Ragunath Appasamy, MD, PhD

Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
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About me

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

My education and training

  • Medical School: Bangalore Medical College
  • Residency: Bangalore Baptist Hospital
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Residency: Cooper University Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

155 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
the doctor took 30 minutes to converse with me and answer my questions.
Anonymous
April 2026
listens and explains
Anonymous
April 2026
they did everything that they were supposed to do
Anonymous
April 2026
our relationship is improved but has not always been perfect

Insurance accepted

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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

Research

Publications

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