About Dr. Rinkesh Kumar Bansal

• Dr. Rinkesh Kumar Bansal is a distinguished Medical Gastroenterologist with over 19 years of experience.
• His area of clinical excellence includes Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), ERCP, management of pancreatic pseudocysts, gallstone disease, portal hypertension, hepatic steatosis, biliary strictures, fatty liver disease, esophagal and gastric varices, and screening and treatment of GI cancers.
• He completed his MBBS from Gauhati Medical College in 2006, followed by his MD in General Medicine from SMS Medical College, Jaipur, in 2011, and then his DNB in Gastroenterology from the prestigious Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 2014, where he honed his expertise in advanced endoscopy and pancreaticobiliary interventions.
• Dr. Bansal has held esteemed positions, including Senior Fellow and Associate Consultant in Transplant Hepatology at Medanta – The Medicity, a role in which he gained extensive experience in managing end-stage liver disease, cirrhosis care, and post-transplant hepatology.
• He also served as Attending Consultant at Fortis Escorts Liver and Digestive Disease Institute before joining Fortis Memorial Research Institute, where he now serves as Senior Consultant and Additional Director.
• Dr. Bansal is an actively contributing member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), the Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL), and the Indian Medical Association (IMA), reflecting his continued involvement in global scientific and clinical collaboration.
• His academic contribution includes multiple research papers, with several receiving national recognition, such as his poster on EUS-guided adrenal aspiration selected for Presidential Presentation at ISGCON 2017, and his comparison study of EUS-FNA sampling techniques awarded Best Abstract at ENDO 2017.
• Dr. Bansal also received an International Travel Award for liver-related research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Hong Kong.
• Beyond technical skill, he is acknowledged for advancing clinical protocols in hepatobiliary sciences, training young specialists, and contributing to liver transplant readiness evaluation programs.