Dr. Kaiser Raja is a senior consultant specializing in diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract. He has trained in medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology from one the most reputable medical institutions in India, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. He has followed that with an Advanced Fellowship in Liver Diseases and Transplant Hepatology from the Mount Sinai Medical Centre in New York. He has more than 20 years of experience and medical practice in India, Middle East and North America. Dr Kaiser Raja is a member of prestigious international hepatology, gastroenterology and liver transplant societies. He is regularly invited as academic faculty at local and international conferences and is well recognised for his presentations and publications in hepatology and liver transplantation. He is highly reviewed and ranked on Google by his patients and happens to have more than hundred 5-star reviews.
Liver Diseases:
Dr. Kaiser Raja is one of the very few liver disease specialists (hepatologist) in Dubai and United Arab Emirates. He runs a dedicated liver clinic at King’s College Hospital in Dubai. He is highly experienced in management of all forms of complex liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and alcoholic liver disease. Recognising the increasing prevalence of fatty liver disease related to diabetes and obesity, he has developed unique ways of treating fatty liver and its associated metabolic conditions using combination of weight loss techniques and medications. These include use of GLP-1 agonist drugs (Liraglutide, Semaglutide) that can control diabetes, obesity as well as fatty liver. Dr. Kaiser also specialises in the management of children with liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson disease, metabolic liver diseases and cholestatic liver disorders.
Liver/Pancreatobiliary cancers:
He has a vast experience in the management of liver, biliary tract and pancreatic cancer and can help you coordinate multidisciplinary treatment of cancer with surgeons, interventional radiologists and oncologists. He is closely associated with the advanced liver diseases, hepatobiliary/pancreatic surgery and liver transplantation team at King’s College Hospital in London, United Kingdom and has regular MDT (multidisciplinary team) meetings that helps to provide state of the art care to patients with liver cancer and other complex liver and pancreatobiliary problems.
Gastroenterology:
Dr.Kaiser Raja’s expertise in gastroenterology includes disorders of swallowing, digestion, absorption, acid reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome and IBD (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis). He has a special interest in managing immunosuppressive and biological therapy in Crohn’s disease and has patient follow-up exceeding 15 years. He closely works with colorectal surgeons for management of patients with long standing and complex IBD.
Acid Reflux Disease:
Another extremely prevalent problem in the UAE is acid reflux disease. Dr. Kaiser offers comprehensive solutions for acid reflux in terms of evaluation with endoscopy, esophageal pHmetry, manometry, and optimization of medical management. In patients having inadequate response to medical therapy or in those not willing to take medications, he works closely with our gastrointestinal surgeons to assess patients for anti-reflux procedures (laparoscopic fundoplication and endoscopic TIF procedure).
Liver Transplantation:
He is one of the very few qualified transplant hepatologists in UAE capable of evaluating and counselling patients and living donors for liver transplantation. He is astute in the management of immunosuppression as well as monitoring all other aspects of long term care after liver transplantation. He has managed more than 1000 patients with liver transplantation. He works closely with our liver transplant program associated with King’s College Hospital in London.
Advanced Endoscopy and ERCP:
Apart from his clinical acumen he has a vast experience in advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy and ERCP. He specialises in management of common bile duct stones, biliary strictures, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, chronic pancreatitis and biliary/pancreatic cancer requiring ERCP and other related advanced endoscopic techniques.
MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS
- American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Liver Diseases and Transplant Hepatology, The Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York, USA (2008-2009)
- DM Gastroenterology (Fellowship program in Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India (2000-2002)
- MD Internal Medicine (Residency program in Internal Medicine) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India (1996-1999)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Liver Diseases
- Fatty liver
- Jaundice
- Liver cirrhosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Autoimmune hepatitis, PBC, PSC
- Obesity and diabetes related liver disease
- Liver cancer
- Gallstones
- Liver transplantation
- Post liver transplant care
Gastroenterology
- IBD (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease)
- Post-bariatric surgery gastrointestinal problems
- Acid reflux disease
- Colon polyps
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Gastrointestinal cancers (esophagus, stomach, colon, pancreas)
- IBS and functional bowel disorders
Procedures
- Fibro scan
- Liver Biopsy
- Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
- Colon cancer screening, colon polyp removal
- Capsule endoscopy
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Esophageal variceal band ligation
- Abdominal paracentesis for ascites
- TIPSS procedure for cirrhosis
- Radiofrequency (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA) for liver cancer
- Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for liver cancer
- Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) procedure for acid reflux disease
- Endoscopic treatment of obesity (Gastric Balloon)
“Patients approach doctors because they are concerned about their health and need genuine advice and help. I believe in providing patients with care based on best available scientific knowledge and medical practices. Providing care with compassion and ensuring good communication and commitment to patient’s health needs is what I look for in my practice. My aim is to always involve the patient in the decision-making process and thus enable patients and families to take decisions in accordance with their needs and preferences. I believe that this goes a long way in improving the patient outcomes and experience.”
(Dr. Kaiser Raja)
For more information : www.drkaiser.ae
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