Dr. Nipun Verma
Designation : Associate Professor
Department : HEPATOLOGY
verma.nipun@pgimer.edu.in

 
 
 :: Educational Qualification
  Graduation :   M.B.B.S from GMCH Chandigarh in year 2009
  Post Graduation :   M.D(Internal Medicine) from PGIMER Chandigarh in year 2013
  Other Qualification.(1)      :   D.M (Hepatology) from PGIMER Chandigarh in year 2017
     
 :: Area of Interest
     
 :: Research & Projects
      Awards & Honours       :

1.      British Medical Journal-South Asia Award in The Category: Post Graduate Thesis of The Year 2018

2.      Best Researcher Award during the 9th International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine held on 12 & 13-Sep-2020 in Trichy, India

3.      Awarded certificate of appreciation for best research paper on Annual research day of PGIMER, Chandigarh on 5th October 2019

4.      Best oral presentation for the topic Invasive Intracranial Fungal Infection Mimicking Hepatic Encephalopathy at 3rd National Conference on Critical Care and Infections in Liver Diseases (CCILBS2019) held at ILBS, New Delhi between 20th -21st April, 2019.

5.      ICMR Faculty Recognition for Teaching Evidence Based Medicine In "Evidence Based Workshop" Conducted by Indian Council of Medical Education and Research (ICMR) Evidence Based Child Health Center at PGIMER Chandigarh in February 2019

6.      Winner Final Rounds of IAP Quiz At 46 The IAP Conference 2008 7.8.08 By Indian Academy of Pediatrics    2009

7.      Gold Medal and Distinction in Microbiology during MBBS in 2006 by GMCH, Chandigarh

8.      Gold Medal and Distinction in Paediatrics during MBBS in 2008 by GMCH, Chandigarh

9.      Silver Medal in 2nd Professional Year MBBS in 2006 by GMCH, Chandigarh

10.  Silver Medal in 3rd Professional Year MBBS in 2007 By GMCH, Chandigarh

11.  Silver Medal in Anatomy during MBBS in 2005 By GMCH, Chandigarh

12.  Silver Medal in Pathology during MBBS in 2006 By GMCH, Chandigarh

13.  Silver Medal in Medicine during MBBS in 2008 By GMCH, Chandigarh

14.  American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)- Membership number 53201

15.  American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) - Membership Number 180484

16.  Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Disease (INASL) – Membership number INASL1440

17.  American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) –Membership number 160617

18.  Affiliate member-The Microbiology Society, London, UK.

19.  Guest Editor Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology July 2017 Issue.

20.  Guest Editor Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology July 2018 Issue.

21.  Guest Editor Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology NAFLD Issue

22.  Guest Editor Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology-Liver transplant society of India abstracts supplement

23.  Coordinator scientific committee at the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Diseases annual conference held at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 3rd to 6th August, 2017.

24.  Coordinator scientific committee at the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Diseases annual conference to be held at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 2nd to 5th August, 2018.

25.  Guided postgraduate thesis of eight residents in training of medicine and hepatology

26.  Conducted at 3-Days online workshop on Evidence Based Medicine from 16th -18th July 2020, hosted by ICMR center for evidence-based child health

Faculty co-coordinator and course-faculty at Statistics café, held at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
     
 :: Publications(In Vancouver Style)

Sr, No.

Authors

Title

Name of Journal

Volume

Page

Year

1.        

Verma N, Valsan A

Management of bacterial infections in cirrhosis.

India Point of Care

Accepted publication

2021

2.        

Singh S, Singh M, Verma N, Rose M, Pradhan P, Chauhan A, Jaiswal N, Chakrabarti A,SinghMe.

Comparative accuracy of 1,3 Beta-D Glucan and Galactomannan for diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in pediatric patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Medical Mycology

59(2)

139-148

2021

3.        

Sharma M, Kaushal K, Rawat S, Muraleedharan M, Chhabra S, Verma N, Mittal A, Bahl A, Khullar M, Ramavat A and Panda N.

The cellular stress response interactome and extracellular matrix cross- talk during fibrosis- a stressed extra-matrix affair"

IntechOpen limited registered at England and wales.

 

 

2020

4.        

Soni D, Roy A, De A, Verma N, Singh V.

MASQ-HE: Unmasking the Predictors of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

 

 

2020

5.        

Verma N, Singh S, Kaur R, Kaur T, De A,  Premkumar M, Taneja S, Duseja A, Singh V

Feasibility and evaluation of tele-hepatology services during covid-19 pandemic in India: an observational study (Tele-Hep-India Study).

Hepatology

72

274A

2020

6.        

