Ragunath Appasamy, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
Make an appointmentCall 215-349-8222
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hosptial of the University of Pennsylvania and Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Bangalore Medical College
  • Residency: Bangalore Medical College Hospitals
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Residency: Cooper University Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

119 reviews

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October 2025
patient kind friendly personal listened to me
October 2025
sent time and cared about me
October 2025
felt completely understood
October 2025
our communication is good now but it's taken awhile to get there

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Appasamy is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Rabinovitz M, Appasamy R, Finkelstein S Primary biliary cirrhosis diagnosed during pregnancy. Does it have a different outcome? , Digestive Diseases & Sciences, 40(3): 1995,571-4

Appasamy R, Bryant J, Hassanein T, Van Thiel DH, Whiteside TL Effects of therapy with interferon-a on peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and NK activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C , Clin Immunol Immunopathol, 73(2): 1994,350-7

Appasamy R, Tanabe M, Murase N, Zarnegar R, Venkataramanan R, Van Thiel DH, Michalopoulos GK Hepatocyte growth factor, blood clearance, organ uptake, and biliary excretion in normal and partially hepatectomized rats , Lab Invest, 68(3): 1993,270-6

Michalopoulos GK, Appasamy R Metabolism of HGF-SF and its role in liver regeneration. in: Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Scatter Factor (HGF-SF) and the C-Met Receptor , EXS, 65: 1993,275-83