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Dr. Aabha Nagral Aabha Nagral was trained as a Gastroenterologist from Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. After working in KEM and Tata Hospitals she received the PN Berry Scholarship of the Indian High Commission UK and worked in the department of Hepatology at the Royal Free Hospital, London and Mayo Clinic, USA. She now serves as consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist (Liver Specialist) at Jaslok and Fortis Hospitals and Kasturba Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Mumbai. Read more	Mr Vaman Kadam Mr Vaman Kadam retired as a scientist from Bhabha Atomic Research Center after a long stint . In 1998, his daughter Pallavi was one of the first successful recipients of a live donor liver transplant in India . Mr Kadam was the donor. Following this he has been involved in motivating other families for undergoing transplantation. In the last 7 years he is working as volunteer for 3 NGO's, JASCAP ( Jeet Association for Support to Cancer Patients ), MAKE -A-WISH Foundation and ZTCC (Zonal Transplant Coordination committee) . Read more
Alpa Sheth Alpa Sheth is a structural engineer. She is a senior partner of VAKIL MEHTA SHETH and Managing Director VMS Consultant Pvt. Ltd, a firm in structural engineering consultancy. She has been advising various high level government authorties on seismic safety issues and conducted studies of various earthquake events in India, to suggest disaster mitigation measures. She currently act as Seismic Advisor/Consultant to Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) . She has won many national awards among which Best Residential Property Award(2007) from CNBC Awaaz Crisil RE Award and Read more	Contact Children's Liver Foundation O-18, Nav Bhavna, Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025 E-mail pedliver@gmail.com Phone +91-22-24222160 Monday - Friday 4.00 - 8.00 pm Co-ordinator Read more
Dr. Rashmi Gapchup Dr Rashmi Gapchup has more than 25 years experience as a Paediatrician in Pune, and has her own practice and works with multi speciality Deenanath mangeshkar Hospital. She has been working as a project Director for Urban slums project and Morris trust working for dyslexicis. She has an intense desire for working on Children's growth and nutrition. Her experience as a parent of child with liver problem made her more intensely interested in children's liver disease and stimulated an urge to create awareness in the society. She has done her M.B.B.S. from Indore and later her FCPS from KEM Hospital Pune. She has completed her D NB in paediatrics in 1989. She is a geek at heart and music lover and known to be a cheerful doctor.	Mission Worldwide, diseases of the liver are being increasingly recognized as a cause of ill health in adults as well as children. On the other hand effective measures to prevent, diagnose & treat them have now been developed. In India there is a general lack of awareness about liver disease, especially in children who hence suffer from delayed or missed diagnosis as well as lack of access to appropriate treatment options. With this background , a group of concerned individuals which also include medical professionals and parents have decided to set up this foundation to primarily create awareness on liver disease in children. Objectives To promote research into paediatric liver disease To spread awareness about paediatric liver disease amongst medical professionals and the public through lectures, educational material, website, conferences, workshops (national and international) and other media and activities. This includes post diagnostic measures as well as supporting & creating awareness of preventive measures as may be possible , including vaccination etc.... To support children with liver disease and their families in all aspects including facilitating surgeries, making available medicines and investigative facilities , consultation with doctors, providing financial and logistics support and counselling to the families of such patients. To support & promote liver transplantation as one of the treatments of liver disease, this includes creating awareness for donation of liver. To support setting up of investigation and treatment facilities for children with liver disease Read more
Dr. Armaity Amin Armaity Amin, is a senior family physician with more than 30 years of experience . She has been associated with various associations of family physicians and takes active interest in continuing medical education activities. In the social sphere she has been involved in school health inspections and immunisation camps.She is also associated with Johnson & Johnson as a medical advisor apart from being on the panel of leading insurance companies. She is active in the Rotary movement.	About Children's Liver Foundation To promote research into paediatric liver disease To spread awareness about paediatric liver disease amongst medical professionals and the public through lectures, educational material, website, conferences, workshops (national and international) and other media and activities. This includes post diagnostic measures as well as supporting & creating awareness of preventive measures as may be possible , including vaccination etc.... Read more