Makkar K, Tomer S, Verma N, et al.

Neutrophil dysfunction predicts 90-day survival in patients with acute on chronic liver failure: A longitudinal case–control study.

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

4(4)

595-602

2020

7.        

Dhiman RK, Roy A, Premkumar M, De A, Verma N and Duseja A

Single session fecal microbiota transplantation in decompensated cirrhosis: an initial experience of clinical endpoints.

Hepatology

 

72

124A

2020

8.        

Mehtani R, Premkumar M, Kaur H, Chopra M, De A, Verma N, Taneja S, Duseja A, Singh V, Dhiman RK, Roy A, Meena BL and Reddy V

Prognostic scores for acute liver failure – MELD is the way forward!

Hepatology

72

139A

2020

9.        

Chnadel S, Sharma N, Leishangthem B, Roy A, De A, Verma N,  Premkumar M, Taneja S, Duseja A, Nada R,  Das A,  Kalra N, Singh V.

Histology of alcoholic hepatitis in acute-on-chronic liver failure (half) study: a preliminary report

Hepatology

72

168A

2020

10.     

Roy A, Kaur R, Kaur T, De A, Verma N, Premkumar M, Taneja S, Duseja A, Singh V.

Covid-19 in patients with chronic hepatitis c receiving daa therapy: initial experience from a longitudinal survey

Hepatology

72

268A

2020

11.     

Mishra S, , De A, Verma N, Premkumar M, Taneja S,, Sharma A, Duseja A, Singh V.

Efficacy, tolerability and compliance of directly acting antivirals in patients with hepatitis c and HIV co-infection: real life experience from a tertiary care center in India

Hepatology

72

555A

2020

12.     

De A, Mishra S,  Keisham A, Mehta M,  Verma N, Premkumar M, Taneja S, Duseja A,  Das A, Singh V.

Fibroscan-ast (FAST) score for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) – validation in an Indian cohort

Hepatology

72

516A

2020

13.     

Premkumar M,  Kaur H,  Mehtani R, Chopra M, Verma N, Duseja A, Singh V, Dhiman RK, Taneja S, De A, Roy A, Meena BL, Valsan A.

Presence of endogenous heparinoids increases risk of sepsis and re-bleeding tendency in patients with cirrhosis with acute variceal bleeding

Hepatology

72

1148A

2020

14.    1.

Verma N, Duseja A, Singh V.

Impact of Pre-existing Chronic Liver Disease on the Outcome of Patients with COVID-19 Disease

Gastroenterology

 

 

2020

15.    2.

Verma N, Mishra S, Singh S, De A, Kumar MP, Taneja S, Duseja A, et al.

Burden, predictors, and outcomes of esophageal candidiasis among patients with cirrhosis: a case control study.

Gastroenterology

158

S-1472-S-1473.

2020

16.    15.

Gupta T, Lochan D, Verma N, et al.

Prediction of 28-day mortality in acute decompensation of cirrhosis through the presence of multidrug-resistant infections at admission

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

35

461-466

2020

17.    16.

Mehtani R, Roy A, Verma N, Premkumar M, Singh V.

Beta-blockers in refractory ascites - is it truly the end of the road?

Journal of  Hepatology

73 (5)

1290-1291

2020

18.    18.

Singh S, Verma N, Singh V.

MELD-Lactate -the new kid on the block

Hepatology

 

 

2020

19.    21.

Dhiman RK, Thumburu KK, Verma N, et al.

Comparative Efficacy of Treatment Options for Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology: the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

18

800-812

2020

20.     

Valsan A, Roy A, Verma N, De A, Chandel S, Singh V.

RE: Albumin: The Hepatologist’s enduring ally demystified?"

Science Translational Medicine

 

 

2020

21.     

Verma N, Dhiman RK, Duseja AK, Choudhury A, Sharma MK, Maiwall R et. al.

Comparative accuracy of prognostic models for short-term mortality among acute-on-chronic-liver-failure (ACLF) patients: an analysis beyond receiver operator curve (ROC)-CAPS-ACLF study.

Hepatology International.

14 (Suppl 1)

S392

2020

22.     

Taneja, S., Duseja, A., Mehta, M., De, A., Verma, N., Premkumar, M., Dhiman, R., Singh, V., Singh, M.P., Ratho, R., Ramachandran, R., Kumar, V. and Kohli, H.

Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir combination is safe and effective in treating chronic hepatitis C in end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis.

Liver International.

 

 

2020

23.    3.

Verma N, McKiernan P, Shellmer D, et al.

Outcomes after liver transplantation for argininosuccinate lyase deficiency: A longitudinal study.

 

Journal of Hepatology

70

e571-e572

2019

24.    4.

Verma N, Bhalla A and Singh S. Editors: Omender Singh and DevenJuneja.

Mushroom poisoning. In: Principles and practice of critical care toxicology.

Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi

1stEdition.

367-372

2019

25.    5.

Verma N, Singh S, Taneja S, et al.

Invasive fungal infections amongst patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure at high risk for fungal infections. 2019;39:503- 513.

 

Liver International

39

503-513

2019

26.    19.

Krishan S, Dhiman RK, Kalra N, et al.

Joint Consensus Statement of the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver and Indian Radiological and Imaging Association for the Diagnosis and Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incorporating Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System

Journal of clinical and experimental Hepatology

9

625-651

2019

27.    20.

Roy A, Verma N, Ahuja C.

Intracranial Invasive Mycosis Mimicking Hepatic Encephalopathy in a patient with Cirrhosis

BMJ Case reports

12

1-10

2019

28.    22.

Singh S, Verma N, Taneja N.

Human gut resistome: Current concepts & future prospects.

Indian J Med Res.

150(4)

345-358

2019

29.     

Verma N, Vijayvergiya R, Grover S.

Impact of balloon mitral valvotomy on quality of life and psychiatric morbidity in patients with severe mitral stenosis.

Industrial Psychiatry Journal

27

285-292

27

30.    6.

Verma N, Kaur A, Sharma R, Bhalla A, Sharma N, De A and Singh V.

Outcomes after Multiple courses of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor and Growth Hormone in Decompensated Cirrhosis: Randomized Trial

Hepatology

68

1559-1573

2018

31.    7.

Verma N, Singh A, Singh V.

 

Reply to letter on "Outcomes after multiple courses of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and growth hormone in decompensated cirrhosis: randomized trial".

Hepatology

68

388

2018

32.    8.

Verma N., Singh A. and Singh V.

Reply to Philips et al

Hepatology

 

 

2018

33.    24

Verma N, Singh A, Singh V

Haematopoietic stem cells in cirrhosis

The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

3

298

2018

34.    9.

Verma N, Kumar P, Mitra S, Taneja S, Dhooria S, Das A, Duseja A, Dhiman R. K. and Chawla Y.

Drug idiosyncrasy due to pirfenidone presenting as acute liver failure: Case report and mini-review of the literature.

Hepatology Communications

 

 

2017

35.     

Verma N., Singh S., Taneja, S., Prakash S., Chakarbarti A., Singh V., Chawla Y. K.

Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients of Acute on Chronic Liver Failure.

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

6

S2-S3

2017

36.    10.

Verma N, Sharma M, Biswal M, et al.

Hepatitis E Virus Induced Acute Liver Failure withScrubTyphusCoinfectioninaPregnantWoman.

 

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

7

158-160

2017

37.     

Kaur A, Singh B, Verma N, De A, Singh V.

Optimization of 99mTc Sulfur Colloid SPECT for the Functional Liver Assessment in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: Correlation with Indocyanine Green and Clinical Scores.

Hepatology

66

149-1185

2017

38.     

Singh V, Kumari S, Verma N, Kumar P, De A

Direct Acting Antivirals in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 3 and Advanced Cirrhosis.

Hepatology

66

149-1185

2017

39.    11.

Verma N, Swatkar G, Singh S, Singh V.

Sofosbuvir induced Steven Johnson syndrome in a patient of Hepatitis-C virus related cirrhosis: a case report.

Hepatology International

 

 

2017

40.    12.

Verma N, Kumari S, Kumar P, De A, Singh V.

Newclassificationofgastricvarices: a twenty-year    experience.

Journal of Hepatology

66

S562

2017

41.    13.

Verma N, Taneja S, Dhiman RK, Chawla YK.

Pirfenidone Related Acute Liver Failure.,

 

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

7

S13

2017

42.    14.

Singh V, Verma N, kaur A, SharmaA,Bhalla A, Sharma N, Agarwal R, Singh A, Kumari S, Taneja S, De A.

Quality of Life and Outcomes after Multiple Courses of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor and Growth Hormone in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis.

Hepatology

64

1118A-1140A

2016

43.    23.

Kakkar N, Bommanan K, Verma N, Sharma N, Radotra RD

Rabies meningoencephalomyelitis presenting as Guillain Barré Syndrome

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Education and Research

48(4)

203-208

2014

44.    25

Verma N., Bhalla A., Kumar S., Dhiman R. K., & Chawla Y. K.

Wild Mushroom Poisoning in North India: Case Series with Review of Literature

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

48(4)

361-365

2014