Prof. Abhijit Chowdhury

Nationality:         Indian

Present  position: Professor & Head,

Department of Hepatology,

 Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal, India

Educational qualification: MD (Medicine); DNB (Medicine); DM (Gastroenterology)

Fellowship: Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA);                                                                         Indian National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)

Responsibilities:    Project Director,    Birbhum Population Project (Health and Demographic Surveillance System) (www.shds.in)

Research / Training experience :    4 years at PGIME&R, Chandigarh

20 years at IPGME&R, Kolkata

Research Specialization 

Population based Epidemiology of Liver Diseases, including molecular epidemiology and genetics Interventional  research in health  systems for developing  countries .

Total Publications:           70