Qualifications: MBBS, MD, DM (PGIMER Chandigarh) Fellowship in Pancreatology (AIIMS New Delhi)
Brief Profile: Interest in Pancreas and hepatobiliary-related diseases.
Membership or Honours and Rewards
- Member: ISG, SGEI, INASL, IDEN
- Asian Young endoscopy award 2019 Seoul Korea
- EUS training in Daegu, Korea, KNUH university 2019
Published more than 15 papers in various national and international Journals
- Member: ISG, SGEI, INASL, IDEN Asian Young endoscopy award 2019 Seoul Korea. EUS training in Daegu, Korea, KNUH university 2019. Published more than 15 papers in various national and international Journals.
- Rana A, Sharma S, Qamar S, Zangmo R, Gopi S, Agarwal S, Sharma KA, Singh N, Gunjan D, Saraya A. Chronic Pancreatitis in Females is Not Associated With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 May-Jun 01;57(5):531-536. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001711. Epub 2022 Apr 25. PMID: 35470319.
- Gopi S, Qamar S, Singh N, Agarwal S, Yegurla J, Rana A, Gunjan D, Saraya A. Malnutrition by GLIM criteria in chronic pancreatitis: Prevalence, predictors, and its impact on quality of life. Pancreatology. 2022 Apr;22(3):367-373. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.02.004. Epub 2022 Feb 16. PMID: 35210181.
- Kumar A, Rana A, Singh AK, Gupta P, Singh H, Sharma V. Visceral scalloping in pancreatic ascites: An uncommon manifestation of pancreatitis. Pleura Peritoneum. 2020 Feb 26;5(1):20200101. doi: 10.1515/pp-2020-0101. PMID: 32934975; PMCID: PMC7469503.
- Samanta J, Rana A, Dhaka N, Agarwala R, Gupta P, Sinha SK, Gupta V, Yadav TD, Kochhar R. Ascites in acute pancreatitis: not a silent bystander. Pancreatology. 2019 Jul;19(5):646-652. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jun 9. PMID: 31301995.
- Singh AK, Samanta J, Dawra S, Gupta P, Rana A, Sharma V, Kumar-M P, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Reduction of intra-abdominal pressure after percutaneous catheter drainage of pancreatic fluid collection predicts survival. Pancreatology. 2020 Jun;20(4):772-777. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.012. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32360000.
- Jagannath S, Agarwal A, Gunjan D, Mohindra S, Sharma V, Chowdhury SD, Sachdeva S, Saraswat VA, Kochhar R, Saraya A; GAIN Group. Mandatory preprocedure testing for SARS-CoV-2 for all-comers may not be required for resuming endoscopic services amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Gut. 2020 Nov 6: gutjnl-2020-323154. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323154. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33158980.
- Rana A, Rana SS. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition: Techniques and Challenges. J Cytol. 2019;36(1):1-7.
- Guliani A, Jha K, Aggarwal D, et al Blisters on the sun-exposed area: as a clue for underlying hepatitis C virus infection Postgraduate Medical Journal Published Online First: 16 November 2018
- Rana A, Singh DP, Kaur G, Verma SK, Mahur H. Symmetrical peripheral gangrene: A rare complication of plasmodium falciparum malaria. Trop Parasitol. 2015;5(2):130
- Mehta S, Ralot T, Masatkar V, Agarwal N, Rana A. A curious case of hourly attacks of disabling episodic spontaneous hypothermia with hyperhidrosis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2015;81:185-6
- Poster presentation at Digestive disease week (DDW) 2108 held at Washington DC 2-5th June, 2018 – To study the nature of ascitic fluid developing in the setting of AP and to define outcome of these patients.