Gursimran Kochhar, MD, is a gastroenterologist based at Allegheny Health Network's Allegheny General Hospital, specializing in interventional inflammatory bowel disease and Advanced therapeutic procedures.. His innovative research on endoscopic management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease has been successfully published in leading Gastroenterology Journals including journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. A participant in the Mayo Clinic's Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Dr. Kochhar joined AHN as an attending physician and staff gastroenterologist in autumn 2018. Before coming to Pittsburgh, he spent eight years at Cleveland Clinic, where he finished his Internal Medicine residency and General Gastroenterology & Hepatology fellowship. Besides Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Dr Kochhar is board certified in Nutrition as well. He received his medical degree from Dayanand Medical College & Hospital in India
Age Groups Seen
Adult, Older Adult
Languages Spoken*
Punjabi
Hindi
English
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Expertise
ulcerative proctitis
eosinophilic enteritis
lymphocytic colitis
gastrointestinal (gi) cancer screening
repair anorectal fistula plug
stoma complications
anal fistula repair
ulceration of intestine
collagenous colitis
eosinophilic colitis
pouchitis
protein losing enteropathy
ulcerative pancolitis
microscopic colitis
pregnancy with ibd
regional enteritis
ulcerative colitis
colon polypectomy
eosinophilic gastritis
j pouch
indeterminate colitis
infusion therapy
endoscopy
sigmoidoscopy
colo-screen
Credentials
Fellowship
Mayo Clinic
Cleveland Clinic
Residency
Cleveland Clinic
Education
Punjab University Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Position
Associate Division Chief Medical Director Endoscopic Innovations
Publications
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