Hepatology & Liver Transplant Services Update

Dr. Chetan Kalal

DM Hepatology | Liver Transplant Physician | Mumbai

Dr. Chetan Kalal provides advanced hepatology and liver transplant-focused care with structured risk assessment, IPD management, and international virtual consultations.

This is tertiary-level liver care — not general practice medicine.

Core Clinical Focus Areas

Advanced Hepatology

• Fatty Liver (NAFLD/NASH)
• Cirrhosis – Compensated & Decompensated
• Portal Hypertension
• Ascites & Refractory Ascites
• Variceal Bleeding Prevention
• Hepatitis B & C
• Autoimmune Liver Disease
• Alcohol-related Liver Disease
• Acute Liver Failure

Each case evaluated using:

• MELD score

• Child-Pugh classification

• Renal risk markers

• Transplant timing assessment

Liver Transplant Services

• Pre-transplant evaluation & optimization
• Living donor transplant coordination guidance
• High-MELD risk assessment
• Post-transplant immunosuppression management
• Long-term graft surveillance
• Infection and metabolic monitoring

Transplant care is not surgery alone.
It is lifelong hepatology oversight.

Structured Second Opinion Program

For patients who:

• Have been advised transplant

• Have rising bilirubin

• Have recurrent ascites

• Have unclear diagnosis

• Have failed previous treatment

Second opinion includes:
✔ Full records audit
✔ Imaging review
✔ Stage reassessment
✔ Medication rationalization
✔ Clear management pathway

This is not reassurance.
It is clinical direction.

In-Patient (IPD) Hepatology Management

High-risk admissions managed for:
• GI bleeding
• Hepatorenal syndrome
• Severe jaundice
• Acute-on-chronic liver failure
• Encephalopathy

Advanced liver admissions require structured protocol-based management.

International Virtual Consultations

Available for patients from:
• United States
• United Kingdom
• UAE & Middle East
• Singapore
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Canada
• Asia-Pacific

Includes:

• Secure document review

• Risk staging

• Travel clearance advice

• Transplant timing discussion

• Aftercare planning

Serious liver disease needs continuity — even across borders.

Mumbai & Regional Access

Consultation access across:
South Mumbai | Worli | Dadar | Lower Parel | Bandra | Khar | Juhu | Andheri | Kandivali | Borivali | Navi Mumbai | Thane | Vasai | Virar

Appointments:
drchetankalal.com

Clinical Positioning

Dr. Chetan Kalal focuses on:
• Evidence-based hepatology
• Stage-specific intervention
• Complication prevention
• Timely transplant referral
• Long-term survival strategy

In advanced liver disease — delay increases mortality.

Precision reduces risk.