As a spearhead of the Dept of Gastroenterology at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune, Dr Amol has been at the forefront of the department being recognized as the most advanced and providing best in care in digestive diseases in Pune. Under his leadership, the department has evolved into a tertiary referral centre for advanced diagnostic and interventional endoscopic procedures in Western India.

Dr Amol Bapaye has many firsts to his credit:

• Popularized ERCP in Pune and surrounding districts
• Participated in establishing Pune's first capsule endoscopy service in year 2006
• First in Pune to perform Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) procedures, at DMH, for precise diagnosis and grading of cancers and other ailments of the digestive tract. He followed it up with the launch of interventional EUS in the same year
• First to introduce Digital Chromo endoscopy in Pune in 2008.
• First in India to perform Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)
• First endoscopist in Pune to be conferred a fellowship of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE).

Awards

World Endoscopy Organisation Felicitaiton, 2014 (WEO)

Recognised for the contribution towards Education & Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

FASGE
Fellowship of American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
March 2013

Awarded the Fellowship of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE). This fellowship is awarded to those who have made significant contribution to the field of GI Endoscopy through their clinical, research and academic contributions.

1st prize

SGEI Video Forum (2013) – ERCP guided removal of an embedded uncovered SEMS using APC. Endocon 2013, Delhi 2013

1st Prize

SGEI Video Forum (2012) – EUS guided combined antegrade and rendezvous biliary drainage. Annual Meeting of SGEI, Jaipur 2012

3rd prize

SGEI Video Forum (2011) EUS guided pancreatico-gastrostomy for a disconnected pancreatic duct. Annual Meeting of SGEI, Coimbatore, 2011 

2nd prize

SGEI Video Forum (2010) ESD of a large esophageal leiomyoma – First report from India. Annual Meeting of SGEI, Hyderabad 2010 

1st prize

SGEI Video Forum (2006) EUS guided choledocho-duodenostomy & hepatico-gastrostomy for biliary drainage in a patient with failed ERCP – First report from India. Annual Meeting of SGEI, New Delhi 2006

Presented, Use of Soehendra lithotripsy sheath to remove impacted large sharp foreign body in esophagus. Presented at the Annual Conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Mumbai 2006

Presented, Use of a new Y-design stent for bilateral biliary drainage in a patient with Klatskin tumor, first report from India. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Vishakhapatnam 2005

Presented, EUS guided endoscopic Necrosectomy for infected pancreatic pseudocysts and pancreatic abscess. Presented at the Asia Pacific Congress of International College of Surgeons, Mumbai 2005