Professor | Lifecare Hospital Burjeel Holdings | United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mathew Vadukoot Lazar is a highly accomplished gastroenterologist with extensive expertise in gastroenterology and hepatology, currently serving at Lifecare Hospital, Mussafah, Abu Dhabi. He holds an MBBS from Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore, an MD in Internal Medicine from Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, and a DM in Gastroenterology from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, where he also gained valuable academic and clinical experience as Junior Resident and later as Assistant Professor. Over his career, Dr. Lazar has contributed significantly to the advancement of gastroenterology through research, publications, and active participation in international and national conferences. His scholarly works cover a wide spectrum, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, liver histology, biliary diseases, rare parasitic infections, and complex case reports, many published in reputed journals such as Cureus, ACG Case Reports Journal, and the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. In addition, he has co-authored a chapter in the Book of Practical Gastroenterology. Dr. Lazar is skilled in performing a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including advanced endoscopic techniques, ERCP, EUS, capsule endoscopy, manometry, PEG placement, and variceal ligation, with hundreds of procedures to his credit. His professional affiliations include memberships in the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American College of Gastroenterology, and Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society. Known for his hard work, sincerity, and leadership qualities, he combines clinical excellence with compassion, ensuring high-quality patient care while contributing to academic medicine and research. His multilingual abilities further enhance his patient interactions across diverse populations in India and the UAE
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Featured Publications
1. Lazar, M. V., Eapen, M., Nair, H. R., Siyad, I., & Gopalakrishna, R. (2020). Correlation between insulin resistance and liver histology in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis with and without obesity. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 39(1), 42–49.
2. Balakrishnan, V., & Rajesh, G. (2016). Practical gastroenterology. JP Medical Ltd.
3. Vadukoot, M., Gopalakrishna, R., Eapen, M., Nair, H. R., Siyad, I., Sadasiv, S., … (2016). Correlation of insulin resistance with liver histology in obese patients with NASH and in lean NASH. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 6, S31.
4. Lazar, M. V., Zacharia, G. S., Subbian, K., & Thomas, J. (2025). A semantic surprise in colon: Gastrodiscoides hominis. ACG Case Reports Journal, 12(5), e01699.
5. Lazar, M. V., Zacharia, G. S., Ali, M., Subbian, K., Shejal, A., Mohammedkunju, H. N., … (2025). Platyhelminthic cholangiopathy: A case report of biliary fascioliasis. Cureus, 17(2).