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Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc) Biography: Age, Career, Family &

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 4, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth14 August 1982

Age41 Years (as of 2023)

BirthplaceKottayam, Kerala, India

ProfessionDoctor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseTeena Sara Cyriac

FamilyOne son and two daughters

Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc) Biography

Dr Cyriac Abby Philips is an Indian hepatologist, clinician-scientist and public communicator known for research in liver disease and for using socialmedia

Early life and background

Cyriac Abby Philips was born on 14 August 1982 in Kottayam, Kerala, and raised in a Christian family. He attended Girideepam Bethany Higher Secondary School in Kottayam and later studied at Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Kochi. After finishing school he prepared for the All India Pre-Medical Test and went on to study medicine at St. John’s Medical College in Bengaluru.

Philips has described a crossroads after school between pursuing engineering and medicine; he chose medicine and completed his MBBS followed by postgraduate training. He earned an MD in Internal Medicine from Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, and completed further specialist training in hepatology and transplant medicine at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in New Delhi.

Career

Philips is a hepatologist and clinician-scientist whose academic work focuses on sepsis in cirrhosis, faecal microbiota in liver disease, modulation of alcoholic hepatitis and portal hypertension. He has held clinical and advisory roles in Kerala, including senior advisor and medical researcher at the Department of Clinical and Translational Hepatology at the Liver Institute, Center of Excellence in GI Sciences at Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi.

He has also been associated with the Center of Excellence in Microbiome Studies under the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council and served as a clinical consultant and member of the Doctoral Advisory Committee for the Department of Cell and Tissue Culture at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology in Trivandrum.

Philips has contributed more than sixty peer-reviewed research papers covering topics such as fecal microbiota transplantation in severe alcoholic hepatitis, the gut microbiome’s influence on clinical events in alcoholic hepatitis, and case reports linking traditional remedies to liver injury. He has written chapters for medical textbooks and co-authored a book on pancreatic disease released in 2014. In 2017 he delivered the presidential plenary address at the Liver Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Washington, D.C.

Awards and honours in his career include multiple recognitions from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), national awards from Indian gastroenterology societies, a gold medal for academic excellence in hepatology presented in January 2019, and more recent honours such as the P. Kesavadev Kerala Puraskar in 2023.

Public profile

Beyond clinical practice and research, Philips is an active public communicator on health. Using the handle TheLiverDoc, he shares medical information and addresses misinformation on platforms including Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. By 2023 his Twitter account had a six-figure following and his YouTube channel had thousands of subscribers. He has also written columns for The Morning Context.

Philips has been outspoken about the risks he associates with inappropriate use of herbal, homeopathic and other traditional remedies in patients with liver disease; this stance has shaped much of his public visibility. His commentary has led to formal complaints and scrutiny by regulatory or advisory bodies at various times, and legal actions related to statements about commercial products have affected his social media presence on occasion. In at least one instance a state medical council reviewed his explanations and recommended closing a complaint.

Personal life

Philips is married to Teena Sara Cyriac; the couple wed on 4 January 2011 and have three children, one son and two daughters. His father, Philip Augustine, is a clinical gastroenterologist who introduced endoscopy in India and has been associated with Philip Augustin Associates; his mother, Cicy Philip, has served as an executive director at the same organisation.

He lives in Kochi, Kerala, and is known to be an animal lover who keeps several dogs. Philips enjoys travel, video games and owns a collection of gaming consoles. He has noted occasional alcohol consumption and has a visible tattoo on his biceps.

Latest updates

As of mid-2023, Philips continued to publish research, receive professional honours and engage on social media as TheLiverDoc. His public work combines clinical practice, research on liver disease and active efforts to counter medical misinformation, particularly when he believes it endangers patients’ liver health.
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Recent Work

Healthy Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Steroid Ineligible Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis – A Pilot Study

Peer-reviewed study on fecal microbiota transplantation in severe alcoholic hepatitis

2016
Healthy donor faecal transplant for corticosteroid non-responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis

Clinical gastroenterology study on fecal transplant in alcoholic hepatitis

2017
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Career Highlights

  1. Delivered presidential plenary at AASLD Liver Meeting (2017)
  2. More than sixty peer-reviewed research publications on liver disease and related topics
  3. Multiple AASLD awards and national honours including a gold medal for academic excellence in hepatology (2019)
  4. P. Kesavadev Kerala Puraskar (2023)
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc) born?

14 August 1982

What is Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc) known for?

Doctor

What is Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc)’s marital status?

Married

Who is Dr Cyriac Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc) married to?

Teena Sara Cyriac