Awards and Achievements 

• Secured Gold medal in M.D General Medicine in KIMSDU university, Maharashtra in Postgraduate exam held in May 2017.

• Research paper selected for “Young investigator award 2021” during annual national conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISGCON 2021)

• Honored with “Outstanding academic award” in recognition to the academic achievement in the field of Gastroenterology for the year 2021 by Apollo Multispeciality hospitals on 18th anniversary of Apollo hospitals.

• Research paper selected for Poster of distinction award during APDW 2019 (International Gastroenterology Conference).

• APDWF-JGH educational grant for a research paper selected for presentation during APDW 2021 (International Gastroenterology Conference). 

International Case Presentation

• Live Video Conference with John Hopkin University, Baltimore USA, held on 21st July 2016- A rare variant of GB Syndrome 

Dissertations (MD and DrNB)

• Comparison of urine albumin creatinine ratio with 24 hour urine albumin for estimation of proteinuria in patients of diabetic nephropathy 

• Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration versus endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy in diagnosis of solid gastrointestinal lesions

Co-author In Research papers With Various Awards

• Young Investigator award (ACG 2021)

Sonthalia N, Goenka MK, Patil V, Shah B, Afzalpurkar S. S995 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Celiac Plexus Block for Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis Is an Effective Procedure When Used Judiciously. American College of Gastroenterology| ACG. 2021 Oct 1;116:S474.

• Poster of distinction award (APDW 2021)

Shah BB, Rodge GA, Goenka U, Afzalpurkar S, Goenka MK. A prospective study of fully covered self-expandable metal stents for refractory benign pancreatic duct strictures.

• Young Investigator award (APASL 2021)

Rodge GA, Goenka U, Agarwal R, Afzalpurkar S, Shah BB, Goenka MK. Psoas muscle index: a simple and reliable method of sarcopenia assessment and mortality predictor on CT scan in CLD

• Presidential posters (ISGCON 2021)

Rodge GA, Goenka U, Afzalpurkar S, Goenka MK Hand grip strength: A effective bedside screening tool to detect sarcopenia and predict survival in patients with chronic liver disease

• Poster of distinction award (APDW 2019)

Rodge GA, Afzalpurkar S, Goenka U, Shah BB, Goenka MK. Endoscopic management with Over the scope clips.