations include some of the most esteemed global and national societies such as the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL), International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL), International Club of Ascites, Liver Transplant Society of India, and Association of Physicians of India.