Dr. Shaik Riyaz

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About:

Dr. Shaik Riyaz is a highly trained hepatologist and liver transplant physician with over four years of experience in managing Hepatobiliary disease and Liver transplant.  Experienced in managing complex Liver diseases and critically ill liver patients. Actively involved in research and committed to deliver evidence based, ethical patient care. 

Experience:

• 2022 – 2025: Senior Resident in Department of Hepatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore
• April 2025- April 2026: Assistant Professor in Department of Hepatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore

Education Qualification:

• 2011- 2017:  M.B.B.S, Andhra Medical college, Visakhapatnam
• 2018- 2021:  M.D. in Internal medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• 2022 – 2025: D.M in Hepatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore

Area of Expertise:

• Fatty Liver
• Alcoholic & Viral Hepatitis
• Chronic Liver Disease
• Acute Liver Failure
• ACLF
• Hepatic Malignancies
• Bile Tract Diseases

Skills:

• Diagnostic & therapeutic Endoscopy and colonoscopy 
• Interventions: Endoscopic Band ligation, Sclerotherapy, Direct Glue Injection, Argon plasma coagulation, Polypectomy
• Management of UGI & LGI Bleed
• Liver Biopsy 

Research:

1. Reduction in serum Ammonia by therapeutic plasma exchange (PLEX), is associated with favourable outcomes in patients with Acute Liver Failure-Shaik Riyaz, Santosh E Kumar, Vijay Alexander, Pamela Christudoss, G Jayakumar, Gayathri K C, C E Eapen, Ashish Goel, Uday Zachariah, J Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 14, Suppl. 11020022024, S4, doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2024.102002
2. Sucralfate Plus Pantoprazole versus Pantoprazole Alone for Healing of Post- Endoscopic Variceal Ligation Ulcers : An Open Label Randomized Control Trail -Vijay Alexander, Shaik Riyaz, Asisha Janela Anoop John, Akilesh S , Uday Zachariah, C.E. Eapen, Ashish Goel - EASL 2026
3. Comparison of conventional coagulation markers and ROTEM in Alcohol related ACLF and Chronic liver disease- Shaik Riyaz, Santhosh E Kumar, Vijay Alexander, C E Eapen, Ashish Goel, Uday Zachariah, Sukesh Chandran Nair, INASL 2025
4. Incorporating L3 skeletal muscle index (L3SMI) enhances the performance of prognostic models in cirrhotic patients undergoing Trans jugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt- Vijay Alexander, H. Goldwin, Asisha M Janela, Shaik Riyaz, Poongodi, Santhosh Babu, Shyam Kumar N.K, Uday Zachariah, C.E. Eapen, Ashish Goel,  ISGCON 2025
5. Measurement of Factor-8, Thrombin generation time, Rotational Thromboelastography  in Alcohol related Acute on Chronic Liver Failure and Alcohol related compensated Chronic Liver disease - Shaik Riyaz, Santhosh E Kumar, Vijay Alexander, C E Eapen, Ashish Goel, Uday Zachariah, Sukesh Chandran Nair
6. Response to low dose albumin for the treatment of  Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis – A  retrospective study

Monograph: 

• Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: What definition to use? Managing a case with limited resources, when to refer to a transplant centre – ISG  Progress in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2026
• Noval Management Strategies for Alcohol associated Liver Disease- API chapter 2026

Awards: 

• Bend apnoea as a novel marker in heart failure – Second best platform presentation KAPICON 2020
• Comparison of conventional coagulation markers and ROTEM in Alcohol related ACLF and Chronic liver disease – Poster of distinction INASL 2025

Memberships:

• Life member, Indian National association for study of Liver Disease (INASL)
• Life member, Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Life member, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
• Life member, ISG- Tamil Nadu chapter

Languages Known:

Telugu, Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, and Kannada