Dr.
Yogesh Chawla, Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh recently received the
Blumberg Oration on "Hepatitis B Eradication" by Kalinga
Gastroenterology Foundation on 28th July 2011 at Cuttack.
He also has received the prestigious Dr. B.C. Roy Medical Council of
India Silver Jubilee Research Award 1999 for research in the field of
Hepatology. His ICMR Awards include M.N. Sen Oration Award (1997) for
his work on "Portal Hemodynamics" and Amrut Mody Unichem Prize
(Gastroenterology 1999) for work on "Ectopic Varices in Portal
Hypertension". The Indian Society of Gastroenterology conferred on him
the Parke Davis Oration Award on "Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension in
India" at Cochin (2002-2003), Olympus J. Mitra Award for disseminating
knowledge and expertise of GI Endoscopy 1999-2000 and Pfizer Amir
Chand Trophy for the Department for outstanding original contribution
in the field of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1999-2001.
He
is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology, (Australia), Hepatology International (Japan), Liver
International (Denmark), Digestive Disease and Science (US) and
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (India). He is also an
Advisory Board Member of the Annals of the National Academy of Medical
Sciences (India).
He
is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and National
Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a Member of the American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), European
Association for Study of Liver (EASL), International Association for
Study of Liver (IASL), Asian Pacific Association for Study of Liver (APASL).
He is also a Life Member of the Indian Association for Study of Liver
(INASL), Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), Society of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI) and Indian Society of Organ
Transplantation (ISOT).
