Trained in Cambridge, England, Dr. Basu initially specialized in infectious diseases and tropical medicine from Royal College of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and became a member of the Royal Society of Tropical Disease and Hygiene. He traveled in South-East Asia treating viral diseases of the liver, particularly, Hepatitis-B and other parasitic liver diseases. He also pursued a special interest in liver disease and transplantation, gained expertise in London at Royal Free Hospital, under the mentorship of Dame Sheila Sherlock and became part of British Liver Trust.

In the United States, he completed training at Lenox Hill Hospital and New York Downtown Hospitals in New York and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his liver research at Bronx VA Medical Center where he conducted work in alcohol-related liver disease and viral hepatitis. He also trained in endoscopic ultrasound and attended various courses from The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston as a part of Harvard Medical School and Internationally from University of AMC from Amsterdam.

Dr. Basu is board certified and presently sits as a scientific advisory member of the American Liver Foundation of New York Chapter. He is an active member of the American Gastrointestinal Association, the American Advanced Studies of Liver Diseases, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, he is a Fellow of the American Gastroenterology and the American College of Gastroenterology and the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America. He treats Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastrointestinal cancer, peptic ulcer and esophageal diseases including acid reflux to Barrett’s Esophagus.