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 pancolitis
anal fistula repair
j pouch
protein losing enteropathy
eosinophilic enteritis
pouchitis
stoma complications
eosinophilic colitis
repair anorectal fistula plug
regional enteritis
pregnancy with ibd
collagenous colitis
sigmoidoscopy
colon polypectomy
ulcerative proctitis
endoscopy
ulcerative colitis
ulceration of intestine
indeterminate colitis
microscopic colitis
infusion therapy
eosinophilic gastritis
gastrointestinal (gi) cancer screening
colo-screen
lymphocytic colitis
Credentials
Education
Punjab University Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
Residency
Cleveland Clinic
Fellowship
Mayo Clinic
Cleveland Clinic
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Position
Associate Division Chief Medical Director Endoscopic Innovations
Publications
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