Department of Gastroenterology & Human Nutrition Unit 

Introduction                                

The Department of Gastroenterology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences was started in the year 1971 with an aim to create qualified gastroenterologists for the country. Prof BN Tandon was instrumental in creating the department of Gastroenterology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He was the first head of this department and continued to lead it until his retirement on 31^st Aug 1991. Thereafter, Dr. Rakesh Tandon was Prof. & Head of Gastroenterology from 1991 to 31^st Dec 2002, Dr. MP Sharma was the Prof. & Head of Gastroenterology from 1^st Jan 2003 to 30^th April 2004, Dr. SK Acharya from 1^st May 2004 to 31^st Oct 2016, Prof Umesh Kapil from 01 Nov 2016 to Feb 10, 2017 and Prof. Anoop Saraya from Feb 11, 2017 to 31^st Dec 2023. Currently, Prof Pramod Garg is heading the department from 01 Jan 2024.

By now, the department has produced 121 DM students in Gastroenterology. At present, the chiefs of Gastroenterology in major institutions of the country are alumni of the department of Gastroenterology at AIIMS. Since, the inception of this department it has provided state of the art services and provided training to many physicians in specific areas like luminal gastroenterology, liver diseases and endoscopy.

The department has been consistently ranked as the Best Department of Gastroenterology in India for many years in surveys conducted by leading News Weeklies. In Dec 2011 department was awarded as the Best Department of Gastroenterology in India at the CNBC TV18 India Healthcare Awards. 

